Position Overview:

Schedule: Saturdays 10am-11am; September 16 - December 15, 2024, with possibility of extension to 2025
Type: Part time, Temporary
Pay: $75/hr, non-exempt
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 Manhattan’s 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 Center's Arts is seeking a bilingual music educator to co-design and facilitate a song and music course titled Exploring Music Through Language, for early childhood learners (3-5 year olds). The classes will take place at our Lower East Side arts center.

Course Description: Exploring Music Through Language

In this caregiver-and-child 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 NYC’s largest foreign language communities.

You are:

Committed to Arts Center’s 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 problem-solving
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 (3-5 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 social-emotional learning methods
Robust awareness and passion for contemporary musical genres and forms
Conflict mediation and de-escalation 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 consent-based 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 Center’s 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 best-in-class 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 on-site to instruct classes
Possessing or obtaining de-escalation training
Must be COVID-19 vaccinated
Must be able to move throughout our 40,000+ square foot facility that includes stairs, ramps, indoor and outdoor spaces

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