Part-Time Teaching Artist

Part-Time Teaching Artist

(Approximately 10-15 hours per week, weekdays during school hours and occasional evening/weekend hours)

POSITION: Part-time teaching artist

DEPARTMENT: Administrative, Education and Community Engagement

CATEGORY: Part-time, FLSA Non-exempt

PAY RANGE: $31.00/class, plus mileage and administrative compensation

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Teaching Artist provides dance and movement instruction at off-site locations, including but not limited to public schools and community centers.

Current program areas include ballet workshops and ballet classes for young children and in-school creative movement residencies. The Teaching Artist works directly with individuals from diverse backgrounds throughout the greater Pittsburgh region and serves as a departmental ambassador, working to develop relationships with classroom teachers and community program contacts

Core Duties & Responsibilities:

Create and facilitate dance and movement instruction

Establish safe and positive learning environment

Document residency work

Participate in PBT professional development and support facilitation of professional development with classroom teachers

Create and facilitate dance and movement instruction

• Establish and maintain communication with Education department staff and classroom teachers before and throughout the duration of the residency
• Create lesson plans that are in accordance with established curricula
• Facilitate dance and movement lessons in various settings
• Establish safe and positive learning environment
• Demonstrate respect for all persons and all abilities in community settings
• Support accomplishments of participants and provide feedback to participants as necessary
• Adapt dance and movement exercises as necessary for safety and comfort of participants

Document residency work

• Maintain accurate attendance records for residency work
• Collect paperwork from teachers and deliver it to Education department in a timely manner
• Provide sample journals from each residency experience

Participate in department meetings and professional development

• Participate in all required professional development sessions and meetings administered by the PBT Education department
• Read and analyze education research applicable to the position as provided by the Education department
• Facilitate and document professional development for classroom teachers, using established curricula and observation protocols

Skills and Competencies:

• Flexible critical thinking
• Excellent classroom management skills
• Inclusive and culturally competent teaching methods
• Understanding of current arts education trends

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of experience teaching dance and/or movement classes in a community setting required
• Training in and/or a willingness to be trained in dance pedagogy techniques for individuals with specialized needs and/or experiences required
• Experience in ballet performance and/or dance education and instruction strongly preferred
• B.A. in dance, education or similar field and/or professional dance experience preferred
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus

Physical Requirements:

This position requires reliable transportation as the work environment will constantly shift, based on program locations. As this is a dance teaching position, the applicant must be physically able to stand for hours at a time, or have experience teaching dance from a seated position. Accommodations to these physical demands can be made as long as the person in the position is still able to complete the essential functions of the job.

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