Arts-Theater Teacher

Category: Teaching

Job Function: Teaching

Department: Langston Hughes High

Summary

Supervises and coordinates Theater activities; Supports each participant in achieving a higher level of personal skill, fosters an enhanced appreciation for theater, and increases student theatrical and technical capability through rehearsals and performances; Provides students with an opportunity to participate in extracurricular theater activities; Ensures compliance with all state and district regulations and requirements; Participation in approved theater performances in the community are also an expectation of this position.

Essential Duties

• Directs middle-school or high school theater productions.
• Prepares lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences
• Plans and uses appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned
• Collaborates with Band, Chorus, and Orchestra teachers to provide students with integrated experiences when appropriate.
• Conducts on-going assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing
• Creates an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students
• Provides for theatre participation at extracurricular events.
• Provides direction and opportunities for students to compete in theatrical competitions.
• Ensures compliance with federal and state laws and Fulton Board of Education board policy
• Works collaboratively with feeder school theater directors to recruit and retain students at the high school
• Compiles budgets and cost estimates based on documented program needs
• Coordinates fundraising activities and manages funds
• Oversees process of cleaning, repairing, and storing theater equipment, costumes, and props.
• Accompanies and supervises students on out-of-town trips
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
• Maintains emotional control under stress
• Communicates responsibly with students, parents, colleagues, and school leadership
• Accounts for student attendance and punctuality
• Follows professional ethics in all work-related activities
• Maintains professional relationships with colleagues, students, parents, and community members
• Prepares adequately for responsibilities to be assumed when absent
• Facilitates home-school communication by such means as holding conferences, telephoning, and sending written communications
• Avoids behaviors which detract from staff morale
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator
  
  

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited university in Theatre Education and/or English

Certification/Licensure

Valid Georgia Teaching Certification in applicable field required, or must be eligible to hold a valid Georgia Teaching Certificate

Experience Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of successful teaching and theatre directing experience required; Experience at the high school level preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to collaborate with staff in an extremely active performing arts environment is essential
• Knowledge of overall operation of a theatrical program
• Ability to manage budget and personnel
• Classroom management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
  
  

Working Conditions

• Classroom environment
• Outside as required by activities
• Requires travel and job responsibilities outside of the scheduled work hours
  
  

Physical Demands

• Frequent lifting 5-10 lbs.
• Occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, bending, walking, and standing
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, squatting, and reaching
• Occasional exposure to adverse weather conditions
  
  

Posting ID: 31139

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