Coaching, Demographics, English Language, Fine Art, Language Teaching, Leadership, Music, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Secondary School, Team Player, Technical/Engineering Design, Theater, Theater Production, Training/Teaching, Typing
High School Teaching/English
Date Posted:
3/5/2026
Location:
High School Campus
Date Available:
08/17/2026
Closing Date:
Until Filled
Position:English Teacher/Theater Director
Posting Dates: March 5, 2026 Until Filled
Reports To: High School Principal
Beginning: August 2026
Qualifications:
- Passion for both ELA education and Theater
- Experienced or interested in directing plays and musicals (previous school, community, or professional directing experience preferred).
- Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate Required
- Highly qualified to teach English (BA) preferred
- Experience working with English Language Learners preferred
- Relational skills that reach students from a diverse demographic background
- A team player ready to learn from an expert while preparing to lead the program in the future.
- Committed to creativity, student voice, positivity, and excellence in both classroom and extracurricular settings.
- Background in stage production, choreography, vocal coaching, or tech design.
- Experience working with high school students in a theater setting.
- A growth mindset and excitement about taking on a leadership role in the arts.
Job Responsibilities:- Shadow and collaborate with our current theater director and gradually take on production responsibilities, including:
- Directing fall musicals and spring plays
- Oversee student tech crews and performers
- Coordinating rehearsal schedules, set design, costumes, and more
- Build community and student engagement in the theater program
- Long-term: Oversee the Theater department and three (3) annual performances
- Provide instruction to 9th-12th grade students in a variety of courses
- Develop positive relationships with students and parents.
- Work as a professional team member in collaboration with the other secondary level teachers and colleagues in both ELA and Fine Art
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
- Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
- The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.
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West Ottawa Public Schools