Activity Specialist - Music @ PS 1

Center For Family Life in Sunset Park•Brooklyn, NY

About The Position

The Activity Specialist – Music creates, implements, and facilitates age-appropriate music activities for school-aged participants in afterschool and summer programs. The specialist designs standards-based curricula for elementary- and middle-school-aged youth, provides weekly vocal and/or instrumental music and composition instruction, and leads activities for youth of all ages. The role also supports participants in composing and performing songs and arrangements for program, school, and community performances. The specialist incorporates New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and Next Generation Learning Standards for English Language Arts into the music curriculum; collaborates with colleagues on two to three annual program-wide performances; contributes to special events, staff development, and community-building activities; and attends weekly professional development meetings. The position involves regular interaction with participants, colleagues, supervisors, families, school personnel, and community groups, with sensitivity to cultural differences and a commitment to respectful partnerships. This is a part-time, non-exempt position in School-Based Programming, working 25 to 29 hours per week at $30 per hour. The role involves actively engaging with children and may require walking, bending, standing, squatting, or sitting on the floor. Activities may take place indoors or outdoors and in varying weather and temperatures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Provide weekly instruction in vocal and/or instrumental music.
Skill in piano and/or guitar accompaniment.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Skills working with youth of all ages.
Flexibility and ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Interest in managing and creating positive experiences for groups of youth, including participants with special needs and challenging behaviors.
Sensitivity to cultural differences and ability to build respectful partnerships with participants and their families.
Ability to maintain a high energy level and participate actively with children, including walking, bending, standing, squatting, or sitting on the floor.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Mandarin, English and Cantonese, or English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Design age-appropriate, standards-based music curricula for elementary- and middle-school-aged youth in afterschool and summer programs.
Provide weekly vocal and/or instrumental music and composition instruction, and lead weekly activities for youth of all ages.
Collaborate with participants to compose and perform songs and musical arrangements for program, school, and/or community performances.
Incorporate New York State Learning Standards for the Arts and Next Generation Learning Standards for English Language Arts into the music curriculum.
Plan and collaborate with colleagues to produce two to three annual program-wide performances.
Help create and implement special events, staff development, and community-building activities.
Attend weekly professional development meetings.
Build and maintain close, daily interactions with participants, co-workers, and supervisors.
Maintain contact as needed with participants’ families, school personnel, and external community groups.
Facilitate music activities and experiences for school-aged children.