Words Beats + Life seeks Graffiti, DJ, Hip-Hop Dance, Breaking, Spoken Word, Photography Instructors - $15 to $55/hour

Words Beats & Life Academy

Teaching Openings: Hip-Hop DJ, Photography, MC'ing, Chess, Fine Art, Street Art, & B-Girl/B-boy.

REPORTS TO: Executive Director/Academy Director

PURPOSE: As part of the Academy Staff, Teaching artists provide instruction and exposure to their craft, employ positive youth development principles and encourage the development of skills, knowledge and outlook of their students. The duties and responsibilities of the teaching artist allow her/him to build meaningful mentoring relationships with Academy students to promote skill mastery, the pursuit of post-secondary education, employability and mastery of self.

PROCESS: Members of our teaching staff each work as independent contractors. Contracts are renewed every session, approximately every 3-4 months. Pay raises are determined annually based on performance and available funding.

THE WORD BEATS & LIFE ACADEMY: The Academy is a pre-vocational arts program, offering free Hip-Hop classes to young people ages 6-23 (depending on location) in DC. Classes include DJing, B-boying/B-girling, Hip-Hop Choreography, Emceeing, Graffiti, Fine Art, Street Art, Beat production, Spoken Word and Chess. We believe Hip-Hop can serve as a wedge between hope and despair for the youth of DC. WBL is committed to producing learning journeys through hip-hop that lead Academy students to succeed in our five (5) focus areas: Skill Mastery, Pursuit of a Post-Secondary Education, Employability, Community, and Self Mastery. Each Academy Apprentice will learn to connect art, commerce, and social change.