Teaching Artist - Exploring Music Through Language
Teaching Artist - Exploring Music Through Language
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Job Description
Position Overview:
- Schedule: Saturdays 10 am11am; January 11th May 31st 2025
- Type: Parttime Temporary
- Pay: $75/hour nonexempt
- To apply please submit:
- a resume highlighting your work as an educator and musician
- a cover letter describing your interest in being a teaching artist at Abrons Arts Center.
About Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center is a home for contemporary interdisciplinary arts in Manhattans Lower East Side. A core program of the Henry Street Settlement Abrons believes that access to the arts is essential for a thriving city. Through performances exhibitions education programs and residencies Abrons mobilizes communities through the transformative power of art.
Overview:
Abrons Arts Centers Arts is seeking a bilingual music educator to codesign and facilitate a song and music course titled Exploring Music Through Language for early childhood learners 35 year olds). The classes will take place at our Lower East Side arts center.
Course Description: Exploring Music Through Language
In this caregiverandchild course our littlest learners explore music through song and dance in a foreign language environment. Young learners and their grown ups play games learn songs and dances in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese while gaining an introduction to music theory and being exposed to two of NYCs largest foreign language communities.
You are:
- Committed to Arts Centers values of accessibility equity and inclusion
- A facilitator with a strong ability to teach diverse learners of all ages and backgrounds
- Creative confident and highly skilled at designing arts curriculum that uplifts community members through the arts
- Highly collaborative and able to work cooperatively with the arts education team in problemsolving
- Enthusiastic and interested in contemporary arts practices and arts education innovation
- Committed to submitting lesson plans time sheets supply orders and other administrative documents in timely manner
- Excited to continue growing your artistic practice in tandem with your teaching artistry
You have:
- 3 years of music education experience
- 2 years of early childhood education experience 35 year olds)
- Fluency in Spanish and/or Mandarin Chinese language
- A repertoire of Spanish and/or Mandarin songs and activities
- Proficiency in writing designing and facilitating arts education curriculum
- Strong classroom management skills
- Proficiency in socialemotional learning methods
- Robust awareness and passion for contemporary musical genres and forms
- Conflict mediation and deescalation skills
- Enthusiasm for working with young people
- Social adaptability and ability to work with a range of learning styles
- Concert and performance experience
You will support the Abrons Arts Education Program by:
- Developing and implementing an innovative curriculum that includes accessible activities for early childhood learners in music movement and language
- Cultivating a classroom environment that is consentbased and affirming to learners of all genders identities body types and skill levels
- Being responsive to learning styles and being committed to building a sense of community and belonging
- Having a demonstrated interest in professional development and growth of teaching artistry
You will be:
- Committed to Arts Centers values of accessibility equity and inclusion
- Creative confident and highly skilled at designing arts curriculum that uplifts young people through the arts
- Motivated to provide bestinclass arts projects to the Abrons Arts Center students
- Highly collaborative with a strong ability to teach diverse young people
- Enthusiastic and interested in contemporary arts practices and arts education innovation
- Committed to submitting lesson plans time sheets supply orders and other administrative documents to Abrons on time
- Excited to continue growing your artistic practice in tandem with teaching
Essential Physical Job Functions:
- Must be New York City based and be present onsite to instruct classes
- Possessing or obtaining deescalation training
- Must be COVID19 vaccinated
- Must be able to move throughout our 40000 square foot facility that includes stairs ramps indoor and outdoor spaces
Employment Type
Hourly
