Dance 4 Peace (http://www.dance4peace.org) is an innovative, global nonprofit that uses dance to inspire youth to be leaders and peacemakers in their communities.

We are a fast-paced educational nonprofit that began in Bogota, Colombia during a dancer’s Fulbright Scholarship and now have programs in Colombia, the Philippines, New York City and Washington, DC.  Our mission is to promote social and emotional learning skills in youth in a global context in order to prevent school violence and bullying and to build conflict resolution competencies and communities of peace.

Dance 4 Peace was recently selected as one of the Global Shapers by the World Economic Forum. We are building a movement of intercultural exchange in peacebuilding, violence prevention and conflict transformation through dance. Dance 4 Peace hubs share best practices in conflict resolution and social and emotional learning as part of the global PeaceMover network. Our program is creative, dynamic, completely movement-based and evaluated and adaptable to specific cultures, communities and contexts. We envision a world where creative movement redefines how we build cultures of peace in schools.

We offer:

• The ability to be trained on and implement a high-impact, innovative curriculum that is already defining the future of movement-based peace education
• A fun, talented team that empowers you and values your feedback in helping shape our curriculum, our evaluations, and the organization
• Stipend plus training

Responsibilities for Part-time PeaceMover Facilitators in Washington, DC and NYC:

• Participate in two day Global summit training on Dance 4 Peace curriculum and implementation of best practices. Training is set for September 21-23, 2012!
• Implement and evaluate 10 weekly Dance 4 Peace sessions per semester in at least one hub classroom. Sessions are roughly one hour each at various DC and NYC school locations.  (Many PeaceMovers implement the curriculum in more than one classroom depending on schedule availability)
• Active preparation for each session; including the review and understanding of curriculum before implementation
• Compile, maintain and report program evaluation information on a weekly basis to assess strengths and areas for improvement
• Active communication with school contacts including principals and classroom teachers throughout the semester.

Qualifications:

• Education, child or youth development background
• Local student in the field pursuing a BA or advanced degree
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience facilitating trainings and workshops and implementing activities
• Understanding of inclusion and ability to translate inclusion in a variety of modalities and types of audiences
• Desire to work on issues related to under-served communities

Application Procedure:
Apply by sending an email to move@dance4peace.org with subject line “DC, NYC, Newark, or Baltimore PeaceMover - Your Name”, resume, and a letter to us describing why you want to make peace move in the classroom.

Join our movement online:
www.dance4peace.org
www.facebook.com/dance4peace
www.twitter.com/dance4peacenow