Teaching Artist

3 weeks ago


Los Angeles, United States The Young Shakespeareans Full time $60
Job DescriptionJob Description

 

The Young Shakespeareans (TYS) is an EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION using Shakespeare’s works to provide broad and diverse opportunities in an academically challenging, entertaining, applied learning/practice context while exploring a wide spectrum of human nature and experience.

TYS Programs are designed to:

  • Inspire our students’ curiosity;
  • Expand their perceptions and expectations of themselves and their capabilities;
  • Broaden their knowledge of the world around them, its possibilities, and promise;
  • Prime them for futures as powerful and collaborative leaders;
  • Inform the expectations of those who underestimate them.

TYS Teaching Artists lead and/or co-teach our 4th-12th graders in after-school workshops/rehearsals to deliver full-production student performances at LAUSD Title 1 Elementary, Middle, & High Schools in underserved communities throughout Los Angeles County.

Teaching Specialties:

    • Performing Arts;
    • Shakespearean Sports (Swordplay, Hand-to-Hand, Tumbling, Juggling);
    • Production Design/Fabrication/Implementation (Scenics, Costume/Props/Hair&Makeup, Music/Sound);
    • Technical Arts (Lighting, Projections, Audio, Special FX, Rigging).

Our Teaching Artists demonstrate the following qualities/skills to engage in the following activities:

    • Ability to teach children in grades 4-12;
    • Creativity/resourcefulness/desire to overcome obstacles so children can achieve their full potential;
    • Ability to follow a provided curriculum;
    • Experience in Page-to-Stage processes with Shakespearean works;
    • Organize and lead teams of 4th-12th graders as production/performance crew;
    • Function both independently and in teams;
    • Strong Working Knowledge of English and Math;
    • Fluency in Spanish desired but not required.

TIME COMMITMENT:   

    • 11-12 week After-School Program (2 days weekly x 2 hours + Dress/Tech Rehearsal & Performances = total 60 hours) during the Fall or Spring of the Academic Year; and/or
    • 4-5-week Intensive (total 80-100 hours) week day Summer Program.

COMPENSATION:

Gross $60.00 hourly. No additional benefits. No compensation for travel time/expenses.

OTHER INFO:

Driver’s License & Live Scan required.

 


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