After School Fiber Arts Teacher

After School Fiber Arts Teacher

Children's Programs - School for Children

Start Date: ASAP

Role: After School Fiber Arts Teacher (Part-time role)

Schedule: Weekly on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:15 PM and 4:30-5:15 PM From April through June on the SFC Calendar.

Pay Rate: $50 -70 per hour

Job Summary:

The After School Fiber Arts Teacher will lead an after school course that supports a growing knowledge of how to work with a variety of approaches such as weaving, fabric printing or dyeing, etc.  Under the supervision of the After School Director and Auxiliary Programs Team, the Fiber Arts teacher will design and implement age-appropriate curricula for two groups of 10-12 students each.

This position typically runs year-long from September - June along the SFC school calendar.

Responsibilities:

The Afterschool Fiber Arts Teacher’s responsibilities might include but are not limited to:

• In collaboration with the After School Director, design age-appropriate curricula for students ages 5-7 and 7-9.
• Prepare materials, set up/clean up the Art Room.
• Participate as a member of a collaborative, cooperative Afterschool program - sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community.
• Build relationships with students so they treat each other well and stay on task.
• Use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom of children, while maintaining and reinforcing health and safety rules.
• Support students in moving safely through the hallways and in and out of the building during various times of the afternoon, following building-wide health and safety regulations.
• Oversee the safe transfer of children to afterschool and dismissal to authorized adults.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma required and Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience with Fiber Arts is preferred.  A curiosity and commitment to learning more about our approach to this type of learning is necessary.
• Experience managing a classroom and teaching children preferred (experience working with young children a plus)
• Experience with progressive education preferred
• Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community preferred
• Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.