Education Internship
Summer 2017
Compass Creative Dramatics is looking for 2 Education Interns to join our team for our upcoming summer season. Education interns will work alongside professional teaching artists through observation and assistantship. Interns will gain experience with curriculum development, lesson planning, and teaching children aged 3-18 through collaboration with professional educators.
As this position does not travel outside the Chicagoland area, part-time interns provide their own housing. A stipend of $200 will be paid upon completion of the internship.
Time Commitment:
Tentatively, the internship dates are April 30th - September 10th. The beginning and end dates can be a little flexible. Hours average between 15 and 20 per week. Hours are often flexible.
Twice a week for approximately 10 weeks of the internship, interns will be responsible for teaching classes at a Chicago Parks District location. This will be the only portion of the responsibilities that require a rigid schedule. These classes will likely take place either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday in the afternoons for approximately 3- 4 hours per day.
A Successful Candidate Will:
We take our interns through the process of learning and building their skill sets as educators in small steps and work to ensure that everyone is feeling confident in their teaching abilities before teaching on their own.
Desired Skills and Experience:
Long-term Goals of Our Education Internship:
Our education internship program is designed to train and offer experience to artists who show promise as educators and who have expressed desire to grow as teaching artists while supporting our team. We want serve the educational and artistic community at large by helping develop new teaching artists and offering training for those who may be interested in growing their skills with CCD beyond their internship.
While our internships guarantee no future role or employment with CCD, many who have completed internships and apprenticeships have been offered additional teaching and administrative freelance roles with us once their internships were complete.
To Apply:
Please submit resume and cover letter to submissions@ccdramatics.com with the subject line "[Your Name] - Education Intern."
As this position does not travel outside the Chicagoland area, part-time interns provide their own housing. A stipend of $200 will be paid upon completion of the internship.
Time Commitment:
Tentatively, the internship dates are April 30th - September 10th. The beginning and end dates can be a little flexible. Hours average between 15 and 20 per week. Hours are often flexible.
Twice a week for approximately 10 weeks of the internship, interns will be responsible for teaching classes at a Chicago Parks District location. This will be the only portion of the responsibilities that require a rigid schedule. These classes will likely take place either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday in the afternoons for approximately 3- 4 hours per day.
A Successful Candidate Will:
- Attend training and observation sessions intended to build interns' knowledge and skill sets.
- Teach short classes at a Chicago Park District location. A number of these classes are either taught with or observed by other CCD staff to assist in interns' training.
- Observe and assist teaching at our week-long summer camp programs in the Chicagoland area.
- Assist theatre staff in program curriculum development and lesson planning.
- Assist with classroom prep and other administrative duties. There will be a fair amount of "behind-the-scenes" work that interns will assist the CCD team with throughout the summer.
We take our interns through the process of learning and building their skill sets as educators in small steps and work to ensure that everyone is feeling confident in their teaching abilities before teaching on their own.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Passion for theatre education
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills; punctuality a must
- Familiarity with MS Office and Google Suite
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must pass background check
- Reliable transportation - car strongly preferred
- Experience working with a wide range of youth preferred. Our programming requires comfort level working with 3-18 year old students.
- Understanding of theatre production elements (costuming, makeup, lighting, sound) preferred
Long-term Goals of Our Education Internship:
Our education internship program is designed to train and offer experience to artists who show promise as educators and who have expressed desire to grow as teaching artists while supporting our team. We want serve the educational and artistic community at large by helping develop new teaching artists and offering training for those who may be interested in growing their skills with CCD beyond their internship.
While our internships guarantee no future role or employment with CCD, many who have completed internships and apprenticeships have been offered additional teaching and administrative freelance roles with us once their internships were complete.
To Apply:
Please submit resume and cover letter to submissions@ccdramatics.com with the subject line "[Your Name] - Education Intern."
