Activity Specialist

Program Overview: University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For over 130 years, we’ve collaborated with our neighbors to pioneer highly effective programs that fight poverty and systemic inequality. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, engaging with every individual holistically, and creating space for people to organize. Joining together with our neighbors to advocate for justice and equality, we help build community strength.
We work with New Yorkers of all ages. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equity, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, mental health and wellness, benefits assistance and eviction prevention, adult literacy and education, healthy aging, community, and recreation centers, performing and visual arts, and youth development.
University Settlement has been providing a variety of effective and strengths-based community-based programs for children grades K- 8th. The Activity Specialist will be responsible for facilitating workshops while ensuring the safety and engagement of children. The program will provide academic support; artistic, athletic, cultural, and athletic enrichment; therapeutic services; and opportunities for family involvement.
Responsibilities:
Activity Specialist II will work with groups of 15-20 students
Facilitating sessions in the areas of dance, music, leadership, sports, ESL, visual arts, and computer etc.
Specialists should be able to integrate young people’s life experiences while integrating thematic curriculum
Create an environment of active and genuine learning by employing a range of teaching strategies that meet the needs of all students
Projects should incorporate career awareness activities including field trips and guest speakers as well as community outreach and involvement
Write, revise and implement lesson plans using DYCD framework for approval by director
Monitor and report on students’ progress throughout the term of the activity
Qualifications:
Previous experience teaching/facilitating workshops in one of the subject areas
High School Diploma or HSE required
Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team
Attend planning, supervisor, and evaluation sessions
Strong communication skills
Ability to commit for the entire school year
Must be over 18 years old
Highly energetic, dynamic, and positive