Lake Forest School Districts 67 & 115 is hiring: Technical Director for Freshman

Position Type:
Athletics/Activities/Activity Sponsor

Date Posted:
5/7/2024

Location:
Lake Forest High School

Date Available:
08/24/2024

Closing Date:
08/24/2024Lake Forest High School is seeking a Technical Director for the Freshman/Sophomore Play.

Description: The Technical Director supervises students during regular meetings, will organize approved events throughout the show season in order to meet the needs of the show and student tech crew. The sponsor will create, facilitate and manage students through meetings, events, activities or fundraisers.

Essential Functions:
General Duties

• Maintains a variety of documents including attendance records for technical crew meetings and events, activity account budget, and field trip forms (if needed).
• Holds technical crew meetings on a regular basis.
• Requests room space in advance for rehearsals and build events as well as makes travel arrangements in advance when necessary.
• Promotes and publicizes technical crew involvement via posters, fliers, announcements, or social media.
• Communicates and hold students accountable to a standard of expected behavior.
• Determines the role of technical crew students.
• Establishes student technical crew long-range and short-term goals.
• Plans accordingly for crew socials and other activities related to the crew.
• Maintains positive relationships with students, supports our diverse populations, and interacts with students and adults in a respectful manner
• Facilitates student planning for crew meetings, events, and activities.
• Oversees the correct and responsible use of play funds.
• Provides supervision and safety of students, materials, equipment and facilities.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned by administrator.
• Maintains and updates the play webpage.

Specific Duties to this Club

• Designs and implements building plan for the Freshman/Sophomore play set
• Collaborates with the Freshman/Sophomore play director to bring the shared vision to life
• Creates and follows a show calendar in order to ensure all set design needs are met
• Oversees the student tech crew with the technical direction of the show
• Providing instruction and technical support to the students using safe, industry-standard procedures
• Working knowledge of sound equipment, light equipment, and various special effects
• Designs lighting with student tech crew members and teaches them how to run lights during the show
• Designs sound and manages microphones with student tech crew members while teaching them how to run sound during the show
• Manages show budget and communicates expenditures with supervisor
• Collects information from directors and students in order to create the play program, publicity announcements, and posters

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow basic oral and written instructions.
• Enforce school regulations and policies in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate ability to deal with sensitive issues in a tactful and professional manner.
• Address concerns and offer suggestions in an appropriate and confidential manner.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with fellow employees and pupils.
• Ability to communicate to students, parents, and staff in an acceptable/courteous manner.

The work hours for this position vary by individual show schedule.

For additional information, please contact Ashleigh Malec at amalec@lfschools.net.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates must apply online. Click here to access the online application.

To learn more about Lake Forest High School, visit our website at www.lakeforestschools.org.

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