Movement & Dance Hourly Teaching Artist

Performing Arts Workshop is a Bay Area, BIPOC‑led nonprofit organization established in 1965 to equalize access to arts and arts education and help young people develop critical thinking, creative expression, socio‑emotional learning, media literacy, and essential life skills.

Our Teaching Artists conduct 15–60 session residencies in dance, music, literary arts, media, visual arts, and theater arts across more than 1,500 students ages 3‑18 each year at Bay Area preschools, public schools, transitional housing facilities, juvenile halls, and the Geneva Powerhouse.

Movement/Dance Hourly Teaching Artist

Position Overview

Performing Arts Workshop seeks Movement Teaching Artists (Afro‑Peruvian, Bomba, Hawaiian, Pan African, Bhangra, Mexican Folklorico, Son Jarocho, Tap, Contemporary, hip‑hop, Capoeira, and other movement arts) to teach Transitional Kindergarten – 5th grade Afterschool classes in semester‑length and year‑long residencies at our partner sites in San Francisco.

Teaching begins in January 2026 with preparation/onboarding meetings in December 2025. Most TK‑5th Afterschool residencies take place between 2 pm‑6 pm during the school year (January to June) and between 9 am‑12 pm and/or 1 pm‑5 pm during Summer school (June to mid‑August). Teaching artists will work 5‑20 hours per week, depending on availability and experience, and begin on an hourly compensation of $47 for teaching, learning and growth, artistic onboarding, and all pre‑approved administrative work.

Teaching artists receive extensive mentorship and support from our artistic and program management, including training in the Workshop’s teaching methodology, an 8‑session Artistic Onboarding, and Learning & Growth (formerly known as professional development). There are opportunities for promotion based on teaching artist’s anti‑racism praxis, communication, availability, student outcomes, value alignment, and their interests in growing with the Workshop.

Positions are part‑time employees – not independent contractors – and include paid sick time, unemployment insurance, social security contributions, worker’s compensation, and other legally required withholdings.

Responsibilities

• Create a culture of learning in the classroom that reflects the Workshop’s values and supports youth in their development as artists.
• Develop anti‑racist, process‑based, sequential curricula that reflect the Workshop’s pedagogy for each residency.
• For Visual Media Arts: Design a multi‑lesson workshop using Performing Arts Workshop methodology grounded in Creative Youth Development. Workshops must weave first‑person storytelling through art forms, including creative writing, journaling, photography, animation, comic books, portraiture, etc.
• Mandatory and punctual attendance to one all‑day Learning & Growth in the Fall and one all‑day Learning & Growth in the Spring.
• Connect students’ work to a broader audience through a culminating performance, publication, or open class demonstration for families and communities.
• Administer student and residency evaluations, collect student information and media release forms; communicate with site and Workshop staff in a timely manner.
• Provide monthly classroom reports in written form.

Required Qualifications

• Commitment to youth development, building self‑efficacy, racial justice, and cultural awareness.
• Knowledge of the main elements of composition in your art form and the ability to articulate and teach them to youth.
• Comfortable in verbal, written, and interpersonal communication.
• Ability to work with diverse teaching and site partners in adapting to individual classroom needs and cultures.
• Passion and empathy when teaching children and youth who are English language‑learners, students with learning differences, incarcerated youth, youth in transitional housing facilities, or youth enrolled in court‑mandated schools.
• Ability to articulate and demonstrate critical thinking in the arts.
• Openness to receiving and giving feedback on teaching as it relates to the Workshop’s methodology.
• Availability to teach in at least 4 afternoons during the school year and potentially 2‑3 mornings or afternoons during Summer school.
• Ability to provide own transportation or utilize public transportation to and from partner sites.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience working with students who are English language‑learners and students with learning differences.
• BA and/or MA/MFA in art form or commensurate experience.
• Conversational‑level proficiency in Spanish a plus.

Application Guidance

Email the requirements below to Performing Arts Workshop at .

• Resume
• Portfolio or work samples

Only complete applications will be considered. Please inquire if you have any questions about the requirements.

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.

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Part‑time

Job function: Education and Training

Industries: Performing Arts

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