Theater Arts Professional

A typical day for our Theater Arts Professional includes:

• Oversees a group of up to 4 special needs individuals.
• Teaches theater, improv, to individuals at all stages, teaching multiple classes a day.
• Engages individuals in a fun /meaningful theater activity.
• Participates in staff meetings and in-service trainings.
• Documents on goals to help track progress.
• Spearheads the writing, rehearsal, production, design and building of at least one theater production per year.

Who you are:

• Outgoing and passionate about helping others achieve their full potential.
• Develops and delivers adapted theater lessons that addresses all levels of client ability.
• Provides creative and client appropriate theater activities to individual and groups of clients.
• Uses a range of teaching approaches to make lessons enjoyable, challenging, and productive.
• Dynamic and adaptable.
• Great communicator and team player.

What you’ll need to be successful:

· Demonstrates personal skills and creative talents in theatre, preferably proficiency with improvisational exercises, basic theater skills, interactive storytelling, reader’s theater, and sessions with the TERI Players performance class.

• Demonstrates the ability to read, write, sing, and perform many forms of theater.

· Represent, develop, promote, and provide PR support for TERI performing arts program to the performing arts community, and the public as assigned and as time permits.

• Demonstrates the ability to use and operate electronic music and audio equipment such as amplifiers, speakers, monitors, microphones, lights, PA systems, keyboards, sound boards, and other various theater equipment.

We would love it if you:

• Theater arts Education, or Performance related field, ability to operate sound equipment, required.
• One (1) year prior experience working with developmentally disabled individuals or related field preferred.

Range: $23.00 - $25.00 / Hour

TERI participates in the CalGrows Program, offering you the opportunity to earn up to $6,000.00, in addition to your regular salary, while growing your career and developing your skills through free, online training courses.

TERI participates in the Direct Service Professional Training Stipend Program offering you the opportunity to earn up to $1,250.00, in addition to your regular salary, to help enhance your job skills after completing two free, 1-hour online courses.

Schedule: M-F, 8am – 4pm

What we offer. . .

• PPO Medical / Dental / Vision & FSA
• Life / ADD / Disability Insurance
• 403b Savings Plan
• Onsite Fitness Center
• Health & Wellness Program
• Healthy lunches prepared on-site daily
• Pet Insurance
• PTO & Paid Holidays

Please visit our website to apply: https://www.teriinc.org/careers

Equal Opportunity Statement: TERI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. At TERI, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and related medical conditions, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. TERI believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, in touching the lives of those we serve and seek to recruit. We strive to develop and retain the most compassionate and talented people from an extensive and diverse candidate pool.