Dance Teacher

Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits program

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Success Academy Charter Schools in New York is seeking a dedicated Dance Teacher to join our vibrant community. You will lead dance instruction, foster a love of the arts, and collaborate with a network of dance teachers to build a world‑class program across the charter schools.

You will guide scholars through creative movement, choreography, and performance, while benefiting from ongoing feedback and professional growth opportunities in a fast‑growing urban school network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or anticipated before start date.
• Outstanding academic results demonstrated during education.
• Rigorous dance training or extensive professional performance credits.
• Passionate about dance, teaching, and learning with children.
• Strong collaboration, leadership, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build a classroom culture that fosters a love of dance.
• Collaborate with network dance teachers to develop a world‑class program.
• Engage students with dance creation, performance, and critique.
• Demonstrate movement and choreography with technical accuracy.
• Design and run professional-quality performance opportunities.
• Receive targeted feedback from school leaders to accelerate growth.

Skills

Dance instruction

Leadership

Collaboration

Student engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

At Success, non-academic subjects aren’t ‘extra’ but essential. Scholar Talent and electives serve as critical, creative outlets for scholars to explore and develop their passions and talents in athletics, chess, debate and visual and performing arts. We expect Scholar Talent teachers to be masters of their craft and share their passion, talent and experience in the classroom.

We are looking for a results-drivenDance Teacher to join our community.

In this role, you will:

• Build a classroom culture in which scholars develop a love of dance
• Collaborate with dance teachers across the network to build a world-class dance program, while investing the community in the vital role of the arts in education;
• Engage students with a repertoire that centers scholar learning on creating connecting, performing and responding to artistic works within dance;
• Execute movement to demonstrate dance technique and choreography;
• Design and execute professional-quality dance performance opportunities for all scholars;
• Engage in training with school leaders and benefit from targeted, in-the-moment feedback regarding instruction, which accelerates learning and growth.

We invite you to apply if you:

• Have or will receive a Bachelor’s degree prior to your start date;
• Achieved outstanding academic results;
• Have professional training in a rigorous dance program or extensive professional performance credits;
• Are passionate about dance and learning;
• Enjoy working with children and implementing effective dance instruction;
• Set ambitious goals for yourself and others, and are not afraid of putting in the hard work it takes to achieve them;
• Have confidence and presence -- You enjoy taking the lead and inspiring others with your passion and commitment;
• Enjoy collaborating with others (i.e., playing on an athletics team, or in a band or orchestra);
• Have leadership experience (i.e., leadership position on a club or team; experience overseeing/managing people or organizing activities);
• Pay strong attention to detail, and have experience juggling multiple responsibilities and planning around competing priorities;
• Have experience working with a group of children
• Embody the character traits we value in our ETHOS - Excellence, Teamwork, Humor, Ownership, and making sure our Scholars are top of mind.

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

Compensation Range$65,000—$65,000 USD

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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