Rejoice School of Ballet - Teaching Assistant

Belmont University • Belmont, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Rejoice School of Ballet is a non-profit dance studio that provides high quality dance training to children from diverse racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Rejoice seeks to provide a loving and safe environment for kids to foster their creativity, and to participate in an activity (dance) that will teach them qualities and skills to be successful later in life, regardless of their individual goals and pursuits. Rejoice Teaching Assistants help out in our children's ballet classes and serve as an assistant to the primary instructor. While the Instructor runs class, the Teaching Assistant is in the studio.

Requirements

• Must have Federal Work Study and reliable transportation to get to and from locations that are 20-30 mins away from Belmont.
• A background in dance (enough to participate in children's classes).
• Experience working with children in a large group setting, including children from racially and socioeconomically diverse communities.
• Consistently punctual, reliable, and responsible.
• Able to act as a role model to the students at Rejoice School of Ballet.
• Must be enrolled as a student at Belmont University.

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate would have a strong enough dance background to serve as a backup to the primary Instructor, being able to step in and take over for the instructor if they are sick or late, though this is not a requirement.
• Students studying Dance, Education, or Early Childhood Development are preferred but not required.
• Some dance experience is required; experience working with kids is strongly preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist the lead teacher with children's dance classes, helping demonstrate proper class participation, and gently redirecting students' attention as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed