Teaching Apprentice
Park Avenue Armory
About Our Organization
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.
Job Position Summary
Are you a 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.
Roles & Responsibilities
Park Avenue Armory is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to building a culturally diverse staff. Applications from all interested candidates are strongly encouraged. Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the qualifications for a role. If this program aligns with you and the work you are passionate about doing, please apply for the position. You might be the right candidate for this role, or for others that we’re adding to our team.