Careers

Share Your Spark: Visiting Maker & Instructor Series

Amara’s Spark | Saline, MI
Independent Contractor Opportunity

Do you have a creative skill, hands-on activity, or passion you’d love to share with families? Amara’s Spark invites local artists, makers, educators, and facilitators to lead workshops that help children and families explore, create, learn, and connect together.

We’re looking for engaging, approachable instructors to offer 60–75-minute workshops for parent-and-child pairs or families. Ideas might include art, crafting, science experiments, building, storytelling, music, or other experiences that encourage curiosity and connection.

Location: 905 Woodland, Saline, MI
Schedule: Workshops scheduled in advance on a shared programming calendar
Workshop admission: $10 per person
Capacity: Approximately 25 participants total, including adults and children

Compensation

Instructors receive a guaranteed $5 base payment per scheduled workshop, plus $2 for each paid participant who attends. The base payment applies even if no participants attend.

Examples of total instructor pay:

• 10 paid participants: $25

• 15 paid participants: $35

• 25 paid participants: $55

This is an independent contractor opportunity, with compensation paid per workshop and no employee benefits.

What you’ll do

• Propose and lead an engaging workshop with a clear activity or learning experience.

• Design activities that children and their accompanying adults can enjoy together.

• Provide a workshop description, recommended age range, and materials list in advance.

• Prepare your activity, facilitate the workshop, and help reset the space afterward.

• Coordinate dates with Amara’s Spark and help promote your workshop through your own networks.

Materials & Supplies

Amara’s Spark can provide available basic craft supplies and modest quantities of simple pantry staples, agreed upon in advance. Purchases of basic supplies may be approved up to $10 per workshop.

Instructors provide specialty materials, tools, and equipment needed for their activities. Any additional materials budget or participant materials fee must be approved before the workshop is scheduled.

What we provide

• A welcoming workshop space.

• Registration and admission payment handling.

• A programming calendar established together in advance.

• Promotion through Amara’s Spark’s website, social media, and community outreach.

• Agreed-upon basic supplies and support with welcoming participants.

Who we’re looking for

People who enjoy sharing their skills, feel comfortable engaging children and adults, communicate clearly, and create a welcoming environment. Teaching experience is helpful, but we also welcome makers and community members with a thoughtful workshop idea and a passion for helping families learn together.

Interested?

Email idavis@amarasspark.org with a brief introduction, your workshop idea, the recommended ages, any materials needed, and your availability. Please include examples of your work or relevant experience, if available.

Bring your ideas. Help families make something, learn something, and share a spark together.