Reports to: Director of Education and Public Programs

Hours:  Part-time/Seasonal on a contract basis

Compensation: Competitive

FCCA seeks several professional teaching artists to join our Education Department Teaching Artist Roster. Our current hiring needs include:
A dance teaching artist with a strong background in West African Dance or stepping.
Teaching artists of any arts discipline that specialize in working with senior populations.

Qualifications:

BFA/BA in Arts, Education or related field (Master’s preferred).
Teaching experience, especially in NYC schools.
Familiarity with the Common Core, NYS Learning Standards and NYC Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.
Ability to commit to length of a residency (at least one full day of teaching each week plus planning sessions, reflection meetings, and organizational meetings).
Proactive about personal development and open to evaluation and feedback.
Strong collaborator.
Organized with strong time-management skills.
Curriculum development experience.
Engages students effectively with varying learning styles and knowledge levels.
Strong classroom management skills.
Skilled in assessing and documenting student work.

To Apply: 

For consideration, send an e-mail with Teaching Artist listed in the subject line to: education@flushingtownhall.org   No phone calls or mail submissions.  Include the following attached to your email:

A cover letter that includes what specific teaching artist position(s) you are applying for.     
A resume(s) that highlights your professional artistic and teaching experience.
A lesson plan of a 75-90 minute workshop with the goals and, objectives, and activities you would use if you were the teaching artist in one of the above teaching artist positions.
Contact information and relationship for 3 references.

This is a part-time contract position, browse Flushing Town Hall’s website at www.flushingtownhall.org.

About Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA):

FCCA was founded in 1979 to present diverse arts from all over the world, to contribute to the revitalization of Flushing, Queens, and to foster an intercultural exchange through the arts.  In the 1990s FCCA acquired and renovated historic Flushing Town Hall (1862 Historic Landmark) on behalf of NYC, and operates the building as a thriving multi-disciplinary arts center.  FCCA engages its multicultural community (138 languages are spoken in Queens) through the presentation of high quality, multidisciplinary arts programs – exhibitions; performances of jazz, classical music, puppetry theatre, dance, world music and spoken word; educational programs for audiences, artists, educators, and schools, free community events and family programs. FCCA is a member of NYC’s Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), and a Smithsonian Affiliate.  For more information, please visit: www.flushingtownhall.org

FCCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer: FCCA provides equal access and equal opportunity in employment and services and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, or physical ability.