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Title: Drama Club Advisor - High School
Reports To: High School Principal
Takes Direction From: Director of Student Activities, Building Principal, and Assistant Principals
Schedule/Calendar: Extra Duty position
Pay: Stipend
Summary: The Drama Advisor will oversee all aspects of planning, organizing, and executing theatrical productions each school year. They include directing students, managing production logistics, collaborating with school staff, and fostering a supportive and inclusive environment for student performers and crew. The Drama Advisor also supervises and sponsors the Thespian Club and organizes various fundraisers, including the Broadway Cares Gala, to support the theatrical productions
This position typically involves after-school hours but may require additional evenings or weekends for rehearsals, performances, and events.
Essential Functions:
Supervises and sponsors the Thespian Club.
Plans and oversees various fundraisers, including the Broadway Cares Gala, to support the theatrical productions.
Collaborates with administration, faculty, custodial staff, and parent volunteers.
Provides a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for creative expression.
Mentors students in performance, technical skills, and stagecraft.
Encourages student leadership roles within the production.
Promotes teamwork, accountability, and confidence through the arts.
Supports student growth in collaboration, problem-solving, and public speaking
Provides a positive and inclusive environment where all students feel welcomed and encouraged to participate.
Manages fundraised money responsibly and for the intended purposes.
Communicates effectively with students, parents, staff, and community members.
Education and/or Certification Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Theater, English, or a related field.
Teaching certification in drama or a related area preferred.
Strong background in theater, including performance and pedagogy.
Experience Needed:
Knowledge of:
Requisite Skills:
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Strong organizational and leadership skills.
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Flexibility to work evenings and weekends for rehearsals and performances.
Ability to:
Supervise and mentor high school students.
Inspire, motivate, and engage high school students.
Foster student creativity.
Work on additional evenings or weekends for rehearsals, performances, and events.
Support a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equity.
ADA Compliance:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions of this position.
Physical Requirements: (Choose one of the following.)
? Sedentary ? Light work ? Medium work
? Heavy work ? Very heavy work
ADA Compliance:
Physical Requirements: Choose one of the following. Most desk jobs are sedentary or light:
Sedentary: involves sitting most of the time. Incumbent should be able to exert up to 10 lbs of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.
Light work: If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the individual sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The incumbent should be able to exert up to 20 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Medium work: The incumbent should be able to exert up to 50 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs of force constantly to move objects.
Heavy work: The incumbent should be able to exert up to 100 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs of force constantly to move objects.
Very heavy work: The incumbent should be able to exert in excess of 100 lbs of force occasionally, and in excess of 50 lbs of force frequently, and in excess of 20 lbs of force constantly to move objects.
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