What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teaching Artist (Voice) position at Center of Creative Arts?
Position Summary:
The Teaching Artist is responsible for planning and leading classes that support COCA’s educational curriculum in voice. The teaching artist offers expertise and/or skill in a specific area.
Essential Functions:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Provide high quality arts instruction for assigned classes and programs.
- Lead classes and programs by example, and model professionalism to students through conduct, attitude, attendance, and punctuality.
- Develop daily lesson plans that are age and contextually appropriate and connected to the approved curriculum.
- Maintain attendance sheets, support program evaluations, attend required meetings/ trainings, and submit required documents in a timely manner
- Fulfill number of hours/classes required in specific teaching agreement.
- Plan and establish a safe learning environment for all participants and artists.
- Arrive to classes taught fifteen (15) minutes prior to start time and begin at scheduled time.
- Document class progress, successes, and challenges throughout the semester, including any concerns regarding lessons, school/ facility issues, and report to assigned COCA liaison.
- Check emails regularly, and respond to communication efforts by COCA administrative staff within 48 hours.
- Log working hours into ADP in a timely manner, depicted by COCA’s payroll schedule.
- Abide by COCA dress code guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and/ or Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in the arts and/or significant professional experience required.
- Commitment to teaching and provide continuity on a part time basis.
- Experience in classroom teaching.
- Experience and enthusiasm working in the arts.
- Experience working with diverse populations and a range of grade levels.
- A commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Competencies:
- Excellent verbal communication skills required.
- Ability to problem-solve, be flexible, imaginative and innovative.
- Highly flexible, innovative and adaptable to a range of educational situations.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- Ability to physically demonstrate and model the physical stamina and skills necessary for performing arts activities.
- Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand instruction.
- Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods of time.
- Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel and reach in all directions.
