Activity Instructor - Dance (PS 297)

Good Shepherd • Brooklyn, NY

82d • $19 - $25

About The Position

The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth centered class tailored to their specific expertise, particularly in Dance. This role involves working with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential through structured activities and lessons. The position is part-time, requiring 8 to 10 hours per week from September to June, with classes scheduled Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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-plan activities 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' interests that promote teamwork, mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff-led activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth development, strengths-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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees