Professional Dev't/Digital Resource Mgr

Roles & Responsibilities

• Professional Development planning and scheduling including: booking, staff hiring and scheduling, assisting in sessions, processing enrollment, invoicing tuition payments;
• Creating promotional and marketing materials for Professional Development Workshops;
• Creating and scheduling new Professional Development workshops and other opportunities for Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers and Teaching Artists;
• Promoting / actively engaging in outreach to potential participants;
• Managing participant experience by coordinating surrounding supports, such as housing, tickets for Shakespeare & Company performances, and external cultural events during workshops;
• Creating/editing/compiling workshop materials for participants;
• Performing Workshop Manager duties;
• Creating and submitting the Theatre and English Professional Development Points (PDP) Provider Application for the State of MA;
• Initiating acceptance of S&Co's PDP's for teachers coming from other states;
• Presenting at state and national Teacher Conferences, Theatre Education Conferences, and Theatre conferences, etc.
• Aiding with the hiring and management of Skilled Teaching Artists to cut and adapt Shakespeare's plays for Elementary, Middle, High School - for use by both the Company and to be offered to the general public via our website;
• Streamlining Education Program teaching materials, scripts, handbooks for digital publication;
• Aiding with Education archive photo and material digitization;
• Managing the development and creation of "How To" videos for theatre exercises, games, cutting scripts, rhetoric, etc.
• Managing film edits/additional filming of the updated Fall Festival of Shakespeare Documentary: Speak What We Feel (Classroom versions, and Full version);
• Scheduling the release of the Fall Festival Documentary for maximum effect;
• Aiding Marketing and Education Staff with social media management and content creation;
• Providing additional support across Other Shakespeare & Company Education Programming.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, & Characteristics Sought

• Experience in creating and managing a challenging schedule of tasks amidst a culturally diverse team environment;
• An undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Theater/Performing Arts;
• Prior experience with Professional Development, Teacher Training, Educational Theatre programs and/or prior experience as a teacher, educator or school administrator;
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative leadership skills, exhibiting an openness to many perspectives;
• Strong detail, organizational, and project management skills, written and conversational communication skills;
• Experience with Shakespeare & Company's Education Programming preferred;
• Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace, Zoom and Social Media;
• Valid Driver's License;
• Completion of a COVID-19 vaccine regimen and booster, if eligible, prior to employment term;
• Successful completion of a CORI.