High School Theater Tech Teacher  

1. Provides Students with positive and appropriate learning experiences

• Creates a safe learning environment
• Demonstrates a variety of strategies for maintaining student motivation and interest
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the content areas
• Develops, plans, and delivers developmentally appropriate grade level curriculum
• Plans learning sequences that enable students to meet standards and ideals set out in the Essential Qualities of a JIS Learner
• Maintains a personal vision of committed, confident learners and uses that vision to guide learning goals, expectations, and standards for student work
• Collaboratively contributes to the Student Support Team and executes ILP’s as appropriate for students in their charge
• Uses a variety of assessments for, and of, student learning that are based on a clear definition of the type of achievement to be assessed and the performance standards for evaluating student achievement

2. Builds Positive Interpersonal Relationships:

• Promotes positive interactions among students who have differing cultural, linguistic, and national backgrounds
• Fosters a sense of identity and pride in the school among students, parents, and colleagues
• Maintains an open attitude toward new ideas and accepting of others whose experiences, opinions, and beliefs may differ
• Collaborates with department team, school-wide teams, and Student Support Team

3. Seeks ongoing professional growth:

• Continues to acquire new learning and reflect new learning and professional practice
• Shares in opportunities for in-service and workshop offerings
• Shares professional knowledge with colleagues
• Works closely with Department Heads, Subject Coordinators, and specialist teachers to plan cooperatively, develop curriculum and maintain a positive, professional school climate
• Sets goals for professional development, takes advantage of professional development opportunities, and demonstrates current best practices in the field of education

4. Communicates effectively:

• Provides opportunities for parent involvement in school programs, activities or the classroom
• Posts to the JISNet or otherwise makes public curriculum documents and unit plans
• Communicates concerns for students who may be experiencing social, emotional, or academic difficulties to the Student Support Team
• Communicates effectively with students
• Communicates effectively with parents
• Communicates curriculum expectations clearly and on a regular basis
• Maintains open lines of ongoing communication with parents

5. Administration - Scheduling - Planning - Supervision

• Has strong working knowledge of Theatrical Lighting design and operation, Set design and construction, and Sound design and operation, and can execute required designs for scheduled activities.
• Coordinates with the Activities offices at all three divisions as well as Facilities to prevent scheduling conflicts.
• Coordinates with the director of scheduled activity to make sure all appropriate equipment and setup are in place.
• Establishes guidelines and enforces them to make sure the theater uses only for intended purposes and only at scheduled times.
• Supervises theater technicians and support/cleaning staff.

• Provides information to the Facilities regarding cleaning needs, building repairs and maintenance needs.

• Provides advice and assistance to the Production manager on sources of appropriate support services for each production.

• Provides advice to production manager on duties, which related to proper use of the theaters.

• Consults & coordinates with the Activities, Athletics and Facilities on theater use by non-JIS groups.

• Provides information to Activities, Athletic and Fine Art faculty on theater use to assist in planning the yearly activity calendar.

• Develops a yearly report on theater use.

• Advises and supervises issues related to theater safety i.e.: fire safety, electrical safety.

• Advises, coordinates and make sure that the theaters are clean, safe, and ready for the next user, following each and every event.

• Helps coordinate rehearsal spaces for K-12 Productions and other events.
• Oversees and arranges the complete Strike for each production.

6. Equipment Management & Support

• Maintains inventory of all equipment and supplies - arranges for issuing and return.
• Keeps all equipment in proper working order by establishing maintenance schedules and monitoring them.
• Designs replacement schedules for theater equipment.
• Maintains contacts with local and oversee suppliers in order to have up to date information on new developments in theater equipment.

• Coordinates, Supervises the maintenance and improvement of theater facilities including rigging, curtains, lighting, sound equipment and furnishing.

7. Budgeting and purchasing

• Prepares annual operating and capital budgets for theater operation.
• Monitors theater budget throughout the year.
• Prepares purchase orders and coordinate with purchasing office.
• Ensures that the purchase of any new equipment is compatible with existing equipment and suitable for use at JIS.
• Coordinates design and upgrades to theater technical equipment according to performance need and replacement schedule.

8. General

• Establishes procedures and informs administration on how to implement them in the event of emergencies that occur when the theater manager and/or theater technician is not on the campus.
• Performs other duties in support of Activities and Athletics.
• Embraces the JIS Learning Dispositions of Resilience, Resourcefulness, Relating, and Reflecting
• Performs other related duties and assumes other responsibilities as assigned by the High School Principal, including and not limited to other projects when deemed necessary.

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree, MA is preferred, major in Drama/Theater Arts/Technical Theatre
• Relevant teaching credential
• Possesses strong working knowledge of Technical Theatre, including Lighting Design and operation, Set Design and construction, and Sound Design and operation.
• Can develop Theatre Tech curriculum and stay abreast of current developments in Theatre technologies
• Supervises, teaches, and guides student Theatre Tech teams while working on productions
• Demonstrates facility experience within a large fine arts theatre complex
• Has experience with, and demonstrates a commitment to, a Professional Learning Community model
• Champion of Differentiated Instruction and EAL in the Mainstream
• Computer literacy and an ability to integrate technology in the classroom
• Demonstrates background in associating with students outside of the classroom environment
• Previous experience in a similar international school setting
• A clear commitment to Child Protection, safety, service learning, and environmental stewardship