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OUR 6-WEEK TRAINING PROCESS
Sunday Trainings
Every Sunday, you will receive training led by our Kids Creative Head Teacher in topics covering:
• The basics of creating safe and peaceful environments for children
• Working with children in a summer camp setting
• Community building, problem solving, and conflict resolution
• Kids Creative’s Summer Safety Plan
• The basics of working in a Kids Creative classroom
• Using Kid’s Creative’s Rock ‘n Roll Curriculum to create a musical play and promote community
Hands-On, On-Site Learning
Each of our apprentices will also be assigned to work with a Teaching Mentor, one of our veteran teachers, during an after-school class once a week. They will get first hand experience working in our program, get a chance to utilize the skills they are learning in their trainings and receive mentoring by one of our master teachers.
To apply for a position, download an application and submit it along with a resume and any other relevant info to Nadia Khan by e-mail: nadia@kidscreative.org.
Questions? Call us, (646) 485-5123
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Training Timetable
Sunday, April 18th
Program Orientation
• All apprentices will engage in a program orientation to become knowledgeable about all functions of Kids Creative, including curriculum, class setting, school culture, etc.
Monday-Friday, April 19th - 23rd (one day this week) from 3:00-6:00PM
School Tours and Observation Week
• All apprentices take a tour of the school & observe their Teaching Mentor’s class one day this week.
Sundays, April 25th- May 23th from 10:00 AM - 2: 00 PM
Sunday Trainings
• All apprentices will engage in Kids Creative’s Rock & Roll Theater Teacher Training which will involve working with fellow apprentices to make your own musical play using Kids Creative’s teaching approach.
Mondays-Fridays, (one day each week) April 26th - May 28th from 3:00-6:00PM
Hands-On, On-Site Learning
• Apprentices engage in hands-on learning in their Mentor Teacher’s classroom once a week.
Monday-Sunday, June 1st –June 13th
Wrap Up Week/ Interviewing
• Apprentices make up any time that they were missed
• Qualified apprentices will be invited to interview for paid summer internships
REQUIREMENTS
Personal Qualities
Apprentices must have the following personal qualities:
- Be at least 16 years of age by July 2010
- Have experience with supervising children & enjoy working with them
- Have interest and experience in one or more forms of art and a love for the creative arts overall
- Be responsible and self motivated
- Display all of the qualities that we seek to instill within our students, such as confidence, creativity, an ability to resolve conflicts peacefully and a love for art.
- Be able to improvise creative solutions in reaction to new developments or new information on the spot
- Be confident expressing themselves creatively in front of children and can inspire children with their constant creativity
- Be excellent team players
- Know how to be silly, have fun with children, & not take themselves too seriously
Commitment
Apprentices must be able to commit to fulfilling the following requirements
• Must work with a Kids Creative Mentor Teacher during one of their after-school classes once a week for 6 weeks
• Must complete six 4 hour Sunday training sessions
• Must be open-minded and respectful of their peers, mentors and instructors
• Must be a role model for the students at their site
HOW TO APPLY
To Apply
- Fill out our application form
- Have a teacher, counselor, supervisor or former employer fill out our Recommendation Form
Submitting Applications and Recommendation Forms
- e-mail to: Nadia Khan at Nadia@kidscreative.org
OR
32 Broadway, Suite 1801
New York, NY 10004
OR
- fax to: Nadia at (347) 487-3914
Application Time Table
- Applications Due: March 19th
- Acceptance Notification: March 24th
- Program Enrollment Paperwork Due: April 7th
For more information please visit our website at kidscreative.org
Questions? Please contact our HR and Staff Development Manager, Nadia Khan at Nadia@kidscreative.org
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ABOUT KIDS CREATIVE
Kids Creative’s mission is to provide arts education programs in which children collaborate to create original works of art based on their own ideas. Our programs are designed to foster our 6 C’s of peacemaking in youth: Confidence, Creativity, Conflict Resolution, Community, Collaboration and Cookies (our “C” word to represent a fun experience). Our child centered, collaborative approach to arts education helps children realize their own individual creative potential and the power of a peaceful community working together to achieve common goals.
Kids Creative promotes peacemaking skills and values in a uniquely fun and engaging way. We offer unique programming that empowers youth to use their own ideas to create original artistic productions. This encourages creativity, bolsters confidence and allows them to take ownership over the process, providing intrinsic motivation for engagement in the collaborative process.
Working with our highly qualified teaching artists, our students find or create common threads that bind all of their ideas together, and turn their shared vision into a group project. Their experience working together to reach a common goal serves as the basis for community building.
Contact Info:
Nadia Khan
Kids Creative
HR and Staff Development Manager
32 Broadway, Suite 1801
New York, NY 10004
Nadia@kidscreative.org
Tel: 646-485-5123
Fax: 347-487-3914
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