Job Description

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

The Theatre Arts Department at Butte College is a growing, multifaceted program that offers students training in performance, production, and the study of theatre. The department presents a regular season of plays and musicals, and offers coursework in acting, theatre history and appreciation, directing, and technical theatre, providing students with both academic foundations and hands-on production experience. Through collaborative, production-based learning, students develop artistic skills, critical thinking, and practical knowledge that’s applicable to transfer and professional pathways. The department is committed to inclusive, student-centered practices.  The program seeks dynamic leadership to guide its artistic vision, curriculum development, and expanding role within the Performing Arts at Butte College.  

Butte College is committed to equity and inclusion and values the diverse backgrounds of its campus community. Strong candidates will demonstrate experience supporting individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, individuals of different gender identities and sexual orientations, and those from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. 

As an institution, Butte College is committed to eliminating the equity gap in all student populations with dynamic, learner-centered practices and policies.  The successful candidate will join a district dedicated to the use of culturally responsive teaching strategies and methods that meet the varying needs of our students and ensure a successful learning environment.  

POSITION DUTIES:

Under the supervision of the Dean of Instruction, the Theatre Arts Instructor will develop, prepare, and teach courses for Theatre Arts majors as well as general education students, including acting, directing, theatre history and appreciation, musical theatre, and technical theatre, based on the candidate’s particular strengths and interests and on the needs of the Theatre Arts Department. The college is particularly seeking a candidate to serve as a lead faculty member who can provide artistic, curricular, and programmatic leadership for a growing Theatre Arts program.

Ideal candidates will possess the competence, vision, and energy required to build and sustain a vibrant theatre program; contribute to departmental initiatives; and provide direction, organization, outreach, and recruitment through the development of strong relationships with K-12 schools, community partners, and the broader region. The instructor will contribute to the planning and coordination of an expanding production season and curriculum, balancing general education offerings with courses for majors, performance, and technical training. 

In addition to the representative duties below, the specific position is also responsible for the following:

• • Organize, supervise, and direct theatrical productions, including plays and musicals. Organizing and hosting public theatrical performances and events. 
  • Teach multiple levels of Theatre Arts courses for majors, which may include acting, directing, musical theatre, and technical theatre.
  • Teach general education courses such as Theatre Appreciation and Theatre History. 
  • Build and maintain relationships through K-12, university, and community outreach activities in support of Theatre Arts recruitment and pathway development. 
  • Use a variety of instructional methodologies and modes of delivery, including the use of a learning management system to support online and hybrid course content and communication with students. 
  • Work collaboratively within the department and institution to support program needs, including curriculum development, program review, and assessment of student learning outcomes and course success rates, with attention to closing gaps in student success. 
  • Advise and mentor Theatre Arts students interested in transfer, professional pathways, or continued study, and serve as a liaison to transfer institutions and community partners as appropriate.  
  • Provide instruction in performance and production practices, teaching technique, collaboration, and professional standards to students with a wide range of experience levels.  
  • Design and teach lower-division Theatre Arts courses, which may include acting (beginning and advanced), directing, theatre history and appreciation, musical theatre, and technical theatre. 
  • Design and deliver lessons and presentations that effectively use a variety of teaching techniques, including active learning and culturally responsive teaching. 
  • Collaborate with department and college personnel to support recruitment, outreach, and program growth in Theatre Arts.
  • Participate in campus governance, faculty organizations, and committees.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development as an integral component of the position's responsibilities.
  • Maintain standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the faculty role.
  • Maintaining effective working relationships with students, colleagues, staff, and the public.

Representative Duties

The full-time college instructor is responsible for effective performance in the following areas:

A. General Scope of Responsibilities

1. Excellence in teaching and instruction.

2. Maintenance of professional growth and academic currency.

3. Carrying out of area, departmental and/or program responsibilities.

4. Contribution to the College as a whole in the form of College-wide service.

5. Development and assessment of student learning outcomes.

B. Teaching and Instruction

1. Instructor plans for and is continually well prepared to teach.

2. Instructor provides organized delivery of instruction.

3. Instructor communicates respectfully to students and encourages contact.

4. Instruction is consistent with the stated and approved outcomes of the course.

5. Instruction is relevant to the course.

6. Instructor shows interest in the subject matter and student learning.

7. Instructor uses strategies designed to foster student engagement with the content.

8. Instructor uses standards of student evaluation that are clear, fair and followed consistently.

9. Instruct or requires and evaluates levels of student effort sufficient to develop mastery of the subject or skills in the course.

