Project #5 Life after SHSU

Professional: Non-Equity
HENRY IV, PART 1 - OPEN Auditions
New Canaan, CT
Contract;LOA Approval/salary level pending
Location;Ripley-Grier 520 520 8th Ave. (36th/37th)New York, NY 16th Floor.
Role(s);
Hotspur: Male, 30s. Hal's nemesis. Easily riled, stubborn. Believes deeply in honor and valor in battle. Seeks to redeem his family's name through a rebellion against the King.
Ensemble 4: Male, early 20s. Characters include Bardolph: Falstaff's crony; John of Lancaster: Henry's youngest son; Mortimer: Hotspur's brother-in-law. Seeking an actor who can play “dumb” as well as regal.

North Coast Repertory Theatre
Solana Beach, CA
Contract;SPT $357/wk
Call Type; Non-Required Principal
Date of Audition; 5/10/2010
Location;Dance Arts Academy 731 South La Brea
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Role(s);
BECKY’S NEW CAR by Steven Dietz, directed by David Ellenstein
(4m 3F)
KING O’ THE MOON by Tom Dudzick directed by Matt Thompson,
(4m 3F)

Professional: Equity
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
Contract;LORT Non-Rep $750/wk
Call Type; Equity Principal
Date of Audition;5/17/2010
Location; Berkeley Repertory Theatre Annex 2081 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
Role(s);
Fortune; 25-35 A Government soldier, Salima’s husband. A simple farmer turned soldier, Fortune is traditional, conservative and singly focused finding his wife, Salima.
Simon; 18- 20's A Government soldier, Fortune’s younger cousin. Easily impressionable and always up for a good time, he’s Fortune’s sidekick.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater 2010-11 - EPA (B)
Date of Audition;5/25/2010
Call Type; Equity Principal
Contract; LOA 2009-10 min./wk.: SPT: $368-$517 (range); LOA: $555.
Location; Actors' Equity Association Audition Center 165 West 46th Street
2nd Floor New York, NY 10036
Role(s); (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by Shakespeare. Director TBD.)
Lysander: Man, 20s-30s. Handsome courtier in love w/Hermia. Impetuous, determined.
(PRIDE AND PREJUDICE based on Austen’s novel. Adaptation: Jon Jory. Director TBD.)
Mr. Darcy: Man, mid 20s-30s. Handsome, noble nobleman. Haughty, reserved, fastidious.

GRADUATE SCHOOL

University of Texas, Austin
MFA Playwriting
Mission
The Master of the Fine Arts in Playwriting Program at the University of Texas at Austin is a demanding, three-year course of study designed for artists committed to professional dramatic writing and its teaching.The curriculum emphasizes the generation and revision of new work, both by the individual playwright and in progressive collaborations with other writers and artists within the department. While open to only a limited number of students, this highly selective program draws on the resources of one of the largest Universities in the country, allowing each playwright to tailor an experience suited to his or her style, ambition, and vision. Courses can be selected from the wide array of topics offered within the Department of Theatre and Dance including directing, dramaturgy, design, critical theory, history, performance ethnography, and movement. And work outside the department, either in conjunction with the Michener Center for Writers, or in areas such as film, television, performance art, and literature is recommended.
Furthermore, the M.F.A. Playwriting Program at the University of Texas at Austin is the only program in the country to provide specific coursework, professional counseling, and practical experience in the teaching of playwriting in both academic and community environments.

The Program

Two candidates are admitted each year from an intensely competitive group of applicants.

In their First Year playwrights will focus on the generation and revision of new work. Numerous opportunities to share this work will be provided in the classroom, in public readings, through dramaturgical experiments in a playwriting lab, and in developmental workshops. Additional courses may focus on Narrative Strategies, Adaptation, and Multidisciplinary Collaboration.

In their Second Year playwrights will continue to generate and revise new work, but an additional emphasis will be placed on professional development. To that end an intensive workshop is offered each student featuring an acclaimed guest director. Recent guest directors have included Sarah Benson (Soho Rep), Shelia Daniels (INTIMAN Theatre), Michael Bigelow Dixon (Guthrie Theatre), Melissa Kievmann (Theatre Works), Brian Mertes (Director, Law & Order and Party of Five).

