Employment Opportunities
Now Hiring: Outreach Teaching Artist
Job Title: Outreach Teaching Artist
Organization: Oceanside Theater Company
Department: Education Outreach/Arts in Schools
Reports To: Education Manager
Location: Oceanside Unified Schools and Boys & Girls Club sites; in-person
Position Type: Part-Time Hourly
Schedule: Weekdays, roughly 5-10 hours per week during school hours between 3pm-7pm.
There is an opportunity for increased hours as the program grows.
Salary: $25/hour
Start Date: September 2024
Mission: Oceanside Theater Company strives to inspire young audiences with imaginative productions, introduce children of all backgrounds to the excitement of live theatre, and create an engaging, entertaining, and educational environment in which children and their families can explore and enjoy the arts. An important part of OTC’s mission is to perform community outreach, inspiring and sharing the arts with our youth. Filling the gap left by the elimination of the study of the arts in local schools is critically important.
Job Summary: The Teaching Artist is a collaborative position that requires a results-oriented, independent thinker who values arts education, inclusive programming, and community engagement.
The Teaching Artist will be responsible for the implementation of after-school arts education programming and community outreach initiatives, including but not limited to: theatre classes, performance workshops, education-based outreach events for youth, programming for the neuro-atypical community and children with a range of learning abilities.
The Teaching Artist has experience and an appreciation for working alongside youth with diverse lived experiences/backgrounds, individuals living with disabilities, and uses these experiences to assist Oceanside Theater Company in reaching the overall goal of providing access to high-quality arts education.
The duties of the Outreach Teaching Artist include but are not limited to the following:
- Teach assigned curriculum
- Foster supportive, creative, and brave space that allows participants to be themselves
- Support mental and physical well-being of participants
- Collaborate with other teaching artists as necessary
- Keep track of schedules and pacing
- Arrive punctually and fully prepared
- Attend all trainings when assigned
- Communicate with Education Manager frequently
- Notify Education Manager of any conflicts or concerns
- Value individual learning styles and uphold equity through culturally responsive pedagogy and social justice dimensions of artistic work
- Represent Oceanside Theatre Company in a professional and positive manner
- Communicate professionally with school sites
Required Qualifications:
- A passion for inspiring young minds!
- Experience teaching grades TK-8
- Strong classroom leadership skills
- Commitment to culturally responsive teaching in the classroom
- Excellent communication skills
- Active problem solving skills, flexibility, and creativity
- Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision
- Driver’s license and reliable transportation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience or College degree in a related field (theatre, education, special education, child development, etc.)
- Bilingual a plus, but not required
- Improv background
Please submit a resume and cover letter to Education Manager, Kelli Frager kfrager@oceansidetheatre.org
Oceanside Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer and seeks workforce diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical abilities.