Project Reset Teaching Artist (P/T, Temporary)—Education
In partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation’s Project Reset, we seek a Teaching Artist to facilitate arts-based programming for two groups of Project Reset participants (ages 18–30 and 30+). Project Reset is an early diversion program that provides people who have been arrested with an opportunity to complete arts-based programming rather than going to court to face formal prosecution. This innovative collaboration brings Project Reset to all of Brooklyn, leveraging the power of the arts to offer a meaningful alternative to conventional prosecution of low-level crimes. Individuals with any proximity to the justice system, particularly those with direct experience, are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience as a teaching artist and a demonstrated history of work that utilizes the arts to facilitate conversation and self-reflection on charged subjects such as race, justice, accountability, personal agency, and control of one’s narrative
- Familiarity with court diversion programs
- Knowledge of trauma-informed pedagogy
- Demonstrated ability to successfully engage with people of a variety of ages and backgrounds
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to write lesson plans
- Capacity to maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations, both on-site and in the larger Brooklyn community
- Ability to regularly assess performance and integrate feedback as needed
- Creative problem-solving abilities and passion for work at the intersection of art and social justice, especially in the context of criminal justice reform
Responsibilities
- Lead a highly engaging gallery- and studio-based program for up to fifteen Project Reset participants three times per month (Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm)
- Critically reflect on and strengthen session design by actively participating in assessment and planning sessions with Museum and Center for Justice Innovation staff
- Participate in training sessions and professional development workshops with Museum staff, and site visits to Brooklyn Justice Initiatives and other Center for Justice Innovation projects
- Create program curriculum in collaboration with Museum and Center for Justice Innovation staff
- Conceptualize the final exhibition, which will showcase the work created by participants over the project’s first year
Start date: September 18, 2023
Department: Education
Reports to: Associate Manager of Art-Making Initiatives
Position type: Part-time
Salary: $135.66 per hour for teaching sessions; $76.50 per hour for training and planning
Union status: Union—UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Nonexempt
Schedule: Sessions run three times per month on Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm. Additionally, there is one monthly reflection meeting on a Thursday, 11 am–12 pm, and three planning meetings per month to be scheduled upon hiring.
Application deadline: August 27, 2023
If you have questions about our online application system, get in touch with us at job.application.questions@brooklynmuseum.org.