In their Third Year playwrights will further sophisticate and deepen their work, generally within the context of a production. It is our program's position that guaranteed “mainstage” productions within an academic setting, in some cases, do little to prepare playwrights for the professional arena and may harm some writers' abilities to do the ongoing work and revisions which their plays require. Thus we attempt to fit the scale of the production to the needs of the given script. However, there are more opportunities for the production of student work at the University of Texas than at any other program in the nation. It is the faculty's express aim to support and assist each playwright in securing the most beneficial production opportunity within the University, or, when appropriate in the local professional community.

Admission
Deadline: January 1, 2010

1. To the Graduate and International Admissions Center:

Visit the link below for their mailing address and phone numbers: http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/contactgiac.html

• Application for Admission to Graduate Study with application fee
  • The required online application may be accessed at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/.
  • Major code for your application: Playwriting = 630700
  • When you fill out your Texas Common Application on the “Apply Texas” website, for the “Concentration/Interest” question, list the degree you wish to seek (MFA) & the area of study. For example, “M.F.A. in Playwriting.”
  • If you do not have the means to access the electronic application, please visit a library to use a computer.
  • Do not send your application fee to the Department of Theatre and Dance. Submit it directly to GIAC.
• One official transcript
• GRE scores. The GRE is required for admission to the M.F.A. in Playwriting program. Information on testing may be found at http://www.gre.org/
  • GRE Codes to enter on your application:
    Department Code for the Department of Theatre and Dance = 2406
    Institution Code for The University of Texas = 6882

2. To the Department of Theatre and Dance (in one packet):

c/o Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program Coordinator

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Theatre and Dance

1 University Station D3900

Austin, TX 78712

Make sure your departmental materials are clearly labeled with your full name and UT Electronic Identifier (UT EID) on each page. Do not attach the half-sheet “Cover Form” (from the GIAC web site) to any materials sent to the Department of Theatre & Dance. That form is only used for transcripts that you forward to GIAC (see above).

• One official transcript (this is in addition to the one required by the admissions office)
• Three letters of recommendation:

  These letters should be written by those who can speak most authoritatively about your background, training, experience and potential for a career in your chosen area of specialization in theatre. Letters should be submitted with the Request for Reference form available online at the time of application or at the site http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.

  Letters of Recommendation may also be submitted on-line by your references. Each reference will receive instructions how to submit his/her letter on-line to GIAC's secured web site. Only one letter is required from each reference. Do not submit hardcopies, if your reference has already submitted his/hers on-line. You may check your on-line application status on the GIAC web site, to see what materials have been received.

• A résumé of all your practical theatre work
• Personal statement of goals: br /> Although you may submit your Personal Statement (Statement of Purpose) on-line, with your Texas Common Application, you must still submit a hardcopy to us in your application package.
• Two original and complete plays
  Hardcopies only. At least one of your submitted plays must be a “full length” play. One of your submitted plays may be a short play, if you'd like. Each play must be complete. No incomplete plays will be accepted.
• Finalists will be selected for an interview.

My "Two Cents"
I would like to go here partly on the fact that I as a Texan would love to peruse my education here in "Gods Country," and mostly on the fact that U.T. has The Program of record for our profession. If you want to be the best, you have to train with the best. "I you ain't first, your last."


The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MFA Acting
Mission
The Professional Actor Training Program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is a rigorous three-year Master of Fine Arts program. The purpose of the program is two-fold: to offer advanced training to early-career professionals in acting, voice and speech, movement, and professional rehearsal and performance practice; and to provide a bridge by which our graduates may enter the profession with credibility and a significant circle of professional acquaintance.

A handy opportunity
The Program's affiliation with PlayMakers Repertory Company, an Equity/LORT theatre, provides an ongoing opportunity for training and significant work within a nationally-recognized professional company. In addition to other criteria, actors auditioning for the Professional Actor Training Program are selected for their ability to function as core members of the PlayMakers acting company. Each PATP student will be eligible to become a member of Actors' Equity Association prior to or at the time of graduation. Immediately following the conclusion of training, PATP actors are seen by casting professionals and agents in the prestigious New League Showcase in New York City.

The Program
First Year: Foundations
Acting (Drama 720): Action and objective, personalization and creative use of self, affective memory, moment-to-moment awareness, given circumstances, “targets”; beginning acting for the camera; appropriate roles with PlayMakers Repertory Company; projects.
Movement (Drama 724): Balance, physical/psychological extension, flexibility, stress/adaptive strategies, sensory acuity. Empty handed combat; circus skills.
Voice/Speech/Text (Drama 722): Breathing, alignment, dynamic relaxation, support, warm-up, range extension, resonation, vocal care and stamina, connecting text to emotion, improving clarity, General American pronunciation, text analysis with particular application to Shakespeare and other verse.

