Imogen Roche Foundation Inc
After School Teacher - Visual Arts Job at Imogen Roche Foundation Inc in New Yor
Imogen Roche Foundation Inc, New York, NY, United States, 10065
Job Type
Part-time
Description
We are seeking a part-time teacher to lead fun and engaging visual art and design workshops with groups of elementary school children after school. Visual arts teachers will concentrate on one or more disciplines, including (but not limited to) drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and multi-media.
Our programs are dedicated to supporting the social and emotional learning of participants by providing choice-based activities that empower student voices and using delivery methods that develop compassion, understanding, and kindness. In addition to being experts in specific fields of content, our Activity Specialists (Teachers, Coaches, Teaching Artists, etc.), are the educators who are most essential in ensuring that our after-school programs create experiences for children that are consistent with our vision of social and emotional learning: active listening, peer support, and radical kindness.
Duties and Responsibilities
Requirements
Salary Description
$80/hour
Part-time
Description
We are seeking a part-time teacher to lead fun and engaging visual art and design workshops with groups of elementary school children after school. Visual arts teachers will concentrate on one or more disciplines, including (but not limited to) drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and multi-media.
Our programs are dedicated to supporting the social and emotional learning of participants by providing choice-based activities that empower student voices and using delivery methods that develop compassion, understanding, and kindness. In addition to being experts in specific fields of content, our Activity Specialists (Teachers, Coaches, Teaching Artists, etc.), are the educators who are most essential in ensuring that our after-school programs create experiences for children that are consistent with our vision of social and emotional learning: active listening, peer support, and radical kindness.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Implements course curriculum, and assists with its development
- Works with teaching assistant to create lesson plans in accordance with course curriculum
- Requests supplies from Site Supervisor well in advance of class sessions
- Leads classes with school age children
- Supervises children during transitions
- Supervises teaching assistants
- Communicates regularly with Site Supervisor and/or Director about student progress
- Plans, coordinates and oversees culminating events at the end of each cycle
Requirements
- Subject-matter expertise in a field consistent with the subject taught
- Patient, kind and friendly
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively manage and correct conduct and performance of adults and children
- Able to manage and give priority to multiple tasks. Exhibits creativity and innovativeness working in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to use own initiative, sound judgment, tact and diplomacy.
- University degree (preferred)
Salary Description
$80/hour