Activity Instructor (Bronx)

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: Bronx, NY Hours: 8 - 10 hours / week; Non Exempt, September - June Schedule: Program Hours are Monday - Friday, 2pm - 6pm Salary: $19 / HR - $25 * 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.