Activity Instructor (MS 447)
About The Position
The Activity Instructor teaches and facilitates youth-centered classes tailored to their expertise. Instructors prepare age- and skill-appropriate lessons and activities that combine arts and academic competencies, and help participants develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential. Activities should be structured, purposeful, scaffolded around students’ interests, and promote teamwork, mastery, and emotional and professional growth. The role also supports students’ academic success and fosters a safe, strength-based sense of belonging and community. The position is at the Creston Campus, 125 E 181st Street, Bronx, NY 10453. The schedule is 8–10 hours per week, September through June, during program hours of Monday–Friday, 2 p.m.–6 p.m. The position is non-exempt and pays $19.50–$25.50 per hour.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
- 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 team player.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Commitment to working from a strength-based, youth and family development, and trauma-informed perspective.
Nice To Haves
- Some college.
- Experience with adolescents.
- Experience teaching or coaching youth.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and develop age- and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that combine arts and academic competencies, for supervisor review before teaching.
- Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
- Pre-plan activities that provide structure and purposeful use of the activity and participants’ time, including beginning and ending rituals.
- Facilitate scaffolded activities based on students’ interests that promote teamwork, mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
- Facilitate purposeful activities during community hour and participate in other staff-led activities as part of the staff team.
- Foster a strength-based youth-development environment that promotes participants’ sense of belonging, safety, and community.
- Engage and facilitate group conversations, and track and support students’ academic success.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
