Technical Theater Teacher

The Technical Theater teacher will be responsible for teaching Upper School technical theater courses and serving as the technical director for productions, and assisting with events in the Black Box and Auditorium.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Teach one section of Upper School technical theater course
2. Teach one or two sections of a Middle or Upper school drama class
3. Ability to create an inclusive classroom that nurtures a sense of belonging
4. Direct at least one after school production per year
5. Support drama classes with technical assistance, coverage, and team teaching
6. Assist in running assemblies, lectures, performances, and events in the Auditorium and Black Box
7. Scenic, lighting, sound design, and construction for up to 6 Middle and Upper school productions per year
8. Serve as department liaison to external set design shops when needed
9. Potentially serve as a faculty advisor to upper or middle school students

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Theater Design and Technology or a related field
2. A minimum of two years of teaching experience with middle and high school aged students
3. Familiarity with the mission, goals, and objectives of an independent school environment

Specific Knowledge of:

• Lighting: ETC Eos Family Consoles (Gio, Gio@5), ETC Paradigm Control System, Modern lighting networking (ETC Net3), Use/Maintenance of LED and automated lighting fixtures
• Sound: Yamaha CL Series Consoles (CL5, CL1), Modern audio networking / Dante, QLab 4
• Misc: Crestron Control Systems, Mac/Windows cross platform fluency, Vectorworks/AutoCAD/Sketchup
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices and procedures.
• Current knowledge of technical theater trends and innovations

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability and willingness to participate fully in a dynamic day school located in New York City;
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing;
• Ability to remain responsible at all times for the supervision of students during classes and generally at all times when on campus or off campus;
• Ability to learn new technology and systems commensurate with role requirements;
• Demonstrated ability to act as a role model of professionalism;
• Ability to model honesty, accountability, understanding, respect, love, and kindness for the students;
• Ability to develop and nurture an inclusive classroom environment that supports an equitable learning experience and opportunity, and ability to develop a sense of belonging;
• Ability to multitask, keep calm under pressure, and treat everyone with respect;
• Displays curiosity, a positive attitude, flexibility and a good sense of humor;
• Ability to follow all policies and procedures of the School as written in the employee and parent handbooks.