Second Year: Variations
Acting (Drama 721): Application of acting process to a variety of classical and formal texts including Shakespeare; continuing use of camera; appropriate roles with PlayMakers Repertory Company; projects.
Movement (Drama 725): Transforming and masking, increasing physical and imaginative range, understanding how movement creates meaning.
Voice/Speech/Dialects (Drama 723): Application of basic and more advanced vocal technique (Lessac orientation) to varying acting styles and playing spaces, and increasingly demanding performance situations; introduction to International Phonetic Alphabet with application to stage dialects.

Third Year: Synthesis

Acting (Drama 726A): Self-scripting; the business of acting; showcase preparation and presentation in New York City; continuing use of camera; appropriate roles with PlayMakers Repertory Company; projects.

Movement (Drama 726M): Aikido and T'ai Chi Ch'uan for the actor.

Voice/Speech (Drama 726V): Refining and integrating performance skills on and off stage, auditions; auditions; basic microphone and voiceover technique.

Admission
Appointment deadline January 15, 2010.
- In Chapel Hill: By Appointment: Saturday and Sunday, February 6 and 7th, 2010, in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC Campus.
- In New York: By Appointment: Sunday, January 24, 2010, at Chelsea Studios / Theatreworks, 151 West 26th Street. We are also attending the University/Resident Theatre Association's National Unified Auditions and Interviews, January 25-27.
- In Chicago: By Appointment: Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Drive. We are also attending the University/Resident Theatre Association's National Unified Auditions and Interviews, February 1-3.

Audition Guidelines for those wishing to audition
by appointment in New York, Chicago, or Chapel Hill:

1. Prospective students should complete an online application to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill here. For more information about the Graduate School go here.
   
   Note: The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required for admission to the MFA programs.

2. Send a resumé, statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation and two official transcripts directly to:
   
   Center for Dramatic Art
   CB #3230
   University of North Carolina
   Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230
   
   Submission of a recent photograph (standard actor's head shot) is not required but is helpful to the audition process.

3. Once your application materials are received you will be contacted to schedule your audition. For questions on the application process, please call the Department of Dramatic Art at 919-962-1132.

4. For the audition, candidates should prepare two contrasting selections - one in verse from Shakespeare, one contemporary - each approximately two minutes long. For applicants who sing, a brief acappella selection is welcome.

Fellowships and Financial Aid:

The Professional Actor Training Program is committed to limiting or eliminating debt burden for our MFA graduates. Currently all PATP actors are receiving a competitive stipend and tuition remission, with a total value to each student of approximately $35,000 per year.

My "Two Cents"

As a fairly poor college student, I already want to go to U.NC. due to the fact that on the programs admissions page they are already selling me on the possibility that I could make money by going here. Granted that would be undertaking a teaching position more than likely, but why not. This would be good training in the event that I would end up as a college professor. Also, the opportunity that I could possibly get into the union, or at the least have a crack at a shot of getting my union card.

Penn State

Master of Fine Arts Program - Acting

The M.F.A. Acting curriculum at Penn State is a three-year, year-round program that features process oriented actor training, extensive work in Shakespeare, and exciting preparation for the profession. The program incorporates an acting residency in London, an intense film/television residency in Toronto, an audition tour of LORT theatres, and a showcase for theatrical agents and casting directors in New York City.

We come in contact with you for the first time when you arrange for an audition/interview with us, either through the University/Resident Theatre Association (info@urta.com) or by personal audition at one of the three U/RTA sites (New York, Chicago, Las Vegas) or by coming to our national audition day at Penn State in February.

When auditioning through U/RTA, an actor pays one fee and is seen by up to 35 programs that attend the unified auditions. If we are interested in meeting with you after your audition, these sessions are scheduled by U/RTA in the hotel that is hosting the auditions in each site. Although we strongly recommend auditioning through U/RTA, some students wish to arrange an individual audition with us. These 15-minute private auditions require a fee of $25.00 and can be scheduled for the New York and Chicago sites and in State College by contacting Jane Ridley at jmr19@psu.edu.

