Education Manager

About the role

The Education Manager ensures the relationship between Seattle Theatre Group (STG) and local/national school partnerships programs. This role curates and manages matinee performances, school workshops, residencies, trainings, and educational partnerships, connecting quality educational programs that fit into the larger picture of STG’s vision and mission. Programs focus on historically excluded communities and provide a platform for all to learn from creative expression.

Responsibilities

• Produce, manage, and/or support local and national school partnerships that increase STG’s visibility in K-12 arts education.
• Develop, lead, and supervise curriculum for K-12 arts education programs.
• Create and manage programs for neurodivergent and disabled communities.
• Manage, support, and/or produce student matinee performances.
• Recruit, hire, train, and supervise a diverse pool of teaching artists while providing feedback; substitute classes and support teaching artists as needed.
• Facilitate professional development for classroom teachers, teaching artists, and staff.
• Program offerings at Kerry Hall, STG venues, and in the community.
• Represent STG onstage delivering curtain speeches, moderating Q&As, fostering conversations at student workshops, and representing the education & community department at tabling events and PK-12 school events.
• Work closely with other STG departments for recruitment, cross-collaboration, data collection, reporting, tracking, and advancing events.
• Create grassroots recruitment strategies utilizing school relationships to increase matinee, in-school, and Kerry Hall program attendance.
• Manage day-to-day operations of assigned programs; be onsite for programs with flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
• Ensure a series of concurrent projects with competing deadlines are delivered with high quality, on time, and on budget.
• Provide logistical support for on- and off-site events, performances, and programs.

Qualifications

• 5-year minimum experience in curriculum writing, teaching artistry, and supervisory work.
• Experience working with special education students, neurodivergent, and disabled communities.
• Experience developing standards-aligned curriculum with an emphasis on hands-on learning for historically excluded communities.
• Experience or comparable experience recruiting and selling student matinee performances.
• Expertise in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility frameworks and an ability to relate to diverse professional, cultural, and social perspectives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet-based research.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong organizational ability.
• Positive attitude and calm demeanor in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Ability to exercise confidentiality and discretionary judgment.
• Writing and speaking a second language is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability (LTD), and short-term disability (STD) insurance.
• Paid time off.

Pay

$29.25 – $40.95/hour (midpoint $35.10/hour).