PLAY DIRECTOR

THE JOB

Go Girls! Oakland is currently seeking Go Girls! Play Director. Go Girls! Oakland is currently seeking PLAY DIRECTORS for temporary full-time employment for our Go Girls! Camp season from June 3 – July 19, 2024. Compensation is $30.00-$35.00 per hour DOE, about 40 hrs. per week per sessions (Session #1: June 3-14, Session #2: June 17-28 & Session #3: July 8-19) - applicants are not required to work all 3 sessions.

Hours are Monday
- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm and until 5:30 on the final Friday of each session.

Mandatory Training days are the weekend of May 4-5, 2024. This training is led by veteran Go Girls! Teaching Artists and Program Leadership. You are paid a stipend for your time to attend and will be well-fed. In this training, not only will you learn the ins and outs of working at a Go Girls! Camp, you will also learn, practice, and strengthen the skills that will benefit your career as a teacher, teaching artist, youth worker, and girl advocate anywhere you choose to share your gifts in the world.

As a Go Girls! Camp PLAY DIRECTOR, you will:

• Train with Go Girls! Oakland staff to learn our Go Girls! Camp Methodology
• Prepare curriculum and high quality learning experiences according to the Go Girls! Methodology
• Lead 48 girls ages 5-10 through the process of devising an original play that incorporates the themes of camp, Go Girls! Culture Code and Kidpower skills
• Lead 3 age appropriate drama classes and one rehearsal per day that support confidence, collaboration and a variety of acting techniques
• Script, stage and rehearse the play
• Lead daily "Ensemble Group" lessons that introduce experiences with our Go Girls! Culture Code
• Effectively manage a group of up to 48 girls using positive discipline techniques and relational attachment (camp ratio is 8:1)
• Work effectively with your team:
  Camp Mama, Music Specialist, Assistant Teachers, Expressive Artist and Middle School aged interns from the Go Girls! Leadership Team (GGLT)
• Support children to feel safe and have fun during community building, free play, snack and lunch times
• Support children to manage conflicts peacefully by facilitating “talk-it-outs”
• Build and maintain positive relationships with our collaborating partners throughout the course of the summer

A Go Girls! Camp PLAY DIRECTOR will have:

• Recommend at least 3+ years of experience teaching art to young children ages 5-10
• Knowledge in and respect for ensemble-based collaborative processes of creating original performance
• Knowledge in and respect for devised theater making that is movement and ensemble-based
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Theater Education, Child Psychology or Performance Studies
• Flexibility: multi-tasking and managing challenges in a variety of situations is key
• Confidence: we hire artists who can project calm and confidence
• Impeccable Social/Emotional
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to manage stress and emotional triggers, willingness to use direct communication, ask for what you need and listen to others needs
• A Curious and Reflective Mind: the kind of person who is always learning, always thinking about how you can do better, open to loving feedback
• Great Boundaries: the ability to take good care of yourself by saying no when you need to and keep all kids safe at camp
• Positive energy:
  Kids do best with adults who model kindness & playfulness
• “Nothing to Hide”: all employees of Go Girls! Oakland are subject to fingerprinting background checks and TB testing