Future Dance Teacher Opportunities

The role

The Dance Teacher inspires students to explore movement, develop foundational dance skills, and build confidence. This role involves delivering standards-aligned instruction across multiple grade levels through creative movement, rhythm, and choreography.

What you will do

• Plan and deliver engaging, standards-aligned dance instruction across multiple grade levels.
• Teach foundational dance and movement skills.
• Introduce students to diverse dance styles and cultural traditions.
• Differentiate instruction to support students with varying movement abilities, language backgrounds, and learning needs.
• Establish a joyful, inclusive, and well-managed learning environment.
• Assess student progress and provide meaningful feedback.
• Organize student dance performances, showcases, and collaborative choreography projects.
• Collaborate with colleagues to connect dance to other academic subjects.
• Build strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues.
• Model Hebrew Public's OLAM values.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Knowledge of foundational dance techniques, choreography, movement concepts, and developmentally appropriate teaching practices.
• Experience teaching one or more dance styles, such as creative movement, hip-hop, jazz, ballet, contemporary dance, or cultural dance.
• Commitment to culturally responsive instruction.
• Strong classroom management skills.
• Ability to differentiate movement instruction for students with varied physical abilities, learning needs, and dance experience.

Nice to have

• Pennsylvania teaching certification appropriate for dance instruction, or active progress toward appropriate certification
• Experience working in urban school communities
• Experience teaching dance, creative movement, or performing arts to elementary and/or middle school students

Benefits

• Coaching, collaborative planning, and professional development
• Certification support
• Annual salary increases of 5% to 10% for eligible teachers after the first year
• Opportunities to apply for funds to support pathways toward teacher certification
• Career advancement and leadership development opportunities
• On-site team of Climate staff and Social Workers

About the company

Hebrew Public is a small and growing network of schools operated by Hebrew Public: Charter Schools for Global Citizens. Philadelphia Hebrew Public (PHP) serves students from more than 40 zip codes across Philadelphia.