Dance Activity Instructor-LEAPS MS 363 & Creston Campus
About The Position
The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth-centered class tailored to their area of expertise. The instructor develops and leads age- and skill-appropriate activities that combine arts and academic competencies, and supports participants’ artistic, educational, and leadership potential. Activities should provide structure and purposeful engagement, promote teamwork and mastery, and foster emotional and professional growth. The role also contributes to community-hour activities and the broader staff team, supports students’ academic success, and helps create a safe, strengths-based environment where participants feel a sense of belonging and community. The position is based at MS 363 and the Creston Campus in the Bronx, runs September through June, and is scheduled for 8–10 hours per week during program hours of Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. It 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.
- Relevant experience and/or training 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 strengths-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 curricula, 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 activity and self, including beginning and ending rituals.
- Facilitate scaffolded activities based on students’ interests.
- Lead activities that promote teamwork, opportunities for 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 strengths-based youth development environment that supports 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
