Upper School Performing Arts Teacher

Description

Villa Duchesne is seeking a full-time, experienced theatre educator to lead our Upper School (grades 7-12) Performing Arts Department. This candidate will teach theatre classes, coordinate curriculum, and direct and produce shows, including hiring and supervising technical staff. The candidate will have a conferred Bachelor of Arts or Fine Arts degree (master’s degree preferred) and have previous teaching experience preferably within a middle or high school. Villa Duchesne faculty members also serve as grade-level advisors and participate actively in the life of the school.

The ideal candidate will also:

• Have a strong sense of production values
• Inspire students to create and perform
• Have the ability to lead a creative team

• Have previous experience in directing both middle and high school students
• Have previous experience producing shows
• Be able to lead musicians and choreographers in both education (i.e. Theatre Class) and performance (i.e. producing a high school musical) settings
• Be a creative, dynamic leader
• Have experience utilizing Google Classroom

All teachers at Villa Duchesne must commit to educating by the values articulated in the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada. Our Villa Duchesne Sacred Heart educators inspire our students every day with learning and community opportunities.

Villa Duchesne Sacred Heart educators:

1. Embody the attitudes of Christ’s heart: gratitude, generosity, compassion, and forgiveness. Educating is our vocation, and the ability to lead students to encounter Christ enables us to foster more loving relationships.
2. Believe in every student. We are invested in caring for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional well-being of each child.
3. Are experts in their subjects. We exhibit professional excellence and innovation in teaching. Through passion for our craft, we instill a love of learning within each child. We maintain high standards of research-based training and are committed to extensive professional development.
4. Foster trusting relationships to create a safe environment where learning and empathy are possible. Our trusting relationships with students enable them to discover new abilities, cultivate strengths, learn from mistakes, and develop and exercise resilience in meeting challenges.
5. Immerse students in global perspectives, compassionate action, and courageous hope. By inspiring curiosity and encouraging critical consciousness within our students, our students can realize their full potential as agents of transformation.

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