What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dance Teacher (ages 2-7) position at Dance Connection?
Opening for 2025-2026 Season
Dance Teachers (for ages 2-7)
Dance Connection is seeking to expand its Terrific Twos, Preschool, and Combo (age 2-7) faculty for its classes for upcoming seasons. Our performing arts schools have an emphasis on excellence and love for the art of dance with a large student base of dancers aged 2 to adult.
With locations in Islip and Bay Shore, we serve dancers throughout both Suffolk and Nassau counties. We pride ourselves on fostering a sense of teamwork among our teachers, operating with a professionally managed office and administrative staff, and offering many opportunities for growth to all the artists that work for us.
Dance Connection is seeking teachers for the following styles:
- Toddler & Preschool Classes
Availability: The 2025-2025 season will run September 2025 thru June 2026. We are specifically looking for teachers available for weekday morning classes, Saturday mornings/afternoons, and Sunday mornings/afternoons.
Requirements:
- A love of teaching children and teenagers and a dedication to arts education.
- Extensive experience as a dance teacher.
- Effective classroom management skills, of both students and assistant teachers.
- Written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional, organized, proactive, and friendly attitude.
- Ability to utilize the internet and email.
- While our teachers are free to hold employment elsewhere, we require an exclusivity from dance studios within a 10-mile radius of our location, unless otherwise approved.
- A high school diploma or G.E.D. is required.
- A B.A. or B.F.A. in Dance is a plus, but not required.
Salary : $23
