San Diego Junior Theatre provides engaging, innovative, high-quality theatre education and productions for children of all cultural heritages, ages, abilities and levels of interest.
Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Education Director is responsible for the operations of all education programs, supervising all Education Department staff, and promoting Junior Theatre in the community.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Represent and advocate for Junior Theatre in the community
- Supervise Education Program Manager and related staff
- Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process as an integral member of the senior management team
Program
- Oversee all Education programming, including school year sessions, summer and vacation camps, and outreach programs
- Guide all Education Program Development, including planning brochures and schedules, developing new curriculum, and creating new opportunities
- Recruit, train, and manage all teaching artists and aides
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.
To apply, please send cover letter and resume to: San Diego Junior Theatre, Attn: Education Director Position, 1650 El Prado, # 208, San Diego, CA 92101 or e-mail to [email protected] (please include “Education Director” in subject line).
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Meg DeBoard is a San Diego-based theatre director and movement director. She most recently directed Hänsel und Gretel for Point Loma Opera Theatre. She lived in London for two years, learning from acclaimed directors Stephen Unwin of The Rose Theatre and Melly Still from The National Theatre. She learned play adaptation from James Caird (Les Miserables) and movement from the resident movement director, Emily Mytton, of War Horse in London. Since moving to San Diego about a year ago, she has worked on Hollywood! and Blueprints to Freedom, both at La Jolla Playhouse, and When the Rain Stops Falling at Cygnet Theatre, all as assistant director. Directing credits include: And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, Lulu, Seussical, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Hawai’i Premiere), Into the Woods, Urinetown, The Wizard of Oz, Annie, and The Little Mermaid. She has an MFA in Theatre Directing from The University of Essex in England.