Role OverviewThe Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth-centered class tailored to their specific expertise. The role involves preparing and developing curriculum, lesson plans, and activities that fuse the arts and academic competencies. The Specialist will work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
What You Will Do
Prepare and develop age and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects. Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential. Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students' interest.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Candidates with experience and/or training relevant to the position, flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people are encouraged to apply. Excellent planning, organization, and time management skills are also required.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Experience and/or training relevant to the position required
- Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply
- Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people
- Excellent planning, organization and time management skills
- Ability to engage youth, while setting structure and limits in a group setting
- Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective
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