Teaching Artist
Work Trade Program
Learn valuable skills from professional art educators and teaching artists!
About Our Teaching Artist Work Trade Program
Portside Arts Center is seeking qualified people to participate in our Teaching Artist Work Trade Program. Participants will be given the opportunity to assist one of our lead art teachers with our After School Arts Program. Once participants have fulfilled their required volunteer hours they will be awarded with the opportunity to attend one of Portside’s visual arts classes of their choice.
During this program participants will work alongside our lead art teachers and learn many valuable skills such as classroom management, lesson planning, mentoring, conflict resolution and more. At the end of the three months participants will be given the opportunity to create their own visual arts lesson and teach the class. Portside’s lead art teachers will help participants create and review their lesson as well as give constructive feed back. After the completion of the program participants will be given a certificate as well as a personalized recommendation letter to use for school and job applications.
Portside's After School Arts Program (ASAP) is a much needed after school program that provides high quality visual arts education as well as homework help for children in PrK through 5th grades. Portside’s ASAP runs from Monday - Friday 3:00-6:00pm. Portside’s shuttle bus picks the children up from six local elementary schools from our neighborhood every day.
Many of our local schools do not offer after school or visual arts programs. Each child enrolled in Portside’s ASAP for the full school year will receive approximately 360 hours of arts education and 120 hours of homework help. A child who participates on a month basis will receive an average of 30 hours of arts education and 10 hours of homework help each month.
Responsibilities & Expectations
Helping children PrK-5th grades complete their homework
Helping children with their art projects
Assisting the art teacher set up & clean up
Helping the children stay on task
Showing up to work on time & leaving on time
Calling the office if you can not attend
Requirements
Must participate once a week from 3:00-6:00pm for 3-months
Must have a strong desire to work with children
Must be a happy and self motivated person
Must have or acquire a child abuse clearance & criminal background check
Work Trade Classes
Once participants have completed their volunteer time you will be awarded with the opportunity to attend one of the following visual arts classes.
- Intro to Painting
- The Art of Stained Glass
- Mosaics Hands On
To Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to portsideartscener@gmail.com
Please put "TEACHING ARTIST WORK TRADE" in the subject line.
Or
Enroll Online
During this program participants will work alongside our lead art teachers and learn many valuable skills such as classroom management, lesson planning, mentoring, conflict resolution and more. At the end of the three months participants will be given the opportunity to create their own visual arts lesson and teach the class. Portside’s lead art teachers will help participants create and review their lesson as well as give constructive feed back. After the completion of the program participants will be given a certificate as well as a personalized recommendation letter to use for school and job applications.
Portside's After School Arts Program (ASAP) is a much needed after school program that provides high quality visual arts education as well as homework help for children in PrK through 5th grades. Portside’s ASAP runs from Monday - Friday 3:00-6:00pm. Portside’s shuttle bus picks the children up from six local elementary schools from our neighborhood every day.
Many of our local schools do not offer after school or visual arts programs. Each child enrolled in Portside’s ASAP for the full school year will receive approximately 360 hours of arts education and 120 hours of homework help. A child who participates on a month basis will receive an average of 30 hours of arts education and 10 hours of homework help each month.
Responsibilities & Expectations
Helping children PrK-5th grades complete their homework
Helping children with their art projects
Assisting the art teacher set up & clean up
Helping the children stay on task
Showing up to work on time & leaving on time
Calling the office if you can not attend
Requirements
Must participate once a week from 3:00-6:00pm for 3-months
Must have a strong desire to work with children
Must be a happy and self motivated person
Must have or acquire a child abuse clearance & criminal background check
Work Trade Classes
Once participants have completed their volunteer time you will be awarded with the opportunity to attend one of the following visual arts classes.
- Intro to Painting
- The Art of Stained Glass
- Mosaics Hands On
To Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to portsideartscener@gmail.com
Please put "TEACHING ARTIST WORK TRADE" in the subject line.
Or
Enroll Online