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About the Role

The Educational Content Specialist serves as the instructional and curriculum lead for our DYCD-funded COMPASS after-school program at PS 32 The Belmont School, which serves approximately 149 elementary students. This role bridges DreamYard’s arts-integrated, social justice framework with NYS school-age childcare regulations and DYCD compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct "Learning Walks" and classroom observations to evaluate student engagement and activity quality.
• Provide real-time coaching, modeling effective behavior support strategies and culturally responsive instructional practices for Group Leaders and Activity Specialists.
• Lead professional development sessions, staff orientations, and collaborative planning workshops geared toward elementary youth development.
• Review bi-weekly lesson plans submitted by Group Leaders to guarantee sequential, project-based learning that matches DYCD requirements (e.g., literacy, STEM, leadership, and healthy living).
• Integrate arts-learning, community-building, and social-emotional wellness into daily lesson planning aligned with DreamYard values.
• Serve as Inclusion Coordinator, identifying student needs and adapting curriculum to offer equitable access for high-needs or diverse learner populations.
• Assist in preparing the site for formal DYCD quality assessments, compliance reviews, and site monitoring visits.
• Align after-school programming with school-day priorities by maintaining open channels with the PS 32 administrative staff, school-day teachers, and parents.
• Co-plan student sharings, community events, and family nights that celebrate student art, growth, and voice.
• Other duties as required by management.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years working with elementary-aged youth in out-of-school-time (OST) programs, with demonstrated experience in curriculum design or instructional coaching.
• Deep commitment to anti-racist education, arts centering, and community activism in the Bronx.
• Must successfully clear NYC Department of Education (DOE) fingerprinting and background checks prior to starting work.

Skills

• Strong communication
• Task management
• Knowledge of positive youth development frameworks

Location

• PS 32 The Belmont School, 690 E 183rd St, Bronx, NY 10458

Work Type

• Temporary
• Hourly
• Part-time

Experience Level

• 2+ years

Education Level

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Education, Fine Arts, Youth Development, or a related field (strongly preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $40/hour

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan
• Paid sick-time

About the Company

• DreamYard collaborates with Bronx youth, families and schools to build pathways to equity and opportunity through the arts.
• DreamYard is committed to the principles of arts education, educational equity, and social justice.
• DreamYard fashions its programs to specifically address the needs of urban communities that are typically underrepresented because of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status.
• At DreamYard, we seek to offer quality programs, services and experiences at the intersection of art and social justice for young people from kindergarten through 12th grade and beyond.
• We aim to include families, community members, and a variety of stakeholders as we develop pathways towards equity, justice, and sustainability.
• At DreamYard, we believe in quality instruction merged with relevant social justice pedagogy principles to inspire students to develop character, scholarship and artistic voice to create change.
• Our core values of Nurture, Activate, Create and Connect describe our commitment to teaching for equity, justice and hope.
• We strive to support students’ academic and artistic needs while working toward becoming an anti-racist society.
• DreamYard is focused entirely in the Bronx, a borough that possesses incredible cultural, human and economic assets.
• The organization believes that the arts are a necessary part of developing those assets to their greatest potential.

Equal Opportunity

• DreamYard is an Equal Opportunity Employer is an equal opportunity employer.
• DreamYard prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic characteristics, disability, status as a special disabled veteran or veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity or any other basis prohibited by law.