From all of the actors we have auditioned and interviewed in the four sites, we make a "finalist list" of about 25 actors. These actors are invited to Penn State in mid February for callback auditions that also allow the student to meet the faculty and current students, tour the facilities, see a performance, and get to know the campus and the area. From this group, we choose a class of ten actors to whom we make offers of admission. Most often a class consists of five men and three women. Our class is usually complete by the beginning of March.

From March until classes begin in late August, the actors contact each other via e-mail and telephone and most visit State College to arrange housing and just walk around picturing themselves as part of the Penn State School of Theatre for the next three years.

So, now imagine yourself walking onto the campus of Penn State University for your very first day as you begin your three-year course of study as a member of the M.F.A. Acting Company. As you enter the Arts Building you greet the nine other members of your class with whom you have become acquainted by e-mail since you were chosen from hundreds of other auditions. Congratulations, you made it!!

The Fall Semester begins with the three core performance classes that will constitute the foundation of your training. All your teachers share the same acting methodology and although the classes are identified separately as Voice, Movement, and Acting, they are, in fact, all acting classes and they reinforce each other. We cannot overstate the importance of this continuity in the training because it is the key to giving our actors a "way of working." Being given a useful way of approaching your work as an actor, one that enables you to "take care of yourself" in the professional world is the single most important aspect of the Penn State M.F.A. in Acting.

The Acting Company moves together through a sequential progression of skills in each class for three full years.

Fall: Semester One

1. Thea 820A Acting I: This class introduces the actor to the "reality of doing." Through structured improvisations, the actor learns how to talk and listen truthfully onstage, work off behavior, personalize the imaginary circumstances, and make strong active choices. Special exercises are incorporated throughout the semester to develop and strengthen the dramatic imagination. In addition, a specific approach to script analysis is explored that prepares the actor for scene work that will be presented at the end of the semester.

2. Thea 820B Movement for Actors: This class provides the foundation work for the entire movement training sequence. Concentration is on conditioning, breath and stretch, effort-shaping, ensemble awareness, coordination, mind-body connection, and fine-tuning the actor's instrument.

3. Thea 820C Voice and Speech: This class covers the basics of voice production and forms the foundation of all the work. Relaxation, breath release and support, resonance, range and articulation are covered and related to text. Exploration of the vocal demands of text and language are experienced with connection always to the practical voice work.

4. Thea 500: This is the first of four courses that introduce the actor to the dramatic canon, and provides a methodology for play analysis, and the skills necessary to research and perform a role.

5. Thea 597C: A course exploring the principles of the Alexander technique in theory and in practice.

6. Thea 597A: Singing. The focus of the MFA Actors' Singing class is to provide an introduction to singing which includes vocal technique, vocal health and musical theatre repertoire. There will be class voice and individual appointments

Assistantship Assignment: The actors serve the School of Theatre in various capacities such as working in the script library; overseeing an on-line Integrative Arts study section, serving as an assistant to one of the program heads, etc.

Spring: Semester Two

1. Thea 821A Acting II: This class extends the process-oriented actor training into further work on scene study from American Realism, with a special emphasis on Point of View and Introductory character work.

2. Thea 821B Movement for Actors II: The work in this studio is directed towards simplicity in movement; towards using a minimum of effort for maximum effect, and begins the journey into fully supported physical transformation. The focus is on techniques such as neutral/universal mask and the expressive/character mask.

3. Thea 821C Voice and Speech II: This class is an extension of the voice foundations work of the last semester focusing on a comprehensive integration of voice and speech awareness through the Lessac method of training.

4. Thea 505: This is the second of the four dramatic literature classes, concentrating on the plays of Ancient Greece and Shakespeare.

Assistantship Assignments continue.

Also during the Spring semester, the actors are eligible for casting in one of the M.F.A. productions or the URTC season. **

Summer: Semester Three

In this intense summer of the First Year, the actors spend six weeks at Penn State and five weeks in London. The Acting Faculty feels strongly that a sound grounding in Shakespeare allows the actor to perform successfully in any pre-modern style. The summer experience begins this groundwork.

During the six weeks at Penn State the actors will undertake a theatrical combat intensive in order to gain a basic command of vocabulary and technique. Also, actors are eligible for casting in Pennsylvania Centre Stage and may collect EMC points.

During the London portion of the training the following courses are the core of the Summer training:

1. Thea 510 Experiential Analysis of Period and Style: While in London, the M.F.A. actors, and M.F.A. designers visit cultural and historical sites such as the British Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, Stratford, numerous cathedrals etc. This course unifies these visits by focusing on the relationship between these places and the work of theatre artists.

