OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM:
         
            The Murphy-Photography, Arts and Culture, and Theatre Program is to provide a quality after-school program dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture activities among the youth and teens (ages 11-18yrs) in the Dorchester neighborhood.  Our key achievements for this program are to create and affordable, high quality after-school program and  introduce youth to Boston’s arts and cultural resources such as Museums, Theaters, Concerts, Showcases, and Galleries.
 
 
ABOUT US:
     The Richard J. Murphy Community Center is a non-profit organization.  The Murphy has been serving the community since October 1973.  We serve toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, and the elderly.  During the academic year we run an after school activities, pre-school, adult classes, and teen center program.  Some of the programs offered are swimming lessons for children; as well as, computer classes, line dancing, water aerobics, yoga,  adult and children ceramic classes, intro to self-defense, adult knitting, cartooning, and our infamous Murphy Monsters swim team.  
     In the Summer, we offer a summer day camp for children from the ages 5-10.  During the summer campers enjoy ceramics, art & crafts, pool, gym, Story Mobile various workshops ( I.E. Nutrition, save our waters, and R.A.D., just to name a few), themed days, and field trips.  Our camp serves over 300 campers during our two sessions every year.
     During the Summer in conjunction with the Boston Youth Fund we employ over 30 youth as our junior counselors to work in our summer day camp program.
     We also offer four 14 year olds, who are unable to work, the opportunity to join our summer crew through the FACTS Leadership program, where they are junior counselors in  training.  This program is a pre—amble to the following summer when they are eligible to work.
This is a program sponsored through BCYF*, where they attend weekly off-site leadership workshops with other FACTS participants, gain experience by working with the camp in various roles, and at the end of the program each participant upon submitting their completed feedback
 
 
essays and surveys will receive a small stipend for successfully completing the summer program.
     The Teen Center also offers a program run called “Summer of Enrichment & Fun!” This program is geared towards ages 12.9 to 14.   This program is geared and targeted to pre-teens and teens that are unable to work for the summer and are too old for camp.  S.E.F. offers 3 two week summer sessions.  Each two week session has its own theme.  This program runs Monday thru Friday from 11am to 5pm.**
 
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
 
At this time we are looking for teachers to teach the following courses that we will be offering to our Murphy Community Center members who are among the youth population (ages 13-18).  
 

l        PHOTOGRAPHY (digital, 35MM,& developing for both)
l        FILM PRODUCTION
l        THEATER ARTS
l        VISUAL ARTS
l        DANCE
l        NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM

 
All those who are interested in teaching one of the following classes please provide the following information:  

l        YOUR NAME AND/OR COMPANY'S NAME
l        RESUME
l        THREE REFERENCES
l        AN OUTLINE OF WHAT YOU WOULD COVER IN THE COURSE
l        HOW MANY STUDENT YOU CAN HAVE IN THE COURSE
l        WHAT DAY AND TIME YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TEACH THE COURSE (i.e. Monday's anytime after 4pm )
l        WHAT IS YOUR HOURLY RATE
l        WHAT SUPPLIES YOU WOULD NEED FOR EACH STUDENT

 
l        APPROXIMATE COST FOR SUPPLIES
l        STORE OR SUGGESTED COMPANIES WHERE TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES
l        WHAT TYPE OF SPACE/ FACILITIES YOU WOULD NEED (size of the room, room conditions, climate of room if applicable, and whatever is necessary.)
l        WHATEVER ELSE YOU MAY DEEM IMPORTANT TO TELL US IN REGARDS TO YOUR CRAFT

 
 
PLEASE EMAIL ALL THIS INFORMATION TO:
 
 INFO@MURPHYCOMMUNITYCENTER.ORG
IN THE SUBJECT PUT:  M-PACT PROGRAM PERSPECTIVE TEACHER
 
ATTENTION BETTY MURRAY