Our Teaching Artists implement the Story Wranglers curriculum in classrooms around the greater Austin area. Story Wranglers is a seven-week in-school residency in which third graders learn the foundations of creative writing through arts-integrated lessons designed to motivate students and improve their writing skills, confidence, creativity, and storytelling. During the residency, each classroom writes several stories as a class, in small groups, and in individual journals with the guidance of their team of three to four teaching artists.

At the end of the seven weeks, our professional ensemble of actors known as The Story Wranglers Company transform students’ original stories from page to stage in a live performance for the entire campus! (Auditions for the performance company will be held separately in October. For more info contact Katie Moore kmoore@austintheatre.org)

Please send resume and cover letter to Christine Gonzales-DeJohn cgonzales-dejohn@austintheatre.org.

Thursday – August 15^th

Invite Only: Demo Lesson/Auditions will take place in-person from (9:30am-12:00pm) OR (1:00pm-3:30pm) at the Baker School, 3908 Avenue B, Austin, TX 78751

Thursday – August 22^nd

If hired, the required Teaching Artist training will be held in-person (9:00am – 4:00pm) at the Baker School.

Tuesday - September 3^rd

Our Fall residency begins

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Facilitates the Story Wranglers curriculum with a team of three to four co-teachers for third grade classrooms around the greater Austin area
• Creates an uplifting, inclusive classroom environment
• Ability to adapt curriculum to students’ abilities and learning styles
• Exhibits strong communication and problem-solving skills with supervisor and colleagues
• Manages survey administration and data collection for all participating classrooms
• Must have reliable transportation as work environment changes from school to school regularly
• Must have access to reliable Wi-fi for bi-weekly online team meetings

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Bi-Lingual (English/Spanish) is a plus
• Experience working with K-12 students
• Knowledge of best practices in K-12 teaching, including Social Emotional Learning, Creative Learning Strategies, and classroom management
• Educational Theatre skills are preferred but not required

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Working knowledge of Google Suite (Docs/Sheets/Forms), Zoom, Microsoft Word and Outlook
• A well-kept calendar

Competencies

We know there are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who possess important skills we may not have included. If that is you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself. We also encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.

Education and Experience: The candidate ideally has teaching experience, whether in-school or after-school. Experience with elementary students, implementing curriculum, and fostering positive relationships with students, their classroom teachers, and their colleagues.

Communication: The ability to write and speak effectively using appropriate convention based on the situation; actively listens to others, asks questions to verify understanding, and uses tact and consideration when delivering feedback to others

Organization: Uses time efficiently by prioritizing and planning work activities

Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates utmost level of integrity in all instances, and shows respect towards others and towards company

Judgment: Demonstrates ability to make independent and sound decisions in all situations

Teamwork: Shares key information with others involved in a project or effort, works in harmony to accomplish objectives, responds with enthusiasm to directives, and shows support for departmental and organizational decisions

Quality: Sets high standards and measures of excellence to ensure quality assurance in every aspect of work performed

Accountability: Takes personal responsibility and ownership for adhering to all company policies and procedures while also completing work timely and in accordance with performance expectations

Interpersonal Communication: Writes and speaks effectively based on the psychological, relational, situation, environmental and cultural dynamics within the situation

Manages Change: Demonstrates effectiveness and flexibility with changing environments, responsibilities, tasks, and people

Attention to Detail: Follows detailed procedures to ensure accuracy in the entry and reporting of data.

Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves issues timely by gathering and analyzing information skillfully

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel to and from partner campuses, this may involve sitting or standing for extended periods of time.

Work Environment

• Elementary School classrooms primarily
• Well-lit, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor classroom setting with adequate ventilation
• Moderate noise (examples: students being students, hustle and bustle of a classroom)

Work Hours/Schedule

• On average, Teaching Artists work 4-8 hours per week, although there is potential to be scheduled for more/less classes based on availability and interest.
• Classes are 75 minutes in length and are taught during school hours based on the agreed upon schedule for each campus.
• Classes are taught on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays
• In-School Residencies are contracted for 7 weeks. We offer 3 separate Residency contracts for Teaching Artists each school year (Fall, Winter and Spring)

Work Hours/Schedule

• $27/hour
• Additional compensation is available for bilingual candidates as well as travel stipends for teachers traveling more than 10 miles to their assigned campus.
• Teaching Artists are also compensated for training, on-line meetings and attendance at their campus Story Wranglers show.

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