Dance Instructor - Toronto, Canada - BGC St. Alban's Club
Description
BGC Weston Mount Dennis & Lawrence Heights Clubs serves over 2,500 children and youth in the Lawrence Heights/Weston Mount Dennis and surrounding communities providing social, physical, educational, creative, seasonal, and community support programs.
Your role as a Dance Instructor will be to provide a safe and supportive environment for the program participants. This program is designed for children 9-12 years of age. Program components include dance education, recreation, social activities, sports, mentoring and the arts.Locations:
Youth Centre Portable (100 Emmett Ave), Baycrest Public School (50 Ameer Ave)
Responsibilities:
- Plan, organize and lead a group of children in a group setting
- Ensure that you are creating a safe and enjoyable environment for participants
- Create and facilitate fun, creative and inclusive activities for all participants
- Teach from beginning to Intermediate levels using a variety of dance genres and approaches
- Prepare dance lesson plans and develop dance curriculums
- Ensure that all equipment and supplies are in safe working condition
- Complete appropriate administrative tasks in a timely manner (i.e. attendances and head counts)
- Developing and planning programs that meet the interests of children between the ages of 9 to 12 years
- Encourage and motivate children to achieve their goals through engaging, encouraging, and motivating them.
- Teach choreographed routines and choose music for camp events and end of biweekly sessions
- Teach all aspects of the dance curriculum, including techniques, theory, and performance, requires both leadership and vision
- Ensuring programs are safe, age/developmentallyappropriate, noncompetitive, inclusive, innovative and skilledbased in nature.
- Help to ensure the safety and security of the members and assist in responding to critical incidents as outlined in the Club's policies and procedures
- Participate in staff training and orientation sessions
- Ensuring the safety and supervision of participants at all times by strictly following guidelines and procedures (i.e. head counts)
- Dealing with conflicts and behavior management immediately using corrective techniques, as discussed in training
- Report to, and takes direction from Supervisors
- Maintain professional relationships with peers, members, volunteers, parents and other Club members
- Attend regularly scheduled meetings
- Arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to scheduled shift.
Qualifications:
- Degree in fine arts or similar (asset).
- Extensive dancing skill and experience.
- Passion for dance and working with other creatives.
- Strong interpretive and creative thinking skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, time management skills, and work ethic.
- Superb interpersonal, collaborative, and communication abilities.
- Must meet all "Canada Summer Jobs" requirements including:
- Be between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;
- Be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the
- Be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial / territorial legislation and regulations.
- International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.
- Experience working with children 9 to 12 years old
- Strong supervision and program planning skills
- Good decision making and problem solving skills
- Current First Aid and CPR training (mandatory)
- Police Reference Check (to be completed upon hiring)
- High Five
- Principles of Healthy Child Development training (asset)
Contract Period:
June 26, August 18, 2023
*Must attend mandatory training from June 26 to June 30*Hours: per week Monday to Friday looking for individuals available 5 days a week (mandatory)
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