Theatre Professionals

Job Posting Drama in Schools Instructor

Theatre Professionals is a company that develops competencies and proficiency in the use of Drama and Theatre skills for application in a number of activities. Our primary strength is training through drama based techniques, for professional actors, corporate clients and children. Our Drama in Schools Program (DISP) is one of our core activity areas: This program is designed to bring the best of drama and theatre techniques to the field of teaching. We use theatre as a medium to get children to think better, express better and create better. We often work as a counter to the rigors of the academic system and believe in giving children a chance to express them-selves and approach their learning environments differently. We started in one school with one instructor in 2008, and have since grown to providing highly planned, extremely effective teaching with a team of 12 very skilled and motivated instructors to 10 institutions in the greater Bombay area. In our fourth year, we currently provide around 100 hours of teaching a week to children across the city and we plan to expand exponentially in the coming years. Our team is made up of committed theatre practitioners, child specialists and educators, all of whom have a backgrounds in both working with children and an active involvement with theatre forms. Our trainers work with the support of each other, constantly using peer-learning throughout the year for discovering and exploring new methods and ideas around the use of theatre in education. We undergo group training regularly to further develop our own skill-sets in theatre and in education, and we constantly challenge ourselves to see how we can become even better drama educators and communicators. We are heavily invested in making our team some of the best theatre practitioners and educators in the country. This is a highly collaborative working and learning environment, and people who join us are guaranteed to grow in more ways than one. We are currently looking for new instructors to join us in our intake for the coming 2012-13 academic years:

5 5 Spenta B G Kher Rd Mumbai MH India 400006 9321595159 022 23620065 disp@theatreprofessionals.co.in

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Job Posting Drama in Schools Instructor
Applicant Profile You need to: Be someone who is excited and can be a part of a team dedicated to learning of each other and helping each other develop further. Have infinite patience, compassion and an unquestioning passion for working with children. Have had a good exposure to the performing arts, having either acted in a number of plays at the school, amateur or professional level, participated in workshops, or have some kind of involvement in the performing arts. Have had demonstrated abilities to work with children, and able to handle yourself in a classroom at the same time being an effective friend, leader and role model to this highly demanding, intelligent and no-nonsense target audience. Be highly organized, have a good ability to plan and manage information resources for your constant access, and have good time and task management skills. Be a self-motivated and driven person, capable of taking the initiative to learn and improve and make the most of the countless opportunities presented to you for your own professional development. Be someone who is hungry to learn at every instant, consistently researching around what you teach and always looking for new content, approaches, and experiences to enrich yourself and your improve your abilities as an theatre educator. Your Time Commitments: 3-4 mornings of teaching per week in-class depending on the assignment throughout the academic year usually 36-40 weeks in each school. Commitment to TPPL for two academic school years (at minimum, with annual renewable after that). Attending a number of workshops throughout the year ranging from 2 weeks to 2 days in length specifically designed for developing your skill sets. Participating in our monthly group meetings and workshops to skill-share, learn and feedback. Attending internal schools meetings on a monthly basis.

5 5 Spenta B G Kher Rd Mumbai MH India 400006 9321595159 022 23620065 disp@theatreprofessionals.co.in

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Job Posting Drama in Schools Instructor
Your regular duties: Diligently thinking through and planning all lessons, units and annual plans. Preparing all activities, materials and resource kits for the execution of those plans. Consistently reading childrens and teaching related material around your plans for to better inform you and enrich your abilities in the classroom. Preparing and Maintaining and sharing a regular weekly record of your work with your assigned classes with the team. Providing assessments to students at regular intervals through the year, and providing feedback reviews at set points in the year to the schools you are assigned to. Preparing and presenting at internal training workshops.

If youre interested, dont hesitate to get in touch. Email: DISP@theatreprofessionals.co.in Check out our website: http://www.theatreprofessionals.co.in . Click here.

Salary: 8-25K/month, depending on extent of part time commitment. Plus fees from stand alone assignments from time to time. Location: Mumbai and Navi Mumbai

5 5 Spenta B G Kher Rd Mumbai MH India 400006 9321595159 022 23620065 disp@theatreprofessionals.co.in

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