Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory is dedicated to supporting unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create, students to experience, and audiences to consume epic and adventurous presentations that cannot be mounted elsewhere in New York City.

The Armory’s Arts Education initiative offers programs at no cost to New York City public school students and includes production-based programming, in which students attend major productions of music, theater, dance, and visual art, and participate in pre- and post-visit workshops with the Armory’s talented corps of teaching artists; the partner school program, in which deeper relationships with public schools are created through attendance at productions, in-school residencies, workshops, and end-of-term events in the Armory’s historic rooms; and the Armory Youth Corps, a paid and closely-mentored internship program for New York City public high school students and graduates from Youth Corps partner schools.

TEACHING APPRENTICE PROGRAM

SUMMER 2024

Are you an NYC public school graduate and/or current CUNY student or graduate?

Are you interested in the Arts Education field and looking for a PAID Training Opportunity?

You should check out the Teaching Apprentice Program (TAP) at Park Avenue Armory!

TAP is a rigorous apprenticeship that introduces skills such as classroom management, public speaking, group facilitation, and lesson plan development while exploring the foundations of arts education and applications across visual and performing art forms and learning styles. TAP begins with a five-week seminar and workshop observations; outstanding candidates may progress to mentored “field experience” opportunities at Park Avenue Armory. After the successful completion of the field experience portion of the program, participants are invited to apply to become members of Park Avenue Armory’s teaching assistant team. Participants are paid hourly for all phases of the program.

Eligibility

The Teaching Apprentice Program is open to those who meet the following criteria:

• Have graduated from a New York City public high school and/OR are current CUNY students or graduates
• Have demonstrated an interest in the Arts and/or Education or related fields
• Have an interest in the mission of Park Avenue Armory and its Arts Education department
• Ability to speak multiple languages a plus!

Time Commitment

The anticipated seminar schedule, with sessions taking place at Park Avenue Armory, is as follows (subject to change):

• Tuesday, May 28, 10am-1pm
• Wednesday, May 29, 10am-4pm *extended hours optional to observe Armory Arts Education event
• Thursday, May 30 10am-1pm
• Tuesday, June 4 10am-1pm
• Wednesday, June 5 10am-1pm
• Thursday, June 6 10am-1pm
• MONDAY, June 10^th 9am-3pm *optional/additional day to attend a matinee of Inside Light and observe workshops
• Tuesday, June 11^th 10am-1pm
• Wednesday, June 12^th 10am-1pm
• Thursday, June 13^th 10am-1pm
• Tuesday, June 18^th 10am-1pm
• No seminar on Wednesday, June 19^th in observance of the Juneteenth holiday
• Thursday, June 20^th 10am-1pm
• Tuesday, June 25^th 10am-1pm
• Wednesday, June 26^th 10am-1pm
• Thursday, June 27^th 10am-1pm

Additionally, there will be occasional assigned readings and other homework throughout the summer seminar, not to exceed 3 hours per week. The field experience will be scheduled according to your availability, beginning July of 2024, and continuing into the 2024-2024 school year.

Application Process

Click Apply at the bottom of the link and upload the attached essay questions as an additional document or email the attached application and essay questions to Monica Weigel McCarthy, Director of Education, at mweigel@armoryonpark.org. You may also drop a paper application off/mail one to:

Thompson Art Center at Park Avenue Armory – Education Department

643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until March 22, 2024. Qualified applicated will be contacted to set up an interview the week of March 25^th. Candidates will be notified whether they are accepted into the program by April 1^st.