Art Instructor

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:          Instructor, Art

FLSA Status:         Non-Exempt

Location:         Herbert Hoover Club

Responsible To:     Manager

Job Summary:

The Art Instructor is responsible for the planning, implementation, and supervision of activities for assigned programs that achieve predetermined program outcomes.  

Qualifications:

Education:   High school diploma required, Associates degree from accredited college or university or BA/BS preferred.

Experience: Minimum of one year of experience working with children in a group setting, management experience is a plus.

Licensing Requirements:

• Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Medical Examination Report for Caregivers and Staff must meet acceptable standards from the State of Missouri, completed within 30 days of hire.

• TB Risk Assessment and Examination completed within 30 days of hire.

• Annual results of Family Care Safety Registry background screening must be deemed acceptable by the State of Missouri.

• Annual results of nationwide background screening must meet barrier crimes standards for organizational membership with Boys & Girls Clubs or America.

• Meets qualifications and ongoing training requirements per state licensing regulations (12 hrs. annually).

Physical Requirements:

1. Able to lift, carry, push, pull, or roll up to 20-25 pounds.

2. Capable of prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing, walking, and speaking and occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching and working in front of PC monitor.

3. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word as well as convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly in addition to perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels and ability to receive detailed information through verbal communication and make fine discriminations in sounds is necessary for the safety of the children in the program. 

4. The employee may be subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions. Inside weather conditions provides protection from weather conditions but not necessarily temperature changes and outside environmental conditions provides no effective protection from weather.

5. The employee may be subject to sufficient noise to cause the employee to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.  

6. Local travel as well as some regional travel is required in performance of duties.

Emotional/ Mental Demands of Work:

1. Routine reporting and grant deadlines; variance in work volume.

2. Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

3. Understands the implications of decisions on members.

4. May handle emergency or crisis situations.

5. Manages the distraction of many interruptions without losing concentration or unduly disrupting programming.  

6. Some weekend work is required.  

7. Keeps current with best practices, resources, and materials.

8. Creates opportunities for members to receive personalized assistance.

9. Exercises creativity and mental flexibility in presenting instruction and programming to accommodate members of widely varying learning styles, intellectual levels, and abilities.  

10. Voicemail and e-mail are checked daily. Attends all meetings and events and notifies appropriate staff prior to missing a meeting/event and follows up to get important information.

Job Relationships:

1. Treats members and their parents with dignity and respect at all times.

2. Fosters good working relationships with parents, staff, management, and other professionals in order to meet objectives.  

3. Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

4. Cooperates and works together with all co-workers; independently plans and completes job duties, including appropriate judgment.

5. Uses tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations. Follows appropriate chain of command to address concerns in a timely manne