The CoMotion Dance Project is proud to announce that we have received our grant for next year and are screening new professional dance educators to teach at four schools during the 2010-2011 school year.  This is a part time, grant-funded program. Applications are due July 14, 2010.  

Dance teaching artists are hired through the University of Montana based on their expertise, background, education and experience as professional dance educators.  This is a community-based project in conjunction with the Montana Model Dance Education Project (MoDE) in UM’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.  The project is funded with grants from the Montana Arts Council and payments from participating schools.  Employees function with autonomy in the capacity of dance educators and must demonstrate decision-making and problem-solving skills. 

The job requires that dance educators: 
1) Partner with classroom teachers in the public schools throughout the year. (Elem, MS & HS)
2) Engage in professional development training and/or mentoring. (Elem, MS & HS)
3) Meet with school administrators and UM faculty to develop shared goals for the MoDE Project. (Elem, MS & HS)
4) Meet with individual teachers to learn about curricular topics.  (Elem)
5) Research the school curriculum benchmarks and education standards. (Elem)
6) Develop and teach original lesson plans using dance to integrate into core topics. (Elem)
7) Assess the effectiveness of their teaching. ((Elem, MS & HS)
8) Assess the effectiveness of the MoDE Project.  (Elem, MS & HS)

9) Make suggestions for the future of the MoDE Project.  (Elem, MS & HS)

Applicants may apply to teach at one or more schools.  Schools that will have new dance educators include:  
--  Hellgate High School $6,000 (improvisation, movement theatre, choreography)
--  Big Sky High School  $1,500 (improvisation, movement theatre, choreography)
--  Bigfork Middle School $1,200 (hip hop/jazz or related styles)
--  Arlee Elementary and Arlee High School (both)($3,000) (creative movement integrated in elem curriculum, and hip hop, jazz, two-step in HS. 

Applicants Must Submit the following by July 14, 2010.
Cover letter
Resume or CV
3 current references and/or letters of support
1 Sample Lesson Plan relevant to the grade level for the position being sought.
A one-page teaching philosophy
DVD of the applicant dancing, or, if possible, teaching.
An official College Transcript 

All people hired must submit to a background check, as required by The University of Montana. 

Submit materials, by July 14, 2010, to:  Karen Kaufmann; School of Theatre & Dance; University of Montana; Missoula, MT  59812  
406-243-2870  karen.kaufmann@umontana.edu