Classroom Assistant

Do you love kids? Do you know how to handle them? Classroom Assistants play a valuable role in a successful art education class. BuildaBridge generally partners with homeless shelters and transitional homes to provide art education and art therapy to children and youth residing there. Main tasks include helping the lead teacher run the class and building healthy relationships with kids. Some experience with the arts is preferred, but we are more interested in someone who loves children and has a heart to serve.

Qualifications:

·         A commitment to principles of love, social justice, reconciliation, and service to others

·         Experience, or the desire to learn, in multi-cultural contexts

·         A love for the arts and their functional nature in faith and society

·         A love for children and youth

·         Dependability and faithfulness in completing assignments

·         A spirit of teachability

·         Experience in working with children

Time Commitment: Beginning in September, one or two 2-hour sessions per week from October 2009 through May 2010. We are also looking for “on-call” assistants to act as emergency substitutes on short notice.

Who We Are: BuildaBridge is a non-profit arts education organization dedicated to bringing hope and healing to vulnerable children, families, and communities in the tough places of the world through direct arts-integrated intervention (social, spiritual, educational, and therapeutic) and cross-cultural service. BuildaBridge motivates, enlists, trains and connects those who have the desire to serve others through their artistic gifts with those in greatest need. 

To Apply: Please forward a current resume to Sarah Heady, Volunteer Coordinator, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , indicating the title of the position in which you are interested. Please feel free to call (215) 842-0428 x15 with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

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