Part-time Lower School Drama Teacher

Part-time Lower School Drama Teacher

The Geneva School is a mission-driven school established in 1993. Our mission is to provide students in grades K4-12 with an extraordinary education, by means of an integrated curriculum, pedagogy, and culture, both distinctly classical and distinctively Christian, that pursues goodness, truth, and beauty in all spheres of life while viewing these spheres as elements of a divinely ordered whole.  Furthermore, Geneva seeks to instill in students a desire to appreciate beauty, think critically, and pursue Christ’s calling.   As a mission-driven school, faculty members play a central role in fulfilling our mission.

The Geneva School is seeking applications for a part time grammar school drama teacher (1st and 3rd grades) in our lower school.  A qualified candidate will have the ability to work with the classroom teachers to cast and direct rehearsals and performances.

1. Essential Duties

Specific Job Responsibilities

• Develop a plan for each grade level’s play(s) by working with each grade level team to determine the rehearsal schedule and performance day schedules preferably during pre-planning
• Collaborate with each grade level team to create a schedule for each play including goals and deadlines for casting, line memorization, and scene rehearsals
• Enthusiastically and competently implement Geneva’s performing arts curriculum under the guidance of each grade level’s team leader, while bringing his or her intelligence, energy, and creativity to bear on the craft of performance
• Cast plays for upper grammar program (3rd-6th grades); early childhood program (K4-2nd grades) will have classroom teachers casting the plays
• Evaluate student progress appropriately
• Collaborate with fellow teachers and administration to further develop best practices as a performing arts educator in an independent school
• Skillfully manage a classroom of young people with varying strengths and experiences with the performing arts
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty and staff
• Committed to being a life-long learner as well as committed to growing professionally as an educator through Geneva’s professional formation initiatives
• Follow Geneva’s policies and procedures
• Serve as a role model within our communities for Christian Classical Education

1. Personal Profile

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Hold at least a bachelor’s degree in a field related to the performing arts
• Have experience directing lower school aged children in plays and performances
• Will understand fundamentally and support the Christian and classical approach to education practiced at The Geneva School
• Will have flexibility of schedule and be available to meet with students before or after school as needed. Will have the ability to have additional practices after school as the play dates approach

Intrinsic Qualities:

• Embrace our statement of faith without material reservation, undertaking to speak, teach, and behave in accordance with its tenets at all times.
• Must maintain the highest standards of personal conduct and be committed to growing in the likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

III.  Employment Information

Employment decisions will be made on the basis of each applicant’s job qualifications, experience, and abilities, and in full accord with The Geneva School’s statement of faith and the school’s statement of mission, vision, and values.