Title: Teaching Artist(Theatre/Dance)

1-3 Hour Sessions at various locations

Salary: $50 Per Hour

Reports To: Managers

Mission

The Foluké Cultural Arts Center (FCAC or Foluké Arts) is committed to building self-esteem, discipline and a drive for excellence among at-risk children and youth through music, dance, drama and arts education; providing professional performance opportunities for program participants, and enhancing an appreciation for cultural an ethnic diversity. Foluke Cultural Arts help children develop critical life skills such as commitment, follow-through, and teamwork. 

Overview

Foluké Cultural Arts Teaching Artists play the role of building self-worth through art with the youth. This flexible position includes after-school teaching at Friendly Inn or one of our school partnerships dependent on your schedule and the slots available.  The Saturday classes will be broken into morning sessions that include individual art disciplines while the afternoon include interprofessional collaboration between two or more similar art areas. Each semester the teaching artist and managers must collaboratively decide on a showcase for the youth. The staff must bring incites about what the youth would like to do. 

General Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Implement curriculum specific to the students 
• Build rapport with youth and assess their needs
• Collaborate with youth 
• Ability to build consensus and relationships among staff, artists, and contractors.
• Collaborate with the team on the development of new productions
• Provide updates during staff meetings. 
• Arrive 10 minutes before class for preparation

• Theatre
• Teach the basics of performance utilizing the actor's toolbox
• Use theatre games to start off the day
• End the day with a debrief to go over what the students learned
• The youth should be able to
• Give a small monologue 
• Demonstrate stage crew capabilities

• Dance
• Teach the basics of a specific dance area
• Stretch and check in at the beginning of class
• The youth should be able to
• Execute at least two routines