Lead fun, energizing hip hop dance classes for youth at Sand Point Family Housing.
About Sand Point Housing
Our Sand Point Housing campus provides permanent supportive housing, affordable permanent housing, and onsite support services for formerly homeless families. Located in Seattle’s Magnuson Park near Lake Washington, the campus includes renovated historic U.S. Navy buildings and newer construction totaling 183 townhomes and apartments. Today, 400+ people – about half of whom are children and youth – live in a thriving community with onsite support services at Sand Point.
About Youth Hip Hop Dance Instructor
The Hip Hop Dance Instructor will provide a safe, supervised space while leading fun, energizing hip hop dance classes for Sand Point Housing youth residents ages 5-18. Classes will be supported by a staff person.
Time Commitment
Staff can best support hip hop instructors Tuesday-Friday afternoons between the hours of 1-5pm. Volunteers can set their own schedules within the time frames, although we encourage them to set up a consistent schedule (e.g., one 1- or 2-hour session every week) for at least 6 months.
Qualifications
- Age requirement: 16 years or older.
- Experience teaching youth dance choreography preferred.
- Willingness and ability to work with children and families from a variety of racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds, with various lifestyles, sexual orientations, and of all ages.
- Ability to work effectively with children in group settings.
- Ability to be nonjudgmental, positive, respectful, creative, consistent, and flexible.
- Problem-solving skills to manage issues or behaviors that may arise.
- Must have strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with a diverse team of staff and participants.
- Experience working in the educational, social, and human services fields is a plus but not required.
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BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color), and people with the lived experience of poverty are strongly encouraged to apply. This opportunity also qualifies as an RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) activity.
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