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About the Role

DreamYard is seeking a passionate Graphic Designer or Digital Arts TA with a strong interest in social justice and racial equity art education for in-school and after-school residency opportunities. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated teaching experience, ideally in NYC public schools, and may have additional experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, and branding.

Responsibilities

• Teaching in-school and/or after schools not to exceed 18 weekly hours of direct instruction and 9 hours of weekly planning meetings with classroom teachers.
• Providing instruction in the arts and through the arts to achieve academic goals.
• Teaching and planning for 2-8 in-schools per week and/or possibly as many as 4 after schools per week.
• Developing long-term project-based unit designs in collaboration with classroom teachers.
• Assessing student learning based on learning goals and objectives.
• Organizing at least 2 sharings of student work with teaching partners and TA colleagues at the school.
• Working in close collaboration with classroom teacher partners to plan lessons and projects during one in-person 45-minute planning session per week.
• Sharing skills with the teacher to build capacity for arts instruction at the school.
• Co-teaching lessons in which both TA and teacher partner have clear roles and responsibilities for generating student learning.
• Coordinating at least one trip to a NYC cultural institution and/or one guest artist per class with a connection to learning in the classroom.
• Completing curriculum maps and student rosters and documenting all project plans using DreamYard templates and planning tools.
• Collecting portfolios of student work for each class through photos, videos, and class artifacts.
• Participating in DreamYard’s annual Teaching Artist retreat.
• Participating in a total of 40 hours of DreamYard TA professional development.
• Actively pursuing individualized professional development through coaching.
• Actively contributing to the professional development of the TA staff by sharing expertise and knowledge.
• Collaborating with community, school and/or DreamYard staff on identifying and preparing student work for public events.
• Participating in one or more public events a year.
• Collaborating with Development and Administrative staff on gathering information necessary to communicate DreamYard’s work to funders and the larger arts and education communities.

Requirements

• Expertise in an arts discipline exhibited through an educational degree and/or professional accomplishment.
• Minimum two years full-time (or the equivalent) teaching an arts discipline in a school and/or community-based setting.
• Teaching experience in NYC public schools preferred.
• Department of Education fingerprinting (PETS) will be required.

Skills

• Graphic Design
• Digital Arts
• Visual Art Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Branding
• Social Justice Pedagogy
• Collaborative Teaching Practices

Location

• Bronx

Work Type

• In-school residency
• After-school residency

Experience Level

• Minimum two years full-time teaching experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in arts discipline or related area
• Master's degree in arts discipline or related area

Salary/Compensations

• Commensurate with experience and with similar positions citywide

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Excellent benefits package
• Generous paid time off

About the Company

• DreamYard Project is committed to being an anti-racist organization, using art and education as a platform for social justice and racial equity.
• Founded in 1994, DreamYard has worked with over 100 public schools and 100,000 young people and families, developing a robust educational community in the Bronx.
• DreamYard's mission is to nurture, resource, encourage, inspire, and remind community members of their power and potential through personal stories, addressing oppressive conditions, and fortifying individual power to transform.

Equal Opportunity

• DreamYard is committed to the principles of arts education, educational reform and social justice, and welcomes and encourages applications from a diverse range of individuals.
• Bronx-based and Spanish-speaking applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
• DreamYard Project, Inc. employs without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other attributes not related to superior performance.