Job Description

Job Title: Dance Teacher

Location: Twin Rivers Unified School District

Twin Rivers Unified School District is seeking a passionate and dedicated Dance Teacher to inspire students and cultivate their love for movement and artistic expression! If you're ready to create a dynamic and inclusive dance program where students of all levels can thrive, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role:

As a Dance Teacher, you will have the opportunity to:

• Ignite a passion for dance by developing and delivering engaging instruction that fosters creativity, technical skill, and an appreciation for diverse dance genres.
• Cultivate a positive, safe, and inclusive classroom environment where every student feels valued, supported, and inspired to explore their potential as a dancer.
• Guide students in developing essential dance skills, including technique, choreography, performance, and dance history/theory.
• Create lesson plans that align with district standards and bring dance to life for students of varying abilities and interests.
• Collaborate with school staff to integrate dance into the broader curriculum and enrich the school community through performances, events, and showcases.
• Assess student progress, provide constructive feedback, and communicate effectively with parents to support their child's artistic development.
• Maintain classroom control sufficient to permit other students to learn without undue interference, to provide for the safety of others, and to protect school property.

What You Bring:

• A deep love of dance and a passion for sharing it with students.
• Strong knowledge of dance principles, techniques, choreography, and dance education methodologies.
• The ability to create a dynamic, engaging, and inclusive learning environment that celebrates diversity and fosters student growth.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and classroom management skills.
• A commitment to supporting the academic, artistic, social, and emotional well-being of every student.
• Is responsible for the supervision of pupils and assigned para-professionals.
• Seeks good student-teacher and student-student interaction.

Qualifications:

• Valid CA Single Subject Dance credential with English Language Learner authorization. Or, valid Single Subject PE credential with authorization code PEX or PE (issued prior to 2022) with an English Language Learner authorization.
• Valid California Teaching Credential, valid English Language Learner Authorization required.
• Bachelor's degree, including courses needed to meet credential requirements and student teaching classroom experience.

Details:

• Salary: $63,947-$124,659 Annually + $2,000 Master's Degree Stipend, $2,000 Doctorate Stipend. $4,500 Hiring Bonus Incentive Final placement determined upon receipt of official sealed transcripts and verification of prior contracted teaching experience.
• Length of Work Year: 186 days. Days of work as per contract. Hours of work as per District Board Policy #5042.
• Employment Type: Full Time, may be full-time or part time.
• School Year: 2025-2026
• FLSA: Exempt
• Board Approved: 7/8/14
• Salary Grade: Core Certificated Salary Schedule 1
• Immediate Supervisor: Building principal or such person as shall be delegated.
• Working Conditions: This position will include office and school environments.
• HAZARDS: None identified.

Our District:

Twin Rivers Unified School District is the 27th largest school district in California by enrollment, according to the California Department of Education. We serve approximately 27,000 students who come from families that speak 46 languages. Our district includes four comprehensive high schools, five middle schools and 29 elementary schools. Twin Rivers also offers families the option of two alternative high schools, two special education centers, an independent learning center, a community day school, an opportunity school, preschools, three dependent charter schools and Twin Rivers Adult School. Twin Rivers serves an 82 square mile area covering the communities of Arden Fair, Del Paso Heights, Dos Rios, Elverta, Foothill Farms, Gardenland, McClellan Park, Natomas, Northgate, North Highlands, North Sacramento, Robla, Rio Linda and Woodlake. Twin Rivers Unified School District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

To Apply:

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