Treasure Trunk Theatre
Brooklyn, NY
US
Nicolette Calandra
Do you love teaching, entertaining, and taking care of children ages 3-8 in a nurturing space where their imaginations are celebrated? Do you love sharing the magic of storytelling with children? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Treasure Trunk Theatre (located in Brooklyn, NY) is seeking teaching artists for our roster of talented, enthusiastic, and inspiring teachers for our August summer camps as well as potentially for our 2025-2026 school year.
We are currently hiring both lead and assistant teaching artists. Select candidates with extensive experience will be considered immediately for our lead teacher training process. We promote from within, so those hired as assistants will be given the opportunity to apply in the future for the lead training process as well.
Our Mission: At Treasure Trunk Theatre, we create a nurturing space for children to develop their imagination, confidence, and creativity through the magic of storytelling. We encourage self-expression and celebrate individuality. We use the power of dramatic play to inspire each child to be their unique self, to connect with others, and to see the world in an empathic way.
Those who will best succeed in this role must:
- have experience working on a collaborative team, and experience working with children in a childcare, babysitting, family, classroom, camp and/or arts setting.
- enjoy taking care of, teaching, and entertaining children 3-6 years old 鈥� as well as 6-8 years old. (the majority of our camps are for 3-6 year olds).
- be engaging and able to adapt quickly and creatively to meet the needs of outdoor and indoor classroom spaces. PLEASE NOTE: The vast majority of our camps and classes are indoors, but we have very select outdoor sessions. So being comfortable with being outdoors in various weather conditions is ideal.
- ensure the highest level of safety throughout our camp day.
- have experience assisting children with bathroom visits.
- display confidence to successfully engage a room of children and a willingness to be playful.
love to have fun and bring one鈥檚 own personal and creative style to their teaching!
PLEASE NOTE: Treasure Trunk Theatre develops and provides all curriculum. No lesson planning is required on the part of our teaching artists.
Locations: 141 Atlantic Ave, 179 4th Ave, 700 Washington Ave, 326 Clinton Street, 390 5th Ave, 138 S.Oxford Street, 190 Underhill Ave, 147 Remsen Street, 182 4th Avenue. SCHOOL YEAR: Locations vary from the above listed, to schools across Brooklyn and Manhattan and private homes.
Dates: We are looking most heavily for teachers able to teach Mon-Fri camps from August 4th to September 5th. We also will have sub opportunities to jump in in July as well, should the candidate's schedule allow for that. Our school year classes will begin the week of September 8th, with rolling classes beginning at schools and private home locations over the course of the month.
Hours: Camp runs 9:00 am 鈥� 3:00 pm every day, with late extended day until 5:30pm available at our Treasure Trunk Atlantic Ave, Park Slope, and Prospect Heights locations only. Summer Camp shifts are typically 8:30 am 鈥� 3:15 pm, with the option for half-day shifts from 8:30 am -12:15 pm & 12:00 pm 鈥� 3:15 pm. Late extended day shifts would run until 5:45pm.
School year classes are largely in the afternoons between 3:00pm-6:00pm. Select candidates with extensive experience with 0-4 years old and guitar/ukulele skills may be staffed for our morning weekly classes. On the weekends, we do birthday parties so there are a lot of opportunities to hop in for weekend work when your schedule allows.
Shift Frequency: Teaching artists with full availability in August can likely expect to work Mon-Fri for the month. School year shifts are typically 1-3 classes per week, but it is very dependent on the availability of each teaching artist and our needs based on registrations.
Pay: $22-$32/hour for camps depending on position and $35-75/hour for special events. $25-$100 per school year class/party depending on position.
This is a seasonal position. Our hope is to have folks joining us for the August camps to continue on in the fall, but that is contingent on successful onboarding in the summer.
Aug 4, 2025 -
$22.00 – $32.00 per hour