Center for the Arts Eagle Rock is seeking staff for our upcoming Summer Arts Camp 2025! Camp is running from July 7th through August 8th this year. Teaching staff is on site from 8am-3:30pm Monday through Friday. This is a temporary, seasonal position.

Position Title: PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER

Description: The Performing Arts Teacher will lead inventive performance based classes for our Summer Arts Camp that allow the campers to develop their own stories they will present to friends and family at the end of each week.

Status: Seasonal Full-time; Monday through Friday for 5 weeks; on site at facility

Start Date: July 7, 2025

End Date: August 8, 2025

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30AM – 3:30PM 

Pay rate: $1,250 per week

Requirements: 

• At least three years experience teaching performance to youths, preferably elementary school age

• Proficiency in set and prop design

• Experience working in a summer camp environment

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with a variety of ages, personalities and skill levels

• Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience, self-control

• Demonstrated ability to generate innovative creative projects that engage individual campers and work well in a group setting

• Confidence and experience managing a group of up to 15 students at a time

• Live Scan certification and TB clearance

• Familiarity with VAPA standards a plus

• Proven ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment and proven ability to work under only general supervision

• Reliable transportation: automobile, current drivers license, automobile insurance

Responsibilities Prior to Camp:

• Work collaboratively with the Director of Education to develop age appropriate projects for Summer Arts Camp

• Attend pre-camp virtual training sessions and in-person training and supply assembly

• Prepare weekly advance lists of all materials necessary for creative projects

Responsibilities During Camp:

• Plan, organize and execute performing arts program for Summer Arts Camp 

• Expose campers to performing techniques, methods, and using performance as a form of self-expression and storytelling

• Provide leadership, encouragement and artistic inspiration to campers

• Inventory supplies at the end of the week in order to determine what will be required for the next session

• Prepare, present and clean up daily camp projects

• Maintain a professional, neat and clean appearance at all times 

• Have crafts, supplies, equipment, etc. all set up and ready to go, 10 minutes before the scheduled start of project

• Monitor the inventory of arts and crafts supplies to assure proper allocation of supplies to all campers throughout the summer

• Ensure that all art material is properly used and cared for by all campers and report any damages or loss of equipment

Proposed Curriculum should include:

Elements of the following, in a curriculum that supports students as they write, direct, and act in their own performances they will then present to friends and family at the end of each week of camp.

• Theatre

• Develop theatre performances in which campers can apply skills in acting, directing, designing, and scriptwriting to create theatre productions  

• Story development, set design, prop making, rehearsals, blocking, directing, puppetry, poetry, musicals, dance, choreography, improvisation, etc.     

Please send resume, references, a one-week curriculum sample, and brief cover letter to:

Info@cfaer.org

Subject Line: Performing Arts Teacher

We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Please get your applications in before April 1st, 2025. If the role has not been filled by then, this listing will remain open. If you have been chosen to proceed to the interview process, we will be in touch. Best of luck, we look forward to potentially working with you!