Career Exploration and Work Readiness Teaching Artist at Dreamyard Project, Inc. | NY, US | Rezi

Career Exploration and Work Readiness Teaching Artist at Dreamyard Project, Inc.

Career Exploration and Work Readiness Teaching Artist

Dreamyard Project, Inc. · NY, US

4 days ago

Career Exploration and Work Readiness Teaching Artist

Dreamyard Project, Inc. · NY, US

4 days ago
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About the Role

DreamYard is seeking a part-time Career Exploration and Readiness Teaching Artist for the 2021-2022 school year. This role involves leading workshops focused on creative career pathways for high school and college-aged students, with an emphasis on social justice and racial equity in art education.

Responsibilities

  • Lead 32 hours of Career and College exploration workshops focusing on creative career pathways.
  • Conduct a 2-hour session per week from October through Mid-December with two cohorts of high school students.
  • Conduct a 90-minute session bi-weekly with a cohort of college-aged students from October 2021 through May 2022.
  • Facilitate deep dives into examining individual relationships to work culture, evaluating personal strengths and areas for growth, and honoring culture-based work narratives.

Requirements

  • Minimum two years teaching a visual, digital or performance art and/or other arts discipline in a school and/or community-based setting.
  • Expertise in Multi Media & various art forms exhibited through an educational degree and/or professional accomplishments.
  • Proof of vaccinations will be required as a DreamYard COVID 19 health and safety protocol.

Skills

  • Social justice pedagogy
  • Work-based readiness curriculum
  • Collaborative teaching practices
  • Creative career pathways
  • Multi Media & various art forms
  • Visual art
  • Digital art
  • Performance art
  • Communication

Location

  • Bronx, NY

Work Type

  • Part-time

Experience Level

  • Minimum two years teaching experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in related areas.

Salary/Compensations

  • $2600 - $5900 per residency

About the Company

  • DreamYard is a Bronx-based organization founded in 1994 that uses the arts, social justice pedagogy, and digital and connected learning to inspire youth, public schools, and communities.
  • DreamYard's programs develop artistic voices, nurture young people's desire to make change, and cultivate the skills necessary to reach positive goals.
  • DreamYard supports young people through sustained learning opportunities in partnering public schools (K-12th Grade), its own DY Prep HS School, and the DreamYard Art Center.
  • DreamYard is committed to being an anti-racist organization, challenging oppression, and using art and education as a platform for a hopeful future.
  • DreamYard has worked with over 100 public schools and 100,000 young people and families.
  • DreamYard's role is to nurture, resource, encourage, inspire, and remind community members of their power and possibilities.

Equal Opportunity

  • DreamYard is committed to the principles of arts education, educational reform and social justice, and fashions its programs to specifically address the needs of urban communities that are typically underrepresented because of race, sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
  • Welcome and encourage 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 or other attributes not related to superior performance.