Are you passionate about enriching the lives of youth? Join the NYEG team!

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

NYEG is a division of the FSG holding group and is the largest and leading Health, Wellness, Nutritional and Educational management group for all nonprofit social service agencies in the TRI State and nationally. NYEG’s reach extends to over 500 different programs and all the work we do is revolved around improving health and quality of life through the integration of all the services and programs we offer.

Please visit our website, nyenrichmentgroup.com,to review our offerings.

JOB DESCRIPTION

NY Enrichment Group seeks several reliable, self-motivated, independent, fun-loving, youth Art Therapists to join our team. The art therapist will develop, plan and lead art projects for children with autism and disabilities. Instructors will use a step-by-step approach to demonstrate techniques, such as under-painting, the illusion of transparency, shadows and highlights, and value layering to illustrate foreground, middle ground and background. Students will also learn how to incorporate perspective and color theory into a painting and add depth and luminous warmth with acrylic washes and glazes. The instructor must be enthusiastic and exhibit a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to the communities we serve and demonstrate the ability to motivate, inspire and educate.

Duties include:

• Leading art therapy classes for children K-5th grade
• Creating curriculum & lesson plans for each session.
• Facilitating classes that follow a social group work model
• Responsible for managing a classroom of 15-20 students
• Prep for classes: arriving 15 minutes to set up and prepare to start class on time.
• Clean up: must leave locations in the condition found, or cleaner.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with staff, parents, and scholars.
• Follow up after classes with NEG Director of Operations.
• Maintain a positive, healthy, safe, supportive and welcoming environment.

COVID vaccination REQUIRED.

Requirements:

• Candidate should be highly responsible, reliable, punctual, flexible, outspoken, honest, self-motivated, and work with integrity. This is an independent role, with little direct supervision.
• Candidate should be comfortable working with children with disabilities, and comfortable working independently leading a class of students. Candidate should be a clear communicator, have a positive attitude, and be able to manage a classroom effectively.
• Relevant performance experience

Preferred but not necessary:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• At least 2 years of experience working with youth
• Teaching experience and classroom management skills
• A knowledge of, and willingness to teach digital music fundamentals

Schedule & Location:

• Thursday, June 6th (3rd-5th grade)
• Thursday, June 13th (k-2nd grade)
• 8:15am-11:15am

Additional programming opportunities may be available to the successful candidate.

This is a freelance/independent contractor position.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $70.00 - $80.00 per hour

Schedule:

• After school
• No weekends

Work setting:

• In-person

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Required)
• Art therapy: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Sardis, MS (Required)

Work Location: In person