Position:  Dance Teacher

Visual & Performing Arts Department/Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Community:

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School (CRLS) is a comprehensive high school divided into four Learning Communities designed to promote high levels of learning and achievement for all students. Honors courses are offered in all core classes (English, History, Mathematics, and Science); Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available to qualified students in grades 11 and 12.

The mission of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School is to provide a quality education to every student through rigorous, comprehensive, and personalized teaching and learning. Working in partnership with families and the wider community, we maintain a nurturing, respectful, and safe environment where educators and students hold themselves to high standards. We value academic excellence, creativity, diversity, perseverance, collaboration, and responsible decision-making. Within and across our learning communities, we prepare lifelong learners who participate thoughtfully, responsibly, and productively in a global, democratic society.

The Opportunity:

Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School, in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts Department, seeks a confident, creative, culturally responsive, social-justice-oriented, and compassionate teaching artist to lead and enhance the vision for an already vibrant dance program. The Dance teacher will teach grades 9-12 dance classes, including Dance 1, Dance 2, and Modern Dance Company. All dance class teaching includes choreographic skills. The Dance Teacher collaborates with a second full-time Dance teacher. The Dance teacher will report both to the Principal and the Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Department (VPA).

Key Responsibilities:

• Teach Dance classes, integrating choreographic skills, to grades 9-12

• Provide an overview of Dance and its various genres

• Supervise and mentor students in student-directed dances

• Teach a rigorous and balanced standards-based dance curriculum

• Demonstrate dance skills and a wide variety of techniques

• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners

• Demonstrate flexibility and compassion, while maintaining high expectations for student achievement

• Demonstrate strong classroom management skills

• Employ instructional methods that motivate students to continue to pursue study in the dance  community

• Collaborate with school faculty to develop an interdisciplinary curriculum and work with challenging students

• Organize and participate ina  dance show to showcase student work on and off campus

• Contribute to departmental and school-wide curriculum projects and other initiatives

• Steward the careful use of supplies, equipment, and teaching resources and knowledge.

Your Skill Set:

As the incoming Dance Teacher, you will possess many, though perhaps not all, of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience leading dance instruction in an urban, multicultural setting in 9-12.

• Culturally responsive educator with a strong sense of social justice and equity.

• High degree of comfort working with colleagues to build and refine engaging, standards-based learning experiences that are responsive to the needs and interests of the communities you serve.

• Collaborative disposition, eager to partner with classroom teachers, VPA staff, and other team members in the district on behalf of our students and families.

• Excellent classroom management skills and use appropriate, authentic assessment strategies to monitor student progress.

• Ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners and adjust practice to meet the needs of all students.

• Strong organizational skills, setting up structures that allow you to manage your own work effectively and position colleagues for success.

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Massachusetts Licensure for Dance required

How to Join Our Team:

Apply online at www.cpsd.us. Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity.

At the Cambridge Public Schools, we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced, acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end, we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.