Youth Dance Instructor - Part-Time, Community Arts

Good Shepherd Services; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

40+ Days of Paid Time Off

Personal and Pet Insurance

403 (B) Retirement Plan

Job summary

Good Shepherd Services in New York, NY, is seeking an Activity Specialist for a part-time role (10-12 hours/week, Sep–Jun) to teach Dance (All Styles) and foster youth development. You will prepare age- and skill-appropriate curriculum, mentor participants, and help build leadership through arts-infused activities.

The position emphasizes structured activities, group facilitation, collaboration with staff, and regular participation in meetings, with opportunities for growth and community

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.
• Execute dance performances pieces with participants for community cumulative events.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Dance (All Styles)

Youth Engagement

Curriculum Planning

Group Facilitation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Good Shepherd Services in New York, NY, is seeking an Activity Specialist for a part-time role (10-12 hours/week, Sep–Jun) to teach Dance (All Styles) and foster youth development. You will prepare age- and skill-appropriate curriculum, mentor participants, and help build leadership through arts-infused activities.

The position emphasizes structured activities, group facilitation, collaboration with staff, and regular participation in meetings, with opportunities for growth and community