Working at DreamYard

Application to be a Dreamyard teaching artist.

DreamYard Overview
DreamYard is an arts education organization that brings comprehensive, long-term arts residencies to schools and community programs in underserved neighborhoods. Since 1994, DreamYard has been dedicated to collaborating with public schools and communities to build an educational pathway for young people in grades K through 12 in which the arts are an integral part of how children learn. DreamYard programs include school-based, yearlong residencies, after school arts companies and a year-round arts and community activism program known as the DreamYard ACTION Project.

DreamYard Teaching Artists are hired on a part or full time basis. Besides teaching duties teaching artists are also called up to be active members of the school communities in which they work, helping to build local cultures of teaching and learning in and through the arts. In addition to teaching, growth within the organization is possible through opportunities to lead after school and Saturday programs, mentor fellow teaching artists, lead professional development workshops, and manage school sites.

Teaching Artist Job Description and Responsibilities:

• Create arts-integrated projects and lessons with a collaborating classroom teacher that will teach students arts specific skills while supporting academic content through the arts.
• Co-teach 90-minute arts integrated lessons with collaborating classroom teachers.
• Participate in weekly 45 minute planning sessions with collaborating classroom teachers.
• Document lesson planning and student progress.
• Collaborate with other Teaching Artists and teachers to share projects between classes.
• Support classroom and school-wide norms.
• Maintain a safe learning environment by partnering with teacher to manage classroom.
• Participate in the DreamYard community by:
  • Attending monthly professional development sessions.
  • Attending monthly meetings at partnership schools.
  • Communicating regularly with Site-Based Coordinator and Program Director.

Requirements: Candidates should have demonstrated experience in art discipline (Bachelor's degree, MFA or related training preferred) and a minimum of 2 years experience teaching school-aged children in public school setting. The candidate should be comfortable interacting with school administration and teachers. Strong oral and written communication skills and an ability to work as part of a team are necessary. Candidate must also be committed to on-going professional development as an arts practitioner and educator and to participating in other DreamYard community events.

Please send a resume and cover letter providing more in-depth information on your academic, artistic and professional experience via postal mail or e-mail. DreamYard accepts applications on a rolling basis, though typically reviews submissions in June of each year. Qualified applicants will be asked to complete an application for the position and interview with the Program Directors.

Frances Sulle
DreamYard Drama Project, Inc
872 Gerard Avenue, 3rd Floor
Bronx, NY 10452

Salary range is based on number of classes assigned and may include subsidized health insurance.

DreamYard is committed to the principles of arts education, educational reform and 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. Accordingly, we welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of individuals. DreamYard Drama Project, Inc. employs without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other attribute not related to superior performance.