POSITION DESCRIPTION
OPPORTUNITY
Kids Empowered by Your Support (KEYS) program is looking for a Program Director to manage the day-to-day operations of its operations, including 35+ part-time music instructors. The ideal candidate will communicate with teachers and parents, and ideally will have the drive and experience to automate the current program model. The Program Director will work work collaboratively with the Executive Director on implementing systematic processes and procedures to propel organizational growth.
KEYS envisions a world where every child has access to the transformative experience of studying and playing music regardless of circumstances. Since its founding in 2004, KEYS’ objective has been to provide an essential part of the education that many Bridgeport school children are denied because of arts-starved school budgets and limited family financial resources. A well-rounded education, including Arts education, is an important means of breaking the cycle of poverty, and starts at the beginning of a child’s education as an integral component of his or her childhood and adolescence. KEYS engages, challenges, and mentors children throughout their school years with free, one-to-one music instrument lessons in school, ensemble-based musical training on Saturdays, and through many workshops, summer programs and performance opportunities. By following a student and providing a free instrument to take home for daily practice, KEYS provides continuous exposure to the important benefits of a music education. We are proud of the success of our KEYS students after they graduate high school and continue to college or pursue a trade or work opportunities. The KEYS program positions students and interns for success in their future endeavors.
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