2. Thea 811 Shakespeare Intensive: The Shakespeare course now moves to London. Taught by our London based faculty member, Charmian Hoare, this part of the course concentrates on the relationship between voice and text, continuing with work on the sonnets and monologues. Included in this studio will be the study of period movement and dance.

3. Thea 590 Colloquium: Actors, directors, designers, critics and other working British professionals are brought into the classroom to meet and talk with our students.

Year Two
Fall: Semester Four

1. Thea 822A Acting III: This course is devoted entirely to analyzing and performing scenes from Shakespeare.

2. Thea 822B Movement for Actors III: The Creative Actor. Extending beyond interpretation into devised theater, the actor uses the elements of sound, silence, space, rhythm, imagery, text and essential objects to create original theatrical work. The techniques of Jacques Lecoq, Anne Bogart, and other generative artists inspire the creation of solo and ensemble-generated work.

3. Thea 822C Voice and Speech III: This class continues the work on voice and classical text established in past semesters as well as focusing on the vocal demands facing the professional actor. Exploration of speaking in various theatre spaces, health and welfare of the voice and the recorded narrative voice are all covered. Continued work on Shakespeare monologues.

4. Thea 506: This is the third of four dramatic literature courses, concentrating on the Restoration, Neo-classical, Romantic, and early Realistic plays (1660-1900)

Actors continue to be eligible for casting in the M.F.A. productions and the School of Theatre season (URTC).

Assistantships continue. The actors are now eligible for Theatre 100, * teaching beginning acting for non-majors (Theatre 102) and other new opportunities.

Spring: Semester Five

1. Thea 823A Acting IV: Advanced work in the classics, Restoration playwrights, and the moderns – Shaw, Coward, Wilson, Chekhov, and others.

2. Thea 823 B Movement for Actors IV: This course is in two parts. The first part engages the actor in comedic styles such as clown, commedia, farce, satire, and character invention. The second part incorporates these techniques into scenes from plays with comedic and highly specialized physical demands.

3. Thea 823C Voice and Speech IV: This course consists of a semester's study of stage dialects and accents with attention to integration of these skills with the demands of acting roles

4. Thea 507: This is the fourth and last dramatic literature course concentrating on plays and playwrights of the 20th Century.

Actors are also eligible for casting in the URTC season and/or an M.F.A. Directing Program production. Assistantship duties continue. Actors are eligible for casting in Pennsylvania Centre Stage and may continue to collect EMC points.

Year Three

In this year of study, the expectation is that the actor becomes more self-sufficient. Acting studios continue while the skills and processes learned in the first two years are put to the test in production with guest directors from the profession. Preparation begins for the transition into the profession incorporating the building of a network of contacts through the LORT tour and showcase.

Fall: Semester Six

1. Thea 597: Acting V: Advanced work in Character and its application to the Modern Classics is explored in this class.

2. Thea 825B: Acting Professionally: Orientation to the professional theatre: development of audition repertoire, unions, rounds, interviews, and survey of the acting profession

3. Thea 825C: Professional Performance

Spring: Semester Seven

1. Thea 825A: Showcase and LORT tour preparation and performance.

2. Thea 602: Supervised teaching

3. Thea 825C: Professional Performance

4. Elective course: An opportunity for personal enrichment. Take more singing, dance, martial arts, literature, language, you name it - if the University offers it, it is yours to choose.

Early Summer

1. Thea 824: Acting for film and television intensive in Toronto, Canada.

Additional opportunity: Third year students are invited to propose an international study experience which, if approved, is partially funded by the School of Theatre.

Actors are again eligible for casting in Pennsylvania Centre Stage and may collect EMC points.

* Theatre 100 is regularly voted by students as “the best course on campus” at Penn State. The M.F.A. actors in the Theatre 100 company rehearse and perform scenes from the plays read and studied by the students in this introduction to theatre course.

** Students in the M.F.A. Acting program at Penn State have three kinds of performance experiences. Beginning in the Spring semester of the First Year, the Acting faculty chooses plays specifically to reinforce training. These we call the M.F.A. productions and they are directed by teachers from within the actor training program. This is a critically important opportunity to tie the curriculum to production and is one of the most important parts of the M.F.A. Acting program at Penn State.

