Dance Instructor

Berwick Academy seeks a dance instructor for the 2020-2021 school year. This is a full time position that includes teaching curricular and after school dance in our Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools.  This position reports to the Director of Visual and Performing Arts. Candidates should have experience with some combination of modern, ballet, contemporary, acro and/or hip-hop.  Candidates with theater experience are preferred. Strong time management and excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.  The position requires an organized, flexible and creative approach to working with students and parents.

Responsibilities include:
--Teaching technique and choreography in specific styles to all levels, beginner through advanced.
--Mentoring students for auditions, choreography projects or senior concert
--Choreographing the yearly dance concert and other events upon request of Director of Visual and Performing Arts
--Sharing responsibility with other faculty in departmental administrative duties such as supervising students in field trips or rehearsing their own work.
--Attending department meetings

Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 600 students, pre-kindergarten through grade 12, from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.  Founded in 1791 and rooted in a tradition of college preparation, our culture of innovation prepares students for a complex and dynamic world.

Berwick Academy is an equal opportunity employer.  We seek candidates who will add to the diversity of the community.

No phone calls please.