ˇCityArts! is currently seeking four (4) full-time Teaching Artists to join our AmeriCorps Expanded Day Teaching Artist Project (EDTAP) team. (Please see below for part-time opportunities.) This position is a year-long commitment of service to link arts learning both in schools and during out-of-school time to youth development and achievement. CityArts EDTAP members will be assigned to one of three urban public and charter schools in Providence and Central Falls, and be part of a site-based team to improve youth outcomes through expanded day arts learning opportunities.

This program will be the first of its kind in our state to assign a corps of teaching artists to enrich the expanded day model of student learning. Through artist residencies in schools, increased after school curriculum-based projects and innovation in creative skills building, EDTAP aims to improve student performance, attendance, behavior and literacy levels and establish a strong foundation for youth to achieve to their fullest potential from the moment their school day starts, to after school, to home and to their community.

EDTAP AmeriCorps Teaching Artists will provide a continuum of arts learning opportunities for students during the day and into the after school hours, integrating arts in literacy development and other subject areas—such as science, social studies and language arts—through working collaboration with school art teachers as well as classroom teachers. EDTAP members will extend their teaching to afterschool programs including PASA Club AfterZones, 21CLC and CityArts Open Enrollment. Afterschool arts will serve multiple purposes—to connect with academic skills or curriculum, and to introduce students to a new artistic media/concept to excite the development of their own creative practice.

EDTAP AmeriCorps Teaching Artist Criteria:
- Available to serve full-time (approximately 40 hr/wk) including occasional weekends in order to complete 1700 hours of service over one year
- Commit to an entire year of AmeriCorps service, with a tentative start date of August 9, 2010
- Bachelor degree in art or related field preferred
- Experience teaching in a community or school setting strongly preferred
- Spanish speaking skills are a plus

AmeriCorps benefits include:
- living allowance
- health coverage
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award

Part-time AmeriCorps positions are also available. Part-time volunteers will commit to 300 hours of service and work primarily during the after school hours. At the completion of 300 hours, volunteers will receive a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award. For volunteers 55 years of age or older, this award is transferrable to children, foster children and grandchildren.

If interested in being considered for the EDTAP teaching artist team, please send cover letter and resume to genise@providencecityarts.org by July 9, 2010.

For more information about AmeriCorps service and terms of commitment, go to www.americorps.gov.

Please note that ˇCityArts! is always looking to add new members to our corps of professional artists and arts educators. Interested candidates should be responsible, engaged, skilled in visual and/or performing arts and committed to the betterment of our community and the youth who live in it. Experience working with youth is not necessary, but strongly recommended. If you'd like to inquire about becoming a ˇCityArts! teacher or visiting artist please send a cover letter and resume to our Education Director, Adrienne Gagnon.