AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

from Franklin Furnace

DreamYard, located in the Bronx, is currently accepting application
materials for part-time Teaching Artists for the 2015-16 school year. We are
looking for passionate, experienced TAs with a strong interest in social
justice for in-school and after-school residency opportunities at our
partner schools in the Bronx. TAs must have demonstrated previous experience
teaching their art form(s), ideally in NYC public school settings.
Art Forms:
* Maker (Design & Technology)
* Music (includes Vocal/Chorus, Music Production and Instrumental)
* Dance (all Dance Forms and Styles)
* Visual Arts
* Poetry
* Theater
Instructions on how to apply and more information on the organization can be
found here: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/9HTPgwdBcpbD/
Best of luck and happy spring!

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DreamYard is Hiring ! Arts Center Director
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DreamYard Project
Director of the DreamYard Art Center

The Organization
DreamYard, founded in 1994, uses the arts, social justice pedagogy and
digital and connected learning to inspire youth, public schools and
communities. DreamYard programs develop artistic voice, nurture young
peoples’ desire to make change and cultivate the skills necessary to reach
positive goals. By committing to sustained learning opportunities along an
educational pathway, with 45 partnering public schools K-12th Grade, with
our own DY Prep HS School and at the DreamYard Art Center in Morrisania,
DreamYard supports young people as they work toward
higher learning, meaningful careers and social action.

The Community
DreamYard is focused entirely in the Bronx, a borough that possesses
incredible cultural, human and economic assets. The organization believes
that the arts are a necessary part of developing those assets to their
greatest potential.

The Position
The Director of the DreamYard Art Center reports directly to the
Co-Executive Directors. The Director collaborates with the Director of the
In School Programs Team, the Principal of the DreamYard Prep High School and
the Associate Directors for Professional Development and Pedagogy (the DY
Leadership Team) to set the overall vision and maintain the quality of
DreamYard’s work and programs, based on the Core Values and Core Actions of
the organization. The Director collaborates with the Leadership Team to
develop community and to help all DreamYard families and students drive
community change and access opportunity.

The Art Center Director leads and manages a top-notch Art Center team,
drives the development of the Art Center culture and is responsible for the
overall quality and vision of the Art Center Programs with a focus on
program development and evaluation. The Director of the Art Center is also
responsible for budget development and oversight, and for building and
managing an effective teaching artist team with the assistance of the
Associate Director and Program Coordinators.

Responsibilities
* Collaborate closely with the Executive Directors and the Leadership Team
on developing and implementing DreamYard’s arts and social justice pedagogy
based approach to community change and youth development;

* Define, develop goals for and maintain the vision and quality of all Art
Center Programs, based on DreamYard’s Instructional Voice philosophy and on
the DY Core Values;

* Develop and manage the Art Center Administrative Team, cultivating
leadership skills;

* Develop and manage, specifically, the Program Coordinators who run a
robust K-12th Grade Art Center pathway of programs;

* Manage and support the work of the College Counselor and Recruitment
Manager, a Parent/Community Engagement Coordinator, and a social worker or
social work partnering organization, all of whom report directly to the Art
Center Director;

* Collaborate with the Leadership Team on building and supporting a
top-notch team of teaching artists;

* Support, with the Associate Director, all teaching artists working within
the Art Center setting, including co-developing the Social Justice Pedagogy
Team program;

* Work closely with Art Center team, youth participants and families, as
well as development partners in the Bronx, to directly impact community
development and neighborhood transformation;

* Develop and Manage the Art Center Budget, with the support and guidance of
the Co-Executive Directors;

* Oversee Evaluation and Assessment of Art Center Programs;

* Engage in advocacy work, building on a powerful Art Center tradition, for
the arts and social justice in learning and in community change;

Requirements
● Masters in Education or Arts Education or equivalent experience;

● Experience and facility in social justice pedagogy;

● Experience or background in the arts;

● Three to five years’ experience as a Program or Center Director, or the
equivalent;

● Familiarity with New York City public school system or other urban school
systems;

● Mentoring or coaching experience required, work with Teaching Artists is
a plus;

● The Art Center Director position requires a five-day per week presence in
the Art Center; with programs running on Saturdays from October through May,
the Director’s schedule
may vary from week to week.

Competencies

The ideal candidate:
● Is an “artivist”- an experienced and outspoken social justice educator
and artist with the ability to build and support creative communities for
change;
● Is a thoughtful and engaged collaborator;
● Supports the growth and development of the organization as a whole;
● Is detail-oriented and thorough in all aspects of her or his work;
● Takes initiative for her or his own professional growth; accepts feedback
and attempts to incorporate it into daily work and seeks out challenging and
appropriate professional
development opportunities;
● Sets high expectations and holds colleagues accountable with reasonable
deadlines, clear communication and coaching;
● Is comfortable working within an ever-changing and growing organization;
● Communicates directly and sensitively and is able to facilitate diverse
groups of stakeholders in working towards common goals;
● Is equally adept at working with and communicating with families,
participants, local leaders and DreamYard donors;
● Bronx-based is a plus, as she/he will be leading a deeply rooted
Bronx-based asset, the DreamYard Art Center.
● Is ideally a bi-lingual speaker in both English and Spanish.

How to Apply
Please submit
a resume

a cover letter providing more in-depth information on your interest in
becoming the Director of the DreamYard Art Center and on your academic and
professional experience
an artifact that demonstrates your own core values as an artist, educator
and/or community arts leader and your experience and facility with the arts
and social justice pedagogy. The artifact could be a curriculum you
developed or helped to support, a community arts and development project you
developed and lead to completion, a project you built, developed or
supported, a film of your work, or any piece that you feel best represents
you;

contact information for at least three academic or professional references
via e-mail by June 15, 2015 to the e-mail address below:
Rose Garcia, Human Resources Manager at DreamYard:
E-mail: officemanager@dreamyard.com

DreamYard offers competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package;
starting salary for this position is commensurate with experience and with
similar positions citywide.

DreamYard is committed to the principles of arts education, educational
reform and social 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.

Bronx based and Spanish-speaking applicants are strongly encouraged to
apply. DreamYard Project, Inc. employs without regard to race, sex, sexual
orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other
attribute not related to superior performance.