Ballet Teacher – Full time – Grades TK-8

Overview

Dance at Adda Clevenger:

A common theme in all programs at Adda Clevenger is the development of our students as confident and competent communicators. The performing arts play a significant role in this development, as students learn to communicate through their actions and their attention to others. Dance is a highly concentrated communicative experience.

Students begin dance classes in TK, learning to use their bodies as performance instruments, developing collaborative skills along with increasing physical awareness. In addition to a ballet core, students learn jazz, tap, modern, interpretative, hip-hop and ballroom over the course of their years at Adda Clevenger. Teachers are encouraged to introduce students to additional dance traditions guided by the interests of the students and the teacher. Students are expected to have multiple opportunities to perform on stage throughout the year.

Teaching at Adda Clevenger:

The average course load for dance teachers is 5 – 6 instructional periods per day, 5 days per week, rounded out by lunch/recess supervision, advisory duties, substitute coverage, special projects and prep periods. Our regular school day is from 8:00am – 5:00pm, with elective and extracurricular classes from 5-6pm. Teacher prep takes place during the school day.

All teachers participate in school life in a variety of ways. For example, some teachers support student productions and performances as stage managers, others take the lead in organizing Spirit Day activities or moderating a student club.

Adda Clevenger teachers enjoy considerable autonomy in their classrooms and are responsible for developing and maintaining their own subject matter curricula. We believe that the teacher and the students are the two critical elements of an effective classroom and the curriculum must derive from and be continually and creatively adapted to their changing needs and environment.

Essential duties of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Providing dance instruction in the following dance genres:
• Classical ballet instruction
• Other types of dance based on teacher’s background and experience
• Teaching Beginning through Intermediate levels to dances age 3 through 14
• Supporting school productions with choreography, training and rehearsal attendance
• Preparing student dance performances and showcase numbers
• Planning and coordinating costume requirements for dance performances
• Developing and maintaining dance instruction curriculum for courses taught

Personal qualifications

• Strong instructional skills and classroom management
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized
• Holds self to a high standard of professionalism in conversations with students and fellow staff, appearance and overall demeanor

Professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Dance Education, Performance or Choreography from a competitive college or university is preferred, but at least 2 years’ experience instructing elementary, middle or high school dance
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Skills to collaborate closely and work as a team player, ability to receive constructive feedback
• College degree in dance or choreography is desirable
• Ability to be flexible with hours, including occasional nights/weekends

Please send resumes and supporting documentation to employment@addaclevenger.org