Teaching Artist Job at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark

Overview Position Summary : NJPAC Teaching Artists are professional artists and educators who teach a variety of arts disciplines in environments across New Jersey. Programs are offered virtually, on-site, and to schools, community centers and childcare centers throughout New Jersey. All Teaching Artists are paid for ongoing training opportunities as well as all meeting and planning time. Teaching Artists are on-call employees. Work fluctuates based on season, sales and TA availability.

Pay Rates :

Facilitation : $50-$80 / hr

Meetings and Training : $28.35 / hr

Documentation : $13 / hr

Opportunities We Are Currently Prioritizing The Following Opportunities

Dance : Musical Theater choreographers, Creative Movement

Creative Movement : use the elements of dance and movement to engage elementary students to support storytelling and literacy development

World Dance : (grades 3rd – 6th) all cultural dance artists welcomed. Lesson planning required.

Hip Hop : Emcee’ing, Beatboxing, DJ’ing, Music Production, Graffiti, Dance

Music : Recorder, Beginning Band

Professional Development Facilitators : All Artistic Disciplines

Essential Duties And Responsibilities Facilitate workshops, residencies, and / or Saturday and summer classes that are developmentally appropriate, focus on the whole student and build social-emotional learning in addition to artistic learning goals

Create curriculum outlines and lesson plans that embody the goals of NJPAC’s program(s)

Share curriculum outlines with NJPAC staff, classroom teachers, and school administration

Communicate with NJPAC and school staff regarding all aspects of programming

Participate in paid meetings and training at NJPAC

Travel to and work in all types of schools, on-site programs, and community settings across New Jersey. Some opportunities may be available for virtual options.

Qualifications And Special Requirements Bachelor’s degree in the arts, education or arts-related field, or equivalent experience

Professional experience in a performing art form and / or as a teaching artist or educator

Experience working with diverse populations and ages

Foundational understanding of healing centered, culturally responsive, anti-racist and / or social-emotional learning

Strong classroom management skills

Strong oral and written communication skills in order to interact with students, classroom teachers, school administrators, and NJPAC staff

Willingness to travel to and teach in various school settings in New Jersey

Willingness to attend meetings, training, and complete paperwork in addition to teaching classes

Reliable transportation

Required background check & fingerprinting clearance

Supporting Documents Supporting documents required for employment consideration include :

Teaching Philosophy Statement (one page written or three minutes recorded max)

Headshot (Optional)

Other Work Sample (Optional)

Application Instructions Please upload all documents when completing your application. If you are having issues uploading your supporting documents, email Steven Hayet at shayet@njpac.org .

No phone calls please. Candidates selected for audition and interview will receive a verbal or written response including a request for a sample lesson plan. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but we will only conduct interviews three times a year in an effort to provide cohort training within the first month of on-boarding.

NJPAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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