On-Campus Acting Instructor: Voice/Verse for Majors (Part-Time)

Syracuse University; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 4,400 - 5,300; Part time

Job summary

Syracuse Universitya private, international research university, located in upstate New York, invites applications for a part-time instructor to teach DRA 126 Introduction to Acting II Majors – Voice/Verse for Spring semester 2027. Classes meet on campus, with in-person sessions and office hours required.

The lecturer will work with first-year Acting and Musical Theatre majors, continuing voice-verse techniques, emphasizing vocal, physical, and emotional relaxation, concentration, and dramatic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years teaching voice verse at the college level.
• Advanced or terminal degree (or equivalent professional experience) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Teach 90-minute sessions three times per week to five different First-Year cohorts over the full semester.
• Developing and/or updating a class syllabus.
• Preparation of lectures, projects or other student assignments.
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours.
• Presenting instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course.
• Meeting all designated class periods.
• If you are unable to meet your class due to illness or emergency, you should reschedule or obtain a substitute.
• Notify the department chair of your absence and plan to cover the class.
• Submit mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations.
• Grade student assignments and exams in a timely manner.
• Provide departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
• Build a positive rapport with students and other faculty.

Skills

Voice teaching

College teaching

Course development

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5+ years college teaching

Advanced or terminal degree desirable

Job description

Syracuse Universitya private, international research university, located in upstate New York, invites applications for a part-time instructor to teach DRA 126 Introduction to Acting II Majors – Voice/Verse for Spring semester 2027. Classes meet on campus, with in-person sessions and office hours required.

The lecturer will work with first-year Acting and Musical Theatre majors, continuing voice-verse techniques, emphasizing vocal, physical, and emotional relaxation, concentration, and dramatic