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Summer Teaching Artist

Youth in Arts
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JOB TITLE: Summer Teaching Artist (Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Digital Media)
Hourly, Part-Time, Variable Hours, 4 - 20 hours per week, 2-8 weeks
REPORTS TO: Arts Unite Us Program Coordinator
DATES: June-August
COMPENSATION: $25.00 per hour for teaching

 

About Our Work
Youth in Arts (YIA) is an education nonprofit founded in 1970 by local arts advocates responding to diminishing arts resources available for California students in the Bay Area. Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, creativity, compassion and resilience in students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists through intentional professional development and growth opportunities, advocate for equitable access to arts education and offer opportunities for young people
to share their creative voices in their communities. Through direct education and advocacy, we continue to work towards access to a creative life as a right for all students. Our programs impact the creative and interpersonal growth of thousands of students in and around San Francisco’s North Bay, and we are proud to share that we have reached over 1 million students in our 50 year history.

 

Job Description
This position is for a part-time, hourly teaching artist and mentor for youth with disabilities ages 4th-8th grade. The Teaching Artist will teach music or dance to students at Youth in Art’s site in Downtown San Rafael. Youth in Arts core values and pedagogical framework include programs that prioritize the creative process, SEL core competencies, culturally responsive approaches, wellness, and equity. Teaching Artists bring their unique artistic lens and voices to the work within that framework.  Summer Teaching Artists will be partnered with Youth in Arts Teaching Artists to provide support, creative planning and execution and lesson planning.  

Teaching Artists will need to draw on their personal and professional expertise to:

  • Identify teaching strategies and learning activities appropriate to the specific discipline, age level of language proficiency, and range of cognitive levels being taught.
  • Plan lessons with clear objectives and relevant measurable outcomes.
  • When available and appropriate, use information in Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to plan strategies for integrating students with disabilities into arts lessons.
  • Use youth development skills to increase middle school student engagement, participation and personal growth.
  • Make learning objectives clear to students using multiple types of informational support.
  • Use multidisciplinary and engaging ways to begin a new unit of study or lesson while building on students' prior knowledge and experiences.
  • Employ a variety of teaching techniques such as discussion, problem solving, cooperative learning, and problem-based learning (among others).
  • Provide regular feedback to students on their progress and be comfortable receiving and giving professional feedback as well.
  • Incorporate appropriate technology and media in lesson planning.

Classroom Management and Development:

  • Create an environment that is conducive to learning, creativity and student development.
  • Create a physical environment appropriate to a range of learning levels and activities.
  • Respect student space and safety while maintaining appropriate standards of behavior, mutual respect, and safety.
  • Manage classroom routines and procedures without loss of significant instructional time.
     

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom:

  • Prioritize a culturally responsive approach to teaching that encourages every student to engage and learn.
  • Practice sensitivity and respectful language use as it relates to race, ethnicity, ability,
    socioeconomic conditions, and gender identity
  • Work to promote achievement by all students without exception.
  • Assess the significance of student differences in home experiences, background knowledge, learning skills, learning pace, and proficiency in the English language for learning the curriculum at hand and use professional judgment to determine if instructional adjustments are necessary.
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Subject Matter Expertise:

Some key qualities and expectations of the Teaching Artist are:

  • Capacity for scaffolded lesson planning and curriculum development in tandem with Youth in Arts’ creative voice framework.
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills.
  • The ability to determine age, cultural and developmental appropriateness of content.
  • Exhibit cross-cultural skills and a commitment to youth development, building self-efficacy, social justice, and cultural awareness.
  • Demonstrates a clear commitment to youth development and learning, dialogue, collaboration and growth in their professional arts practice.
  • Ability to articulate and demonstrate critical thinking in the arts.
  • Bi-lingual and multilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift up to 30 lbs.