The second kind of performance opportunity is being cast in the School of Theatre production season. We call this the University Resident Theatre Company (URTC). These productions allow the M.F.A. actor to work with other faculty directors, and undergraduate actors.

The third kind of performance opportunity is twofold:

1) Pennsylvania Centre Stage, the professional arm of the school, is a theatre operating under a contract with Actors Equity Association. Actors are eligible for casting in each summer of the three-year program and will accrue EMC points when cast.

2) Bridging into the profession is facilitated by bringing in Professional Guest directors to work with the graduate actors during the third year of their training.

Master of Fine Arts (Acting) Admissions Procedure

Students interested in the program must audition and interview with a member of the Penn State Theatre faculty. There are two ways of auditioning for the program. The first is through the University/Resident Theatre Association (U/RTA). These auditions are held in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The next recruiting cycle will begin in Spring 2011 for entry into the program Fall 2011. To establish an audition time and place, contact the U/RTA national office (URTA@aol.com). The second way is to attend the in-house auditions held at Penn State. For specific information about these auditions, contact the School of Theatre administrative office at 814-865-7588. Auditioning students are asked to present two contrasting selections totalling three minutes: one pre-twentieth century and one contemporary. Students are asked not to apply to Penn State until and unless the School of Theatre extends an offer to enter the Master of Fine Arts program.

Assistantships

Penn State provides complete financial support for each graduate student. Assistantships include full tuition waiver and a yearly cash stipend (year one approximately $13,265, including summer; years 2-3 approximately $12,195). Typically stipends are increased 3% annually.

Secondary Education

Basic requirements

1) Must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. "check!"

2) Must complete teacher training through an approved program. "crap!"

3) Must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach. "what does that even mean?!"

Major Program Components
Up to 9 hours of college course work at Sam Houston State University (depending on certification area)
Preservice training January through July
Online training (up to eight courses)
Trained mentor assigned for entire internship (assigned by the principal; stipend paid by Region VI)
Ongoing training and support by mentors and Region VI staff throughout the program
Participants must secure employment as the teacher of record in a Region VI public school or approved private or charter school
Participants will be recommended for certification upon successful completion of all program requirements
Minimum Application Requirements
Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
Grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
Acceptable THEA/TASP scores or appropriate substitutions
2.5 grade point average in 24 or 30 hours of content-area courses (depending on certification area) or appropriate substitutions
Applicants successfully completing the application process, including criminal history check, documentation verification, and interview, will be offered admission to the TPCP

Cost to Participants: (all fees are non-refundable)

Application fee: $80. Admission fee: $500. Spring training fee: $500. Program fee: $3,700 (may be payroll-deducted during internship year). State testing, certification fees, and all other associated costs

Aditional Requirements

All Generalist applicants must have a minimum of 30 semester hours in English, mathematics, science, and social studies, with at least two courses from each subject, and no grade lower than "C." Both mathematics courses must be college algebra or higher and must be from the college/university mathematics department. Science must include a life science course (biology, botany, anatomy/physiology, etc.) and a physical science course (chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy, etc.). Social studies must include U.S. or Texas history or U.S. or Texas government.

Texas Troops to Teachers "For folks like me"

Alternative Certification
If required by the program, take the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) to verify competency in reading, math and English. Programs may have other provisions to assess these skills, but this determination is totally controlled by the certification program.
Order official copies of your transcripts from every university at which you have taken classes. Cumulative transcripts are not acceptable. Submit with your application packet to the program.
Request and complete the application packet and submit it to the ACP by the program deadline.
If the transcripts and test scores are acceptable, the ACP will contact you for a structured interview. Acceptance in the programs will be based on a cumulative merit of application factors. Program directors limit the number of applicants accepted, based on their experience of the numbers and types of vacancies which need to be filled in the schools.
Training for most programs begins with the pre-employment phase. This may involve college courses, classes taught by consultants, or modules on the internet.
During pre-employment phase, you will be contacting school districts to secure employment. When you are hired, a probationary certificate will be issued by SBEC. You will be paid the same salary that any first year teacher would receive.
When school begins, you are the paid teacher of record in your classroom. You are an employee of the district, with all pay and benefits of a regular teacher. You will also continue to be mentored and trained by your ACP, according to their training program and schedule.
During the program, you will take all Texas certification examinations (TExES) required for your teaching field. If you successfully complete a state approved certification program, pass your examinations, and receive a positive evaluation from your principal and ACP staff, you will be recommended to SBEC for a full Standard Professional Teacher Certification. Notes: Costs vary by program, usually ranging from $4,500 to $7,000. Part of the cost is paid during the pre-employment phase, with the remainder often deducted proportionally from the teacher's salary over the course of the teaching year.
Veterans Benefits - many of the programs have been approved for the use of G.I. Bill Educational Benefits. Ask the program director for more information.

