POSITION DESCRIPTION
Job title: Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist
Classification: Seasonal, nonexempt, temporary position: 35 hrs a week, for 5 weeks
Benefits: Accrued sick pay
Compensation: $25/hr
Location: Principally based at Camp Imaginate, located at Grace Fellowship Church, 3265 16th St, with regular visits to Creativity Explored, 3245 16th Street in San Francisco, and community field trip sites
Reports to: Youth and Community Programs Manager
Application Review Begins: June 1st, 2024
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Creativity Explored is a San Francisco nonprofit that partners with people with developmental disabilities to create an artistic, studio-based collective where the creative capacity of any person can flourish. We do this by placing the work, needs, culture, and experience of artists with developmental disabilities at the center of the community in a way that honors humanity, respects self-agency, and nurtures creative potential.
CE is a warm, fast-paced, and fun place to work, with a long-serving multidisciplinary staff that is deeply committed to our community. A San Francisco icon, CE was named Best Nonprofit this year.
Creativity Explored is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and sustaining an equitable and inclusive work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. BIPOC, people with disabilities, and bilingual/bicultural individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
POSITION OVERVIEW
CE’s Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist will help to implement an inclusive and fun art camp for youth of all abilities. The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist will be a practicing arts educator, with the skills to facilitate growth for campers with diverse needs and art-making backgrounds. The ideal candidate will foster creativity and curiosity for youth of all abilities.
The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist will lead multiple classes of 7-8 students a day, specializing in drawing and painting, digital art, fiber arts, or ceramics, and primarily work with middle school campers. They will implement daily person-centered art activities, facilitate a choice-based art-making practice for their campers, ensure camper safety, and facilitate weekly field trips to art-related locations to enrich campers' learning experiences.
The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist will work collaboratively with their fellow Teaching Artists, Youth Program Assistants, the Youth and Community Programs Manager, and other Creativity Explored administrative and direct service staff.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Arts Education Programming
- Lead and support multiple classes of 7-8 students a day, fostering a fun and inclusive art-making environment in a focus area of drawing and painting, digital art, fiber arts, or ceramics
- Adapt projects and curriculum for campers' diverse needs and abilities
- Set up and clean up supplies and art-making spaces at the beginning and end of each day
- Incorporate California State Visual & Performing Arts Standards into daily instruction
- Support campers in identifying goals in their art-making practice, and support them in working towards these goals
- Facilitate weekly field trips to art-related locations, enriching students' learning experiences
Daily Camp Operations
- Check campers in and out at the beginning and end of day
- Accurately gather and track camper information
- Provide excellent communication and coordination with campers’ families
- Supervise campers during meals and breaks throughout the day
- Follow and implement all camp safety protocols
- Help lead all-camp activities like group warm-up, announcements, Summer Learning Day for campers and their families, and culminating exhibition events
- Other duties as assigned
Organizational Relationships
The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist is expected to work productively in a team environment, and to foster open communication with staff across the organization to produce communications that support the organization’s mission and goals. They are also expected to work towards embodying the four components of CE's Staff Philosophy: Community, Creativity, Collaboration, and Compassion.
Compliance with Policies and Procedures
The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist will comply with established Creativity Explored policies and practices.
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
- Post-secondary education in fine arts, education, or other arts education related fields or equivalent experience.
- A strong connection with CE’s mission, including the ability to advocate for Camp Imaginate campers’ self-identified needs
- Minimum 2 years of arts teaching experience preferred
- Previous experience working with people with disabilities preferred
- Growth mindset, with strong ability to collaborate with people across the organization, campers and their families
- Team orientation, with demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people to create a positive team environment
- Knowledge of the California State Visual & Performing Arts Standards a plus
- Bilingual/bicultural a plus; We specifically encourage applications from Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, and Vietnamese speakers
ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
Capability of providing physical assistance to individuals with physical disabilities (movement of wheelchair)
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Complete and maintain CPR, First Aid, and AED certification (initial certification to be completed within 14 days of date of hire)
Workplace Harassment Training
Week-long Camp Imaginate training session, the week of June 24th
OTHER INFORMATION
The Camp Imaginate Teaching Artist position is a seasonal, nonexempt, temporary position with a contract end date of August 5th, 2024. Most work takes place during M-F business hours with this position requiring 100% of their time in person. The position receives accrued sick leave time.
Offers are subject to satisfactory Criminal Records Clearance, CACI Clearance, National Sex Offender Registry Review, and proof of negative TB test results completed within the last year.
To apply, please submit the form below. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis starting June 1.
https://forms.gle/wHf4FA3woqPhmFTz8