ArtistYear AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artists serve as full-time teaching artists in schools that receive Title I funding across America.
ArtistYear has found that pairing recent arts graduates who want to have a positive impact on our nation through a service year, with dedicated teachers and school administrators is an excellent way to expand arts education for students to improve school engagement and social-emotional learning.
Each AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artist (RTA) will uphold the mission, values, and expectations of ArtistYear, and openly contribute learnings back to the arts education and national service fields.
Learn about a service year from Resident Teaching Artist Lindsey, who served in North Carolina!
Who are ArtistYear Resident Teaching Artists?
ArtistYear AmeriCorps Resident Teaching Artists are dedicated to the highest levels of artistic excellence, possess a deep commitment to service, and believe in the potential of every child.
RTAs represent all artistic disciplines. They are actors, animators, art historians, cellists, composers, comics, creative writers, dancers, filmmakers, graphic designers, guitarists, illustrators, jazz musicians, photographers, playwrights, poets, recording engineers, screenwriters, sculptors, singers, storytellers, violinists, and visual artists.
What is an RTA's role & responsibilities?
An AmeriCorps RTA’s role and responsibilities during their service year will include:
- A full-time service week in a Title I funded school, inclusive of:
- Direct teaching and school common-time hours
- Communication, meeting, planning, and preparation hours
- Student performance or exhibition hours
- Full attendance and participation in all training and professional development requirements for school site and ArtistYear
- Designing and teaching standards-based aligned arts education that supports school culture and goals, as well as ArtistYear’s standards.
- Design and execute arts instruction and activities that encourage student social-emotional growth.
- Prepare and execute required Community Arts Events (minimum of one per year)
- Regular communication, meetings and collaboration with school staff members and the ArtistYear leadership.
- Receive and implement regular and supportive feedback from ArtistYear leadership and/or school site supervisor on performance.
