Upper School Drama Teacher

The IDEAL School of Manhattan is an inclusion school dedicated to creating a diverse community that affirms and accepts the full identities of all people, while inspiring academic excellence, creative leadership, and a desire to build a more just and equitable world.

The IDEAL School of Manhattan is seeking a talented, organized, and creative drama teacher and theater director with a background in education to work in an inclusive setting. Reporting to the High School Head, candidates should have experience developing curricula for drama classes in Grades 6-12, have demonstrated strength in differentiating instruction, and be able to establish a supportive and engaging environment for students. Each year, IDEAL holds a fall play and spring musical. The drama teacher is responsible for casting, directing, and overseeing these productions. Thus, the right candidate will also have experience producing and directing student plays and musicals that reflect and highlight the gifts of our diverse student body. As a member of the Arts Department, the drama teacher will also support the school s annual Peace and Light Ceremony, Graduation, and Moving Up Assembly, and contribute student work (i.e. performances and monologues) to Art Beat, the school s annual body of work show. Upper School teachers also serve as advisors and club mentors and share in the duties and responsibilities that come with the day-to-day school operations, including supervising study halls, arrival, etc.

Responsibilities for this job include, but are not limited to, the following:

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