Dance & Cheerleading Instructor - PS 297

Good Shepherd Services•Brooklyn, NY

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dance & Cheerleading Instructor teaches and facilitates youth-centered classes tailored to their expertise in dance and cheerleading. Instructors teach assigned weekly classes, choreograph recital routines, and follow a standardized curriculum. The position is 8–10 hours per week, non-exempt, from September through August, and is based at 700 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206. The reported salary is $19–$25 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 curricula, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that combine arts and academic competencies, and submit them to supervisors for review before teaching.
Work with 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.
Manage uniforms and participant gear.
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 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.
Teach assigned weekly classes, choreograph recital routines, and follow a standardized curriculum.