Full Time Teaching Artist in Therapeutic Studio Classroom

Refresh Collective; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative educational organization in Cincinnati is seeking a Therapeutic Hip-Hop Classroom Lead to transform the lives of at-risk youth through music production and lyric writing. You will create a safe space for students, utilizing hip-hop culture as a therapeutic intervention. Ideal candidates have experience in music therapy or education, and an understanding of trauma-informed practices. This role fosters relationships and promotes student success through creativity and healing.

Qualifications

• Experience as a music therapist, educator, or hip-hop artist.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Responsibilities

• Lead therapeutic recording studio classroom for K-12 students.
• Facilitate daily class periods using hip-hop pedagogy.
• Support students in credit recovery and confidence building.

Job description

Transform Lives Through Hip-Hop as Healing Practice: Are you a music therapist, educator, or hip-hop artist ready to pioneer a new frontier? Join Refresh Collective's innovative model where hip-hop culture becomes therapeutic intervention for at-risk youth grades K-12 who have been failed by traditional systems.

Description

The Role

Lead our therapeutic recording studio classroom serving 1-8 students per class in an intimate, relationship-focused environment. Facilitate 6-7 class periods for grades K-12 daily using our evidence-based "trust-based hip-hop pedagogy" that integrates trauma-informed care with authentic hip-hop culture. Support students in credit recovery, confidence building, and creating pathways to graduation through the therapeutic power of music production and lyric writing.

What Makes This Different?

This isn't traditional music therapy or typical teaching—it's both and neither. We use beat production as therapeutic modality. Students "name their pain to claim their future" through lyric writing as trauma processing. Hip-hop culture provides the authentic container for transformation. If you've been seeking to bridge clinical practice with culturally relevant artistry, this is it.

Your Impact

• Create safe therapeutic space for multi-system involved youth
• Use music production and lyric writing as trauma intervention
• Build relationships that become reasons students want to come to school
• Collaborate with school staff on holistic student support
• Document progress using both therapeutic and academic frameworks
• Work with mix of long-term and short-term student placements

More info here: https://refreshcollective.org/pages/teaching-artist-therapeutic-hip-hop-classroom

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