Dance & Cheerleading Instructor - PS 297

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd. is seeking a Dance & Cheerleading Instructor to teach and facilitate youth-centered classes in Brooklyn. You will develop weekly classes, choreograph routines, and follow a standard curriculum.

Candidates with dance and cheerleading expertise, strong planning skills, and a passion for youth development are encouraged to apply. The role involves collaborating with staff, managing materials, and engaging students in a structured environment.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience and/or training relevant to the position.
• Some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth encouraged.
• Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people.
• Excellent planning, organization and time management.
• Ability to engage youth while setting structure and limits in groups.
• Energetic, motivated self-starter and team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and develop age- and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans and activities.
• Work with program participants to develop artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
• Pre-planning of activity; provide structure, purpose, and closing rituals.
• Manage uniforms and participant gear.
• Facilitate scaffolded activities based on student interests to promote teamwork and mastery.
• Facilitate activities in community hour and participate in staff-led activities.
• Foster a youth development, strength-based environment with belonging and safety.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, track and support academic success.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written comunic

Excellent planning and organization

Time management skills

Engage youth with structure and limits

Energetic, motivated self-starter andチ

Team player

Flexibility and creativity

Enthusiasm for young people

Trauma-informed perspective

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Some college

Experience in teaching/coaching youth

Job description

700 Park Ave , Brooklyn NY 11206

TITLE: DANCE & CHEERLEADING INSTRUCTOR

Reports To: Program Director, PS297

LOCATION: 700 Park Ave , Brooklyn NY 11206

HOURS: 8-10 Hours/Week, Non-Exempt (Sept. - August)

Salary: $19 - $25 an hour

The Activity Instructor teaches and facilitates a youth centered class tailored to their specific expertise. Candidates with the following expertise are encouraged to apply: Dance and Cheerleading

• Dance (All Styles)
• Cheerleading
• Dance Instructors are responsible for teaching assigned weekly classes, choreographing recital routines, and following a standardized curriculum.

Major Duties

• Prepare and develop age, and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies to be reviewed by supervisors before being taught.
• Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
• Pre-planning of activity; activities are to provide students with structure, purposeful use of activity and self, including beginning and ending rituals.
• Managing uniforms and participant gear
• Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students’ interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth development, strength’s-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students’ academic success.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
• Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply.
• Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people
• Excellent planning, organization and time management skills
• Ability to engage youth, while setting structure and limits in a group setting.
• Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.