Placer Rep is holding interviews for VAPA Academy:

  • Education Facilitation candidates: 
    • Facilitate student education in Placer Repertory Theater’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Academy of Colfax.
    • Teach K-8 students afterschool and/or during a five-week Summer Program (June 3 – July 5, 2024).

SUBMIT MATERIALS now through WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024 to be considered for interview appointments.

  • See below for requirements and more info.  
  • The sooner your materials are received, the sooner you may be interviewed and possibly put to work!

TEACH WITH PRT: Education Facilitation at Placer Repertory Theater VAPA Academy of Colfax.

This is a pilot program April 2023 through July 2024. It is anticipated to be renewed for a second year in August 2024 for the 2024-2025 school year.

Placer Rep is seeking:

  • Educators/former educators, ideally with an interest in visual and/or performing arts
  • Visual / performing artists / Creatives, ideally with some experience in educating students (public schools, Sunday school, Summer Camps, etc.)

REQUIREMENTS: Please submit

  • Employment resume
  • Artist/Creator resume or statement of experience (if applicable)
  • Teaching resume or statement of experience (a paragraph regarding your experience related to being an educator)

to VAPA ACADEMY.

After submission review, selected candidates will be interviewed.

PLEASE NOTE: This is for employment for a program held onsite at a Public School.

If you are selected for the program you will need to provide:

  • Fingerprint clearance from the DOJ to work in Colfax Elementary School District
  • Proof of clear TB test less than 3 years old.

After submissions review and interviews, selected candidates will receive an onboarding packet than includes information regarding how to obtain TB test results and Fingerprint DOJ clearance.

Candidates need not provide the TB and Fingerprint clearance until they are offered a position and provided with the onboarding packet.

FMI, See FAQs, below:

VAPA show Summer 2023 - Once Upon a Pangea - written by the students and facilitators.

Costume play time     Student uses Costume Design sheet as a reference as she designs a life-sized costume for herself.

FAQs:

Q1: May I apply for education facilitation (teaching) if I’ve never officially taught before?

A: Yes. Your experience and expertise in one or more creative areas (visual arts, performing arts, creative writing, technical theater, etc.) may qualify you to assist VAPA students in their exploration of arts & culture.

Q2: As an educator/former educator, may I apply to teach at a VAPA program with little creative arts experience?

A: Yes. Your experience educating grades K-8 in particular are valuable. You may also have experience facilitating the education of students of any and/or all ages. To be considered. You will learn visual and performing arts while assisting the artist/educators with classroom management, etc.

Q3: What was the email address to which I send the required materials?

A. VAPA ACADEMY

Please be SURE to include all the required materials (see above “Requirements”)

Q4: What are the hours of operation for the VAPA Academy of Colfax?

A: During the school year, we operate as follows:

  • Mondays – 1:30 to 6 p.m.
  • Tuesdays – Fridays 2:30 to 6 p.m.
  • Minimum days – 11:30 to 6 p.m.

A: During the Summer Program, we operate from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  • During your interview, you may communicate your interest in the days per week, number of hours per week, and morning versus afternoon availability. Facilitators need not work a full 8-hour shift. But 8-hour shifts may also be accommodated.

Education Facilitation subcontractors (teachers for the pilot program) may be scheduled for certain days only, or certain times only (a % of session), so we are flexible in our scheduling.

Q5: How much do these opportunities pay?

A: Above minimum wage.

  • Currently, the VAPA pilot program hires education facilitation subcontractors by session. A session’s hourly equivalent is approximately $30 – 40/hour depending upon experience and education.

Q6: Would I be an employee or contractor?

A:  Education Facilitation for VAPA Academy is as a subcontractor (paid by session or % of session worked) through the pilot program contract period of 2023-2024 school year and Summer 2024 program (W-9, 1099).

For School Year 2024-2025, as of August 2024, we believe the Education Facilitators will likely migrate to become employees (W-2).

Q7: If I am SAG/AFTRA or AEA, can I apply? What about if I have an agent?

A:  Yes.  As the Placer Repertory Theater VAPA Academy of Colfax is a public-school program, not an AEA/SAG/AFTRA training program, it is a viable employment opportunity in an artist’s/creative’s/technician’s area of knowledge that falls outside the scope of agents, agencies and unions. We have employed SAG/AFTRA/AEA actors as facilitators in the past without issue.

 

Submit your materials via email

VAPA ACADEMY

NOW through Wednesday, May 15

to be considered for an interview appointment.

(The sooner your materials are received, the sooner you may be interviewed and possibly put to work!)