DRAMA TEACHER

(high school & middle school)

Oakwood School, Morgan Hill, CA.

• Provide a comprehensive and robust drama program for beginning, intermediate and advanced students.
• Teach curriculum supporting the school approved UC course guidelines.
• Establish a classroom environment that allows every student the opportunity to learn and be safe (physically, socially, and emotionally)
• Review and select scripts, monologues, and musicals.
• Audition and cast shows.
• Create rehearsal schedules directing and producing the fall drama production and the Spring Musical.
• Working with the lower school drama instructor, maintain costumes, props, and sets, as well as build sets and procure props and costumes (collaborating with students and parents) as needed.
• Provide regular evaluation of student knowledge of content.
• Keep timely and accurate records of grades and citizenship via Veracross in order to apprise students and parents of progress.
• Course elements:
  • Students focus on developing a sense of setting, character development, stage movement, and basic theatre production.
  • Basic teaching units include Learning from the Masters, Presentation styles & Production.
  • Students study a variety of scene styles; monologues, dialogues, comic scenes, dramatic scenes and apply this to performances.
  • Introduction to set, lighting, sound, and costume design.

Additional Responsibilities

• Plan and attend associated field trips.
• Participate in regularly scheduled yard duties and carpool duties.
• Serve as a member of the in-house Substitute pool, if schedule permits.
• Attend scheduled weekly staff meetings, department meetings, team meetings.
• Participate in evening/weekend school programs such as Back-to-School Nights, Spring Open Houses, New Enrollment Open Houses, and other events as scheduled.
• Serve as a positive role model and supportive team player in dealings with students, parents and colleagues.