Master Teaching Artists
Splat Lab
About Our Organization
Splat Lab is a youth development organization centering play-based learning, with emphasis on STEM, arts, social studies, and social-emotional learning. We grew out of the world of after school, and now partner with over 100 schools to provide high-quality enrichment programming for preschool, elementary, and middle school-aged youth. We partner with schools and community-based organizations to provide afterschool, school day, and special events programming, offer holiday break camp programs for charter and private schools, and host our own summer camps and special events throughout the year.
Job Position Summary
Master Teaching Artists lead Splat Lab Residencies, Pop Ups, and are invited to teach at our Splat Camp locations. MTAs are seasoned professionals who can learn any kind of curriculum and make it fun and intellectually satisfying. MTAs are the type of person who kids can’t wait to see, with group management skills to ensure a smooth, fun, and exciting class. MTAs serve as a mentor to Leads & TAs by modeling best practices, offering constructive feedback and helping colleagues strengthen their teaching practice. MTAs must be able to work alone and manage 20 students or delegate non-Splat after-school program staff to assist in leading workshops
Roles & Responsibilities
- Minimum 5 years as a working teaching artist, specialist or museum educator working with youth in a leadership role: leading groups in after school, summer camps, museums, or early childhood settings.
- For daytime, school-based workshops must be comfortable pushing into a large DOE classroom as a confident leader who can manage the room and timing with school teachers.
- Applicant must be strong at keeping up with emails, curriculum folders, schedules, and communication with your manager
- Strong group management skills with the ability to confidently organize and lead transitions, set up structured projects, and create clear rituals and routines.
- The ability to direct and collaborate with TAs to keep all students engaged and on task.
- Experience with strength-based, restorative, positive discipline practices.
How to Apply
Apply on our website at: https://splat-lab5fx.breezy.hr/
Or email a resume and a thoughtful email about why you are a good fit for working with Splat to Marissa at Operations@SplatLab.com
At Splat Lab, we believe the best teams are made up of people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, skills, and ways of seeing the world. We actively seek out candidates from a wide range of communities and professional paths because we want young people to learn alongside and from many different kinds of New Yorkers and to see that there are many ways to be creative, curious, and successful. We believe that bringing together people with different experiences makes our programs more interesting, our problem-solving stronger, and our work more creative. We are an equal opportunity employer and make hiring decisions based on qualifications, experience, skills, and the requirements of each position, without discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic.