What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activity Instructor Art - PS 291 position at Good Shepherd Services?
The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth centered class tailored to their specific expertise. Candidates with the following expertise are encouraged to apply:
Reports To: Program Director
Location: PS/MS 15 & PS 291-2195 Andrews Avenue Bx NY 10453
Hours: 8 - 10 hours / week; Non Exempt, September - June
Schedule: Program Hours are Monday - Friday, 2pm - 6pm
Salary: $19.50 / HR - $25.50
- Dance (All Styles)
- Theater/Acting
- Music & Lyricists
- Spoken Word and Poetry
- Graphic Design
- Podcasting
- Art/Animation/Painting
- Chess/Strategy Based Games
- Photography/Videography
- Robotics
- Coding/Computer Programming
- Audio/Sound Engineering
- Fashion and Cosmetology
- Boxing
- Martial Arts
- Cooking/Culinary
- Anything Interesting that isn't mentioned on this list!
Major Duties:
- Prepare and develop age, and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies to be reviewed by supervisors before being taught.
- Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
- Pre-planning of activity; activities are to provide students with structure, purposeful use of activity and self, including beginning and ending rituals.
- Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
- Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.
- Foster a youth development, strengths-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
- Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students academic success.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
- Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply.
- 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 a team player
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.