• Job Description

  Req#: 151159

  Job Details

  Level: Experienced

  Job Location: 21st Street Campus - SANTA MONICA, CA

  Position Type: Full Time

  Education Level: 4 Year Degree

  Salary Range: $60,000.00 - $167,000.00 Salary

  Job Shift: Day

  Job Category: Education

  Description

  Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences seeks a temporary full-time dance teacher in the K-12 Dance Department for August 19th, 2024 through December 20th, 2024. This is a Middle and Upper School position, working with 6th-12th grade students. The candidate will work alongside the K-12 Dance Department Chair to energize the dance program, working as a champion of dance in an educational setting. The ideal candidate must be a master teacher who inspires students to push creative boundaries, has a desire to embed into the school culture and uphold school expectations, while being team-oriented, collaborative, self-motivated, proactive, accessible, flexible, and charismatic.

  Essential Functions:

  • Design and implement creative instructional strategies that emphasize hands-on, collaborative, and project-based learning.

  • Foster an inclusive, challenging, and equitable learning environment that aligns with Crossroads' core values, promoting growth and success for a diverse student body.

  • Establish and uphold high standards of classroom behavior to create a positive and productive learning atmosphere.

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop innovative and meaningful curriculum with vertical alignment.

  • Integrate technology to enhance students' learning experiences and facilitate growth.

  • Engage in professional development opportunities to support ongoing personal and professional growth and leadership.

  • Monitor and report on students' progress, including the assignment and grading of projects and examinations.

  • Participate in weekly department meetings, division-level faculty meetings, weekly supervision duties, and student support meetings as required.

  • Uphold and model Crossroads' core values.

  • Promote and sustain an inclusive school environment.

  Key Job Competencies:

  • Relationship Management: Fosters positive and authentic relationships with students and colleagues, maintaining high levels of discretion and confidentiality.

  • Communication: Excels in articulating thoughts and expressing ideas through oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication. Utilizes active listening skills to gain understanding.

  • Project Management: Leads and manages complex projects to achieve objectives by prioritizing tasks, delegating responsibilities based on individual strengths, monitoring progress, and evaluating outcomes.

  • Collaboration: Utilizes interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to collaboratively solve problems and advance toward common goals. Works effectively with others to complete projects, tasks, and develop ideas and processes.

  • Developing Others: Effectively supports the growth and development of students and colleagues at all organizational levels.

  • Cultural Competence: Applies skills, values, and principles that acknowledge, respect, and work effectively across cultural differences. Recognizes and values the unique perspectives, strengths, and challenges of each individual.

  • Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits high levels of self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, empathy, and curiosity.

  • Personal Growth: Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning and development, showing curiosity and dedication to personal and professional growth.

  • Instructional Delivery: Employs best practices to effectively instruct students, maximizing their knowledge and skill acquisition.

  • Classroom Management: Establishes and enforces rules and procedures, proactively manages classroom dynamics, delivers engaging and effective instruction, and minimizes disruptive behaviors to ensure a high-quality, emotionally safe, and equitable learning environment.

  • Formative and Summative Assessment: Supports competency-based education by understanding students’ needs, adjusting instruction in real-time, and guiding and assessing student learning.

  Qualifications

  
  

  • Proven experience teaching middle and high school dance technique and composition to dancers of various levels.

  • Extensive background in setting choreography for young dancers of diverse skill levels.

  • Expertise in teaching contemporary dance technique; proficiency in additional techniques is advantageous.

  • Proficient in teaching students safe and effective dance techniques, with an emphasis on posture, body alignment, movement mechanics, and muscle control.

  • Proficient in instructing composition for young choreographers across varying experience levels.

  • Capable of creating a collaborative and safe environment for learning and creative expression.

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues on both production tasks and creative projects.

  • Experience directing and choreographing student dance productions.

  • Proficient in differentiation and teaching mixed-level dance classes.

  • Extensive experience teaching dance in a school setting.

  • Expert classroom management skills for students in grades 6-12.

  • Well-connected with local dance companies, programs, performance artists, and choreographers.

  • Preference given to candidates with experience in producing performances, managing budgets, and/or overseeing a school dance department.

  The ideal candidate must have a B.A. or higher in dance and/or dance education. Performance experience preferred.

• About the company

  Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a private, K-12, independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States.

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