Post Baccalaureate Programs
Contact a Texas university that has a College of Education and has been approved to train and certify teachers.
If required, take the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) to assess competency in reading, math, and English skills (formerly called TASP test). Other admission tests may be required as well, if applying for graduate credit.
Submit all transcripts of college work and request a certification plan from the institution in the area for which you are seeking certification.
Complete courses on the certification plan and do student teaching or field internship.
Pass the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES) required for your specific teaching fields.
Upon completion of your certification plan, the university recommends you to SBEC for a Standard Professional Teacher Certificate.

Community College

Assistant Professor - Theater, Berkshire Community College
Posted: May 4, 2010 Location: Massachusetts Position Description: Tenure Track
Website:
http://berkshirecc.edu/
Category: Performing arts, Arts Employment Level: Full Time
Salary: $40,000 to less than $50,000

BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGEASSISTANT PROFESSOR-THEATER
Berkshire Community College is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Theater position. The college is located in the exceptionally scenic and culturally rich environment of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, just 2.5 hours from Boston and New York City. A public comprehensive community college, BCC enrolls 2500 day and evening students, served by 300 full- and part-time staff, at its Pittsfield campus, South County Center, and Downtown and North County locations.
Duties: Responsibilities include teaching a broad range of theater courses, advising a student theatrical group, directing student theatrical productions, and developing partnerships with area cultural and educational institutions. Opportunity exists to direct community theatrical productions. Faculty typically teach 15 credit hours per semester and perform advising and college service duties.

Qualifications: Master's in Theater Arts required. Teaching experience required; community college experience preferred. Experience directing theater arts program desirable. Commitment to student-centered, outcomes-based education with experience incorporating multiple instructional strategies and the use of technology in teaching and learning. Excellent writing and interpersonal skills required.
Salary: Estimated range $42,549-$47,950 per MCCC contract with benefits. Commence Fall 2010, contingent upon funding.

Application Deadline: May 31, 2010. Submit cover letter, resume, names and telephone numbers of three current job-related references, and a one-page statement containing your philosophy of teaching Theater Arts at a community college to: snichols@berkshirecc.edu Berkshire Community College, 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201. A teaching demonstration will be required as part of the interview process.

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Central Washington University

Location: Ellensburg, WA Category: Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance
Posted: 04/19/2010 Type: Full Time
Job Summary: The Theatre Arts at CWU is accepting applications to fill current and future full-time, part-time, quarterly and annual appointment lecturer positions to teach classes in the courses/subject areas listed below. This list is not all inclusive: Survey of Theatre Literature and History, Ethnic Drama, Staging Genders, Asian Drama, and other courses/subject areas may become available within the department. Required Quals: Master's Degree Preferred Quals: Experience teaching at the college level.

Position Type: Faculty Non Tenure Faculty Discipline: Arts & Humanities Faculty Specialization Area: Theatre Literature / History Department: Theatre Arts Appointment: Full-Time/Part-Time Salary Range: Based on the terms and conditions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement - Article 15. Applicant Information: This announcement will be used to develop a pool of applicants for positions in the department of Theatre Arts through spring quarter 2011. Selected applicants may be called on short notice to fill lecturer vacancies on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Screening of applications begins immediately and will continue as needed. The number of lecturer positions filled varies from quarter to quarter, depending upon the needs of the department. Positions typically start at the beginning of an academic quarter. Your application will be maintained in this pool for consideration through March 2011. Individuals in the current pool must renew their application for inclusion in the CWU lecturer pool each year by reapplying to the pool. Does this position accept online applications? Yes To Apply: To be considered for full-time, part-time and annual appointment lecturer positions, applicants must apply on-line and attach: -A letter of application; -Resume or vitae; and -Contact information (names, address, phone number, and e-mail address) for three professional references. In addition to your on-line application, and prior to application review, a transcript that verifies the highest degree that qualifies you for teaching in this field/discipline must be received at: Office of the Dean College of Arts and Humanities Central Washington University 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7518.