Theater Arts Specialist (.6 FTE)

Job Summary:

The Rashi School, Greater Boston’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8 seeks a Theater Arts Specialist (.6 FTE) for the 2026-2027 school year. Reporting to the Assistant Head of School for Academic Operations and Culture, the Theater Arts Specialist will work collaboratively on all aspects of the program with the full-time Theater Director. Hours are typically 24 hours per week Monday through Thursday with required times for after school rehearsals Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and performances. 

In our warm and inclusive community, children are appreciated for who they are as they learn and develop their identities. With the school’s foundation of rigorous academics and differentiated instruction and a mission rooted in social justice, we want our students to ask the tough questions—not just the who, what, where, but the how, why, and what can I do to fix it? Rashi graduates have the confidence to try new things and to fail forward. With kindness at their core, they become empowered learners, change agents, global Jewish citizens, and good friends. 

Rashi’s Lower School uses a collaborative teaching model to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience through collaborative teaching which models behaviors of the adults. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model these traits and our core values for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Rashi’s Middle School seeks to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. We are looking for educators with a history of positive, caring student-teacher interactions, rich content expertise, and student-centered approaches to join a team of exceptional faculty who utilize a strength based approach to empower students to be their best selves in and out of the classroom. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide After School instruction on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons
• Cast Lower and Middle School productions in collaboration with the Theater Director
• Design and implement a Middle School Elective each trimester
• In collaboration with the Theater Director, determine the necessary technical support, such as lighting, audio, staging, and special needs, necessary for events and performances presented at the facilities (and at times other spaces) in advance of production dates
• Provide technical support for school performances, productions, and presentations as needed
• Supervise and assist with set and stage construction and management as necessary, in conjunction with the Theater Director
• Support and instruct student and volunteer technical staff for individual shows
• Support students with public speaking in preparation of public facing events
• Support students with script writing for grade level plays and performances in Grades 3-6
• Support the Theater Director with choreography and music direction of grade level productions and musicals
• Strike and load-out after performances
• Share duties as assigned by Assistant Heads of School

Personal Characteristics:

• Collaborative
• Creative
• Analytical
• Continuous learner
• Open to feedback
• Strong communicator 
• Active listener
• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in theater or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years teaching theater.
• Suitable criminal background check required.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs. 
  

How to apply: 

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and professional references to jobs@rashi.org. 

Rashi is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Guided by our core values of justice, respect, learning, community, and spirit, and with social justice as a foundational cornerstone of our school, we are committed to building an inclusive community that honors and respects each individual, their varied identities, and their spirit. We seek to listen, learn, and grow together to ensure that we are a place in which all community members can thrive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

About The Rashi School

The Rashi School is the Boston area's Reform Jewish independent school serving students in grades PK–8. Located in Dedham, Massachusetts, the mission of The Rashi School is to provide a dynamic, child-centered program of academic excellence that integrates rich secular and Jewish studies curricula and nurtures in its students’ critical minds and compassionate hearts.

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