Theatre

Kansas City Kansas Community College.; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 4,422,000 - 5,898,000; Part time

Job summary

Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) seeks an adjunct Theatre faculty member to teach stagecraft, technical theatre practicum, lighting, scene painting, and stage management at introductory and advanced levels across KCKCC locations.

The successful candidate will provide hands-on instruction, support safe production practices, and mentor student crews in both classroom and production settings, with open modalities including online or blended teaching.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Theatre, Technical Theatre, Theatrical Design, or a related field.
• College-level teaching experience in technical theatre or practicum-based courses.

Responsibilities

• Teach scheduled class sessions.
• Provide instruction, activities, assignments, and assessments to cover course objectives.
• Use collaborative teaching methods and engage students actively.
• Organize content for diverse abilities and backgrounds.
• Assign and provide feedback on student work and monitor progress.
• Assess student performance according to college requirements.
• Teach scenery construction, lighting, stage management, painting, and related production processes.
• Supervise and mentor student crews in productions.
• Instruct students in safe use of tools and theatrical technologies.
• Maintain safe, organized instructional spaces and shops.
• Offer classes in online, blended, and virtual modalities.
• Reflect on pedagogy and be willing to adapt.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Teaching college-level theatre

Collegial collaboration

Dual credit instruction

Online/virtual modalities

Education

Master’s degree in Theatre or related field

Tools

Blackboard

Lighting control systems

Job description

Theatre(Adjunct Faculty)

JOB CLASSIFICATION

Pay grade level: Adjunct
Compensation: $1,070.32 per credit hour
Employee category: Adjunct Faculty
Department: Theatre
Reports to: Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
FLSA status: Exempt
Job Code: AA002Adjunct
Location: Primarily Main Campus, but any location assigned by the appropriate administrator

SUMMARY

Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is currently searching for an adjunct faculty member to teach stagecraft, technical theatre practicum, lighting, scene painting, and stage management courses at the introductory and advanced levