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POSITION DESCRIPTION: DANCE MENTOR
Department of Dance & Movement Arts, TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
150 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903
Through a rigorous arts-integrated program, TAPA, a public charter school in Providence, Rhode Island, cultivates artist-scholars who are prepared for collegiate and professional success and leadership in a global society. The dance program at TAPA is a comprehensive program which focuses on both movement technique (Latin, West-African, Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet, & Yoga) as well as dance (Choreographing, Composing, Devising, and Performing) as a tool for inquiry around interdisciplinary questions and contemporary themes such as power, oppression, balance, beauty, representation, independence, movement, and transformation.
HOURS: Flexible based on availability/interest (includes planning, meeting, and instructional time)
$13/hour
LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT: September - June
QUALIFICATIONS:
<>● <>BCI Background Check
<>● <>High School Graduate
<>● <>Teaching or Tutoring Experience
<>● <>Engaged in Multi-Disciplinary Creative Practice
<>● <>Choreography or Dance Experience Preferred
<>● <>Excellent Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills
<>● <>Interest in Culturally Responsive Arts Integration & Literacy Education
RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:
<>● <>Meeting regularly with Dance Artist in Residence to discuss curriculum planning, student performance, and instructional goals
<>● <>Supervising an After School Dance Company (3:00-5:00pm) or Project with the approval of the Dance Artist in Residence and TAPA Administration
<>● <>Mentor Dance Majors in dance technique by providing one-on-one support, facilitating group workshops, creating original choreography, and support students' creative process
<>● <>Teaching original choreography for school and community performances
<>● <>Supporting Dance Majors to participate in professional and collegiate arts communities
<>● <>Literacy Integration Work:
<>○ <>Work with Academic Departments to analyze test score data and determine target Common Core Standards for Arts Integration in the Dance curriculum
<>○ <>Design curriculum to integrate target Common Core Standards into Dance Curriculum
<>○ <>Facilitate and assess rigorous dance/literacy integrated projects with Dance Majors
<>○ <>Provide one-on-one support for Dance Majors in reading comprehension and writing skills
<>○ <>Push in to ELA classes to observe and support instruction and curriculum
<>○ <>Push in to ELA classes to plan, facilitate and assess arts/literacy integrated projects
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