Job Announcement: Education Director for Flatwater Shakespeare!

 

Theatre artists, educators, and supporters! Please help us spread the word as we seek to find a dynamic, creative, collaborative, highly qualified theatre educator to serve as Education Director for FSC!

FLATWATER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Job Description

Position Title:  Education Director        

FLSA Status:  Part-time, non-exempt

Reports to:   Executive Artistic Director    

Hours:  Approximately 10 per week

Location:  Remote and on location in Lincoln, NE & surrounding rural communities

Expectation of all employees

Each employee shall support the organization’s mission, vision and values by exhibiting excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, accountability and ownership. 

General Summary

The Education Director will be responsible for coordinating and implementing education activities (youth-senior citizens) for Flatwater Shakespeare Company.

Essential Job Functions

FSC Education Director will

●        Expand current courses and develop new curricula for a variety of process-focused Shakespeare/theatre education programs to be scheduled throughout the year 

o   K-12 and adult

o   Virtual and in-person

o   Single session; Multiple session; Week-long

o   Connected with FSC shows and stand-alone

●        Recruit and train high quality teaching artists and interns as needed

●        Collaborate with community and organization representatives to expand programming to new neighborhoods and communities

●        Meet with Executive Artistic Director twice monthly (via Zoom)

●        Present reports to the Board of Directors at scheduled board meetings (via       Zoom); typically bi-monthly

●        Develop and operate programming within a set budget

●        Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

●        Training and experience in Shakespeare (text and production)

●        Training and experience in teaching and curriculum development

●        Training and experience in theatre

●        Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred; relevant skills and experience       will also be considered

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

●        Savvy with technology and a variety of platforms to increase accessibility           to virtual programming

●        Reliable internet access

●        Reliable transportation to/from in person programs

Disclaimer

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of tasks. 

Submission

Please send CV and cover letter to Executive Artistic Director Summer Lukasiewicz

at summeraluke@gmail.com prior to January 20, 2021.