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People:<br>
<br>
Thanks to an unexpected downturn in my health situation, I will not
be back at my job this Spring, and will probably wind up retiring at
the end of the school year. I want to do my best to assure my
colleagues of a smooth transition and a good replacement. I'm the
original T.D., and have been for 32 years. The position is currently
listed as part-time/temp for the Spring, but will no doubt convert
to full-time/tenure track once I've had chance to formally notify of
retirement.<br>
<br>
They're a good bunch of people, a good batch of students, and a good
facility. Right now they need some help - <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iupedu/jobs/1314173/department-of-theater-and-dance-temporary-faculty-position">https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iupedu/jobs/1314173/department-of-theater-and-dance-temporary-faculty-position</a><br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Patrick<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/17/2015 2:23 PM, Keith Newman via
Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Steven,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am extremely interested in this but also work in
a high school. I just met with our Career Tech Director today
and he is looking to increase the Career Tech presence within
our high school. What that means is taking my program, which
is pretty much voluntary and after school and giving it 4-5
classes per day plus additional after school programming.
Students involved in the program are expected to take at least
two classes each semester.<br>
</p>
<p dir="ltr">Being a Career Tech program also means affiliating
ourselves with a university so students have the opportunity
to receive college credit for their work. This also means our
curriculum has to fit within their structure as well to
justify the awarding of credit. Beyond universities we will
collaborate with local entertainment technical businesses,
designers, the local IA and the Cleveland Film Commission on
their needs to make sure our course work helps build the
foundation of skills that our industry needs in its next
generation of technicians.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Our Career Tech programs include 13 different
fields of study and include three school districts. Our
Entertainment Technician Program will compliment our Audio
Engineering and Video Production programs. <br>
</p>
<p dir="ltr">A program like the one you described could be a
huge boon to our program if it were in our area but there is
no reason why the concepts can't apply to us and help
influence us at our inception. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Keith Newman</p>
<p>Technical Direcotr</p>
<p>Cleveland Heights High School<br>
</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 11, 2015 7:59 PM, "Steven Santos
via Stagecraft" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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together a letter to area schools that run technical theater<br>
programs, and I could use some feedback from those who work
in such<br>
programs.<br>
<br>
My questions are as follows:<br>
<br>
1. Would this interest you? Why/why not?<br>
2. Does this sound like something useful for your school?<br>
3. Would you take the step of going to the meeting?<br>
4. Any other thoughts on it?<br>
<br>
5. Feel free to help with grammar/spelling/etc :)<br>
<br>
Here it is:<br>
<br>
Bridging the gap between college and work is more important
today than<br>
it has ever been before, and this is a difficult position
for any<br>
school that teaches technical theater. On the other side of
the coin,<br>
those companies that employ people in the field of technical
theater<br>
often struggle to find the right people with the right
talents and<br>
skills to fill the jobs that are available.<br>
<br>
So how do we bridge this gap? In a word, innovation.<br>
<br>
_______, together with ___________, a not-for-profit
education<br>
corporation with a strong background in training technical
theater,<br>
are building the resources we believe are needed to help
bridge this<br>
gap in ways never before possible.<br>
<br>
Our efforts are focused on a few basic areas; curriculum
development,<br>
internships, mentoring, job entry and support after they
graduate.<br>
<br>
Curriculum Development<br>
<br>
The majority of students coming out of technical theater
programs<br>
today are not graduating equipped with the appropriate
skills to<br>
successfully obtain and keep work in the field of
production. To help<br>
colleges develop and keep their programs current, our
curriculum<br>
experts can work with you and your staff to help make sure
your<br>
students get the skills they need to be successful in the
field.<br>
<br>
Through both _________ and ________, you can access a huge
number of<br>
industry trainers, certifications and courses to augment
your<br>
curriculum and programs. Whether you want to get your
students the<br>
certifications they need to get the jobs, bring in a guest
speaker on<br>
a particular subject or bring in an expert to run a semester
long<br>
class on a subject you can’t teach in-house, we can help you
do it.<br>
<br>
Available certification programs include:<br>
<br>
· OSHA 10 certification for technical theater<br>
· Man Lift operator training<br>
· Fall Arrest training<br>
· Ladder Safety Training for the Entertainment
Industry<br>
· And MANY more!<br>
<br>
Internships<br>
<br>
We have developed a new internship program for technical
theater<br>
programs that we think you will find exciting! Our new and
highly<br>
flexible internship program will match your students
one-on-one with<br>
highly skilled union tradespeople that have been specially
trained on<br>
how to help students get the most out of the experience. In<br>
coordination with your program, we will place your students
on actual<br>
calls, doing in the real world exactly what they have just
learned in<br>
class with you, and refining those skills with some of the
best<br>
tradespeople in the industry.<br>
<br>
Imagine the educational potential when your students learn a
skill in<br>
class, practice it a few times at school then get to
actually get to<br>
do it in a real show, where some of the top industry
production<br>
professionals work with them and help the refine it!<br>
<br>
After every intern call, we collect evaluations from both
the students<br>
and the pros they worked with. This system allows us to
provide you<br>
with specific feedback on individual students, as well as on
your<br>
program in general, with the goal of helping each student
and program<br>
to better succeed.<br>
<br>
Mentoring<br>
<br>
The internship can be used by programs of almost any size,
but it is<br>
designed for technical theater students in certificate or
degree<br>
programs. As we all know, many great technical theater
people also<br>
come out of small colleges without a large technical theater
program.<br>
These students are often left to fend for themselves and
figure it all<br>
out as they go, a process that is usually less than ideal,
especially<br>
when they enter the professional world. Our mentoring
program is<br>
designed to connect these ‘loan wolf’ students with highly
skilled<br>
tradespeople that can help them to learn and master the
trade.<br>
<br>
After the internship<br>
<br>
Ask any college student what the scariest part of leaving
school is<br>
and they will tell you it’s finding a job in the field when
they<br>
graduate. Our program holds a number of benefits for
students trying<br>
to enter the work force after the internship.<br>
<br>
· Access to Union Over-Hire lists. For students in
full-time<br>
degree or certificate programs, they will be given the
opportunity to<br>
join the coveted over-hire lists for _______ and a special
sign-up<br>
date just for those that have done the intern program. This
is not a<br>
guarantee of a job, but a first step that can help open a
great many<br>
doors.<br>
<br>
· Assistance with Job Placement. The Unions are not
the only<br>
places to work in technical theater. A great many companies
in the<br>
area employ people in technical theater jobs, and we know
just about<br>
all of them. Our network of people can do a lot to help
graduates<br>
find the companies that are hiring and land those first jobs
in the<br>
industry.<br>
<br>
· Networking. The entire technical theater industry
runs on<br>
networking. Those that participate in our programs will
have many<br>
opportunities to network within the field, including access
to<br>
industry classes, workshops, trainings and online
communities after<br>
graduation.<br>
<br>
<br>
Next Steps<br>
<br>
If you have gotten this far, chances are we managed to rock
your world<br>
a bit, and in our industry, that’s a good thing. What we
are trying<br>
to do is a bit revolutionary for our field.<br>
<br>
We intend to take our first interns in September of 2016
(curriculum<br>
services are available now), and we have a lot to do to get
ready for<br>
it. This being the first time anyone has tried to pull off
a program<br>
of this scope, we still have some things to work out with it
that we<br>
would like your help with. To that end, we ask you to join
us for a<br>
meeting to help us better understand your needs with a
program like<br>
this.<br>
<br>
[Meeting Date, Time and Location ]<br>
[RSVP information]<br>
<br>
<br>
---<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help,<br>
Steven Santos<br>
<br>
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