[SML] College to High School

Scott C. Parker scparker at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 02:24:55 UTC 2016


10 years teaching HS.
10 years teaching College.
If I had a choice between the two, and if they had the same equipment &
funding, I'd likely take the HS job. I've had some great college students
and some great HS students.

A big difference is teaching hours. Steady days/weeks of teaching in HS
regardless of production schedule. No "class is cancelled to build the
show."

Happy to chat if you'd like.

Scott

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:00 PM, nathan best via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up.
> On Apr 12, 2016 6:50 PM, "Erin Joy Swank via Stagecraft" <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> I just looked up the book. Looks like a new edition is being published a
>> week from today, FYI, with updates (first edition was 2003).
>>
>> There’s a book called “The Perfect Stage Crew,” by John Kaluta and if you
>>> flip through that, I think it gives a pretty good idea of what an average
>>> set of expectations are for a high school TD in terms of student knowledge,
>>> participation, etc.
>>
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:28 AM, John McAfee via Stagecraft <
>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I second the frustrating “it depends” answer.  I spent 4 years as a high
>>> school TD and am in my 5th year as a college TD and I’m looking to go back
>>> to high school.  At the college level, I get a lot of non-majors who have
>>> jobs and kids and "real life” so the time and focus needed to learn how to
>>> build a platform with care is not there.  With high schoolers, yes,they
>>> were more immature, but when they were working with me, I found I had more
>>> of their attention.
>>>
>>> There’s also the question of administrative support and budget and
>>> private vs. public (both college and high school).  Since high school is a
>>> smaller ecosystem, I think that there can be more administrative support
>>> and it is easier to explain how your job is not the traditional job.
>>> That’s harder to do at the college level, I’ve found.  The support in high
>>> school will probably not translate into a larger budget, but you might have
>>> parental support (theatre boosters) that can help raise money and maybe
>>> some parents who can act as ATD if they are interested.
>>>
>>> My experiences are also a little more apples to oranges because I was at
>>> a private boarding school for the high school and am at a state university
>>> (and not a flagship) now.
>>>
>>> There’s a book called “The Perfect Stage Crew,” by John Kaluta and if
>>> you flip through that, I think it gives a pretty good idea of what an
>>> average set of expectations are for a high school TD in terms of student
>>> knowledge, participation, etc.
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2016, at 12:47 PM, gbierly via Stagecraft <
>>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> It is really going to depend on your schools, both the college and HS
>>> and their programs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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-- 
Thanks,
Scott

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