What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructor in Theatre position at South Plains College?
Job Title
Instructor in Theatre
Department
LEVL - Fine Arts
Employment Status
FT Full-Time
Full Time/Part Time
Full Time
Benefits
Yes
Months per Year
9
Job Description
The Instructor in Theatre is responsible for teaching college courses in Theatre to undergraduate students. This role includes a variety of duties and responsibilities as outlined below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Teach freshman and sophomore theatre classes, including performance (acting, movement, diction) and technical theatre (lighting, makeup, set construction).
- Direct and produce three to four productions annually, including budgeting, design, and construction.
- Collaborate with music faculty on musical theatre productions.
- Teach Theatre Appreciation in various formats: in-person, online, and hybrid. This course fulfills the creative arts component of the core curriculum for non-majors.
- Deliver instruction through a variety of modalities, including traditional in-person classes, online platforms, video-based teaching, hybrid formats, and other emerging methods as necessitated by evolving educational demands.
- Prepare, administer, and grade examinations, including the creation and implementation of online courses.
- Maintain the theatre work, and storage areas, ensuring it is safe, orderly, and well-equipped for all productions and classes.
- Provide academic advisement to students and sponsor student organizations.
- Serve on faculty committees as needed.
- Commitment to building community across institution with programs, departments and schools and with local community.
Qualifications
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience
- A Master’s degree with 18 graduate hours in the teaching area is required.
- An MFA in Theatre Arts is preferred.
- Experience and training in both theatre and musical theatre are required.
Language Skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
- Consistent with instructional area.
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to talk or hear.
- Frequently required to stand.
- Occasionally required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, and catwalks.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock, fumes, vapors, and particles.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
F2342019-P
Number of Vacancies
1
Desired Start Date
08/18/2025
Position End Date (if temporary)
Open Date
Application Review Date
02/21/2025
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions Summary
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