Improv Instructor

Location: On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment

Teaching Mode: In Person

Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignment

Schedule: Typically 1-4 instructional service hours per week after school

Program Length: Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignment

Start Dates: Opportunities become available throughout the school year

Compensation: Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide improvisational theater enrichment services for K-12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities.

Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, available performance space, student experience levels, and program objectives. Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, instructional resources, activity ideas, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.

Depending on the accepted assignment, contractors may:

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate improvisational theater sessions
• Introduce students to the fundamentals of improvisation through games, storytelling, collaborative exercises, and performance activities
• Adapt instruction based on student age, experience level, confidence, available facilities, site requirements, and assignment objectives
• Teach communication, active listening, collaboration, creativity, character development, scene-building, and performance fundamentals through interactive activities
• Prepare students for informal demonstrations or showcases where applicable and approved by the site
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment
• Exercise professional judgment when selecting activities and ensure all instruction remains appropriate for the age group, school environment, assignment scope, and applicable site policies
• Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session
• Follow applicable site safety, visitor, emergency, student-protection, and facility procedures

Assignments may include topics such as:

• Improvisational theater games and ensemble-building activities
• "Yes, and..." collaboration techniques
• Character creation and scene development
• Storytelling, narrative structure, and creative expression
• Voice projection, movement, and stage presence
• Active listening, teamwork, and communication skills
• Short-form improvisation exercises and performance games
• Confidence-building through collaborative performance

Specific curriculum, activities, performance expectations, and program objectives vary by assignment.

Preferred qualifications include:

• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
• Experience in improvisational theater, acting, directing, theater education, performance, comedy, or related performing arts disciplines
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students
• Strong communication, organization, classroom facilitation, and group leadership skills
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable
• Ability to create an engaging, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for students with varying experience levels

Preferred backgrounds may include actors, improvisers, theater educators, drama teachers, performing arts instructors, teaching artists, directors, college theater students, comedians, camp counselors, youth leaders, and others with relevant instructional or performance experience.

Assignments may utilize school-provided classrooms, multipurpose rooms, stages, curriculum…