Experienced Dance Instructor/Team Coach - Advanced to Beginning Levels

Just voted #1 Dance Studio in Meridian! CADA Dance Studio is hiring experienced, professional Dance Instructors for our Growing Studio who are interested in growing with our studio and a long-term career path with upward mobility!

Just voted #1 Dance Studio in Meridian! Ready to join the team at the fastest-growing and most exciting dance studio in the Treasure Valley, known for our top-tier instruction, individual attention, and warm environment? We grew 450% last year, and that’s only the beginning. Come be a part of our award-winning 5-star rated dance studio in Meridian, Idaho!

We are looking for experienced high-energy, qualified instructors to add to our wonderful CADA Team in many genres! These include: Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Ballroom, PBT, Pilates, Dance Conditioning, Competitive team coaches, Early Childhood Education (teaching ages 1-5), and Advanced Dance Technique. We hire high-quality candidates who are always seeking to learn and improve their craft. We expect teachers and coaches to be prepared and organized, with the growth of their students as their highest priority. We value industry experience in many genres, and look highly upon candidates with commercial and/or collegiate qualifications. We welcome additional certifications in methods like PBT, mUvMethod, Yoga, ABT, RAD, Pilates, and more.

Department: Education - Fulfillment (Products and Services)

Reports to: Director of Education, Studio Director

Job Type: Part-time, hourly, W-2 Employee

Location: In person (Meridian, Idaho)

Estimated Hours Per Week: Varies with teacher availability and studio schedule

Compensation: Pay is commensurate with experience, with regular performance-based reviews. In addition to pay, bonus structures are available.

Additional Compensation: Continuing education and training.

Responsibilities of the role will include:

• Teaching high-quality, appropriately paced classes
• Coaching competitive teams
• Utilizing and participating in CADA’s extensive teaching and continuing education resources
• Meet all teacher non-teaching deadlines
• Selecting and approving music, costumes, and setting recital choreography
• Ensuring student readiness at CADA’s Dance Advance Review (for Competitive Team coaches only)
• Be a star student–always eager to learn and improve!
• Attend monthly meetings and weekly huddles
• Report weekly (report daily the first 90 days)
• Meet KPIs
• Check & reply to Slack Daily (except weekends)
• Like and comment consistently on our social media
• Embrace this mindset: The bottom line is that the studio’s vision is bigger than me alone.

Expectations of the role will include:

• Arrive 15 minutes before class
• Take attendance in every class
• Make parent check in phone call for each of your students two weeks after the season begins or two weeks after they join your class
• Be present for each of the mandatory dates for teachers throughout the season
• Learn your dancers’ names
• Prepare lesson plans for each class
• Have a thorough and appropriate warm up system for each class
• Know how to handle behavior issues
• Use age-appropriate music
• Talk to parents
• Call any new students to check in after they come to class
• Prepare social media post to boost class enrollment
• Check in with the front desk with any issues that may occur during your work shift
• Prepare fun holiday dances for the class
• Prepare a routine that will highlight each class in the end of the year performance
• Edit music for performances
• Read all communication from the dance studio
• Make sure your energy and tone is appropriate to everyone in the studio
• Treat other teacher with respect
• Prepare sub lesson plans/music for your classes being covered
• No phone calls during class
• Prepare for emergencies in class (injury, illness, bad behavior & etc...)
• End of season retention notes prepared for each of your students for personal reach out they join us for next season
• Contribute to a positive, warm atmosphere, free from negativity or toxic behavior, for our teaching team and our studio home

Additional notes:

• All CADA employees must have a working smart phone with enough storage space to download and regularly use the Slack app and GroupMe app for staff communication. Teachers also need to have enough storage space on their phone to record videos and photos of class time throughout the year.
• Teachers must have reliable child care for their children at home.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $18.00 - $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 4 – 10 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Referral program

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities

Schedule:

• After school
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work setting:

• In-person

Work Location: In person