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Performing Arts Workshop
Teaching Artist Position

Performing Arts Workshop (The Workshop), a 42-year-old Bay Area arts education organization, is seeking professional artists to teach 8 to 30 week residencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Workshop is hiring artists with teaching experience in pre-schools, elementary schools and/or after school programs. We need artists skilled in the following disciplines:

• Dance & Creative Movement;
• World Dance including Hip Hop;
• Theatre Arts;
• Creative Writing; and
• Music.

• A demonstrated commitment to youth development;
• Flexibility and willingness to learn the Workshop's Cycle of Artistic Inquiry;
• Minimum 3-5 years professional teaching experience in an academic setting;
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; and
• Excellent computer and organizational skills.

• B.A. degree (or equivalent experience) in Dance, Theatre Arts, Creative Writing, and/or Music;
• Experience working with English Language Learners, youth at-risk for academic failure, including students in the Special Education and Juvenile Justice systems; and
• Knowledge of Bay Area arts communities.

• Teach in schools and community centers with diverse ethnic populations;
• Lean the Workshop's Cycle of Artistic Inquiry
• Participate in Artistic staff workshops, and monthly Cohort meetings;
• Receive competitive salaries and an employment benefits package.

Submit Resume and Cover Letter to:

Performing Arts Workshop Attn: Artist Job Search
1661 Tennessee Street, Ste. 3-O
San Francisco, CA 94107

Phone: (415) 673-2634 x 204
Fax: (415) 776-3644 
E-mail: gary [at] PerformingArtsWorkshop [dot] org
Visit our Web Site: http://www.PerformingArtsWorkshop.org

Who we are:

Performing Arts Workshop is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people develop critical thinking, creative expression, and basic learning skills through the arts. Performing Arts Workshop is an equal opportunity employer and seeks workforce diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical abilities.