10. Instructor grades and returns student work, assignments and tests in a reasonable period of time.

11. Instructor makes effective use of teaching aids, instructional methods and materials required of students (e.g., texts, manuals, etc.).

12. Instructor is an effective teacher.

13. Instructor prepares complete and timely course syllabi.

14. Instructor continually evaluates, updates and revises course content and instructional methods and materials.

15. Instructor coordinates course contents and instructional methods with other teachers in the program/discipline.

16. Instructor meets and assists students during office hours, by appointment or at other reasonable times.

17. Instructor initiates and carries through with improvements to course contents and classroom teaching methods.

C. Professional Growth and Currency

1. Instructor demonstrates examples of activities which show a pattern of academic, professional, and/or technical updating or currency.

D. Area or Departmental Responsibilities

1. Instructor is knowledgeable about and abides by College, Area and Department policies and procedures.

2. Instructor meets deadlines and time targets including deadlines for reports, grades and paperwork.

3. Instructor orders instructional materials, equipment and textbooks with sufficient lead times.

4. Instructor assists Chair in evaluating and revising course schedules.

5. Instructor collaborates to determine equitable course assignments.

6. Instructor provides assistance to other full-time, part-time and/or new instructors.

7. Instructor participates in departmental plans and activities with others.

8. Instructor helps develop departmental budgets.

9. Instructor monitors expenditures to keep within authorized budget spending appropriations.

10. Instructor exercises good judgment in the use of and/or management of facilities, equipment and supplies.

11. Instructor regularly attends assigned meetings.

12. Instructor is punctual to assigned meetings.

13. Instructor works collegially with faculty peers, classified staff and administration.

14. Instructor performs their fair share of outside-of-class departmental duties and responsibilities, including contributing to unit plan and program review processes.

15. Instructor initiates and/or participates in overall department-wide program development and curriculum improvements, maintenance, evaluation, revision and/or expansion.

E. College-wide Service
Instructor demonstrates a pattern of College-wide service, including one or more of the following:

1. 1. Serve on College committees.

   2. Serves on College committees and project teams.

   3. Serves as a sponsor to student clubs and organizations.

   4. Participates in faculty/college governance.

   5. Participates on special project teams or ad hoc committees.

Qualifications/Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s or Master of Fine Arts in drama/theater arts / performance; OR

• Bachelor’s or Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama/theater arts / performance; AND

• Master’s in comparative literature, English, communication studies, speech, literature or humanities; OR

• Possession of a current California Community College Credential that permits full-time service as an instructor in the applicable discipline; OR 

• The equivalent ( Applicants wishing to be considered for employment under District equivalency standards must submit a detailed statement explaining how you possess the equivalent to the minimum qualifications discussed above.)

DIVERSITY AND EQUITY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds that characterize community college students in a manner specific to the position.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Teaching experience in Theatre Arts, preferably at the community college level, is desired. 

  • Ability to contribute to a growing, production-driven Theatre Arts program through effective instruction, artistic leadership, and collaboration.  

  • Exhibit the potential to support institutional vitality through program development, student engagement, community and high school outreach, and a commitment to inclusive, student-centered teaching practices. 

  • Subject matter competency in Theatre Arts, including performance, directing, theatre history and appreciation, and/or technical theatre, based on the candidate’s experience. 

  • Ability to examine and enhance one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support students. 

  • Culturally responsive pedagogical techniques and effective practices for engaging students who are historically underrepresented and underserved in traditional classrooms.  

  • Ability to fairly and effectively evaluate student progress while skillfully addressing issues of equity in the classroom, including handling cross-cultural situations with sensitivity and compassion. 

  • Knowledge of current assessment methods and materials; motivation and evaluation techniques for student progress.  

  • Experience working with students of great diversity in socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic background, including those with different levels of academic preparation and varying physical and learning abilities.

  • Experience with educational technology, including online instruction, such as Canvas or Blackboard, etc. 

  • Experience in the development and/or review of courses and curriculum.

  • Knowledge of the community college system, its mission, and goals.  

  • Experience directing and overseeing theatrical productions, including plays and musicals, mentoring student performers, directors, and technicians. 

  • Demonstrated professional experience and artistic competence in theatre, with background as a performer, director, designer, technician, or educator, appropriate to the discipline.

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Work at office

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