Youth Arts & Theater Instructor (Afterschool)

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 27,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd. is seeking an Activity Specialist to teach and facilitate youth-centered classes at our Bronx location. You will develop age- and skill-appropriate curricula that combine arts with academics and review plans with supervisors before teaching.

The role supports youth to grow artistically, educationally, and socially, while guiding teamwork, discipline, and leadership in a safe, structured environment. Hours are 8–10 per week, non-exempt, Sept–June.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Dance

Theater/Acting

Music & Lyricists

Spoken Word

Photography/Videography

Graphic Design

Podcasting

Art/Animation/Painting

Chess/Strategy Games

Programming/Coding

Audio/Sound Engineering

Fashion/Cosmetology

Boxing

Martial Arts

Cooking/Culinary

Anything Interesting

Job description

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd. is seeking an Activity Specialist to teach and facilitate youth-centered classes at our Bronx location. You will develop age- and skill-appropriate curricula that combine arts with academics and review plans with supervisors before teaching.

The role supports youth to grow artistically, educationally, and socially, while guiding teamwork, discipline, and leadership in a safe, structured environment. Hours are 8–10 per week, non-exempt, Sept–June.