After School Dance Teacher

Children's Programs - School for Children

Start Date: Sep 22, 2022

Role: After School Dance Teacher (Part-time role)

Schedule: TBD; One day a week from 3:10 - 5:30 PM (teaching time 3:25 - 4:10 and 4:15 - 5:00 plus set-up/clean-up), from September 19, 2022 - June 14, 2023; opportunities for occasional substitute work

Pay Rate:  $175 ($75 per session + $25 for 30 minutes prep and clean-up).

Job Summary: The After School Dance Teacher will lead an after school course that supports the development of skills relating to movement and choreography. Under the supervision of the After School Director and Auxiliary Programs Team, the Dance teacher will design and implement age-appropriate curricula for two groups of 10-12 students.

This position runs September - June along the SFC school calendar.

Responsibilities:

To:

• In collaboration with the After School Director, design age-appropriate curricula for students ages 5-7 and 7-9.
• Participate as a member of a collaborative, cooperative After School program - sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community.
• Build relationships with students so they treat each other well and stay on task.
• Use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom of children, while maintaining and reinforcing health and safety rules.
• Support students in moving safely through the hallways and in and out of the building during various times of the afternoon, following building-wide health and safety regulations.
• Oversee the safe transfer of children to afterschool and dismissal to authorized adults.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma required and Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience with teaching Dance courses to the age groups indicated is preferred. A curiosity and commitment to learning more about our approach to this type of learning is necessary.
• Experience managing a classroom and teaching children preferred (experience working with young children a plus)
• Experience with progressive education preferred
• Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community preferred
• Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.

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