What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Instructor - Photography/Videography (PS 297) position at Good Shepherd Services?
The Summer Photography/Videography Instructor will teach and facilitate a youth centered activity in the area of camera work, editing, and lighting, including an end of the year showcase of learned skills.
Reports To: Program Manager
Location: COMPASS PS 297 - 700 Park Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11206
Hours: 8 - 10 hours / week; Non Exempt, July - Mid August
Major Duties
Reports To: Program Manager
Location: COMPASS PS 297 - 700 Park Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11206
Hours: 8 - 10 hours / week; Non Exempt, July - Mid August
Major Duties
- 2-4 classes per week.
- 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, strength’s-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.
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred with professional experience.
- Must be 18 years or older
- Experience working youth.
- Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
- Must be able to engage young people and set structure and limits in a group setting.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based and/or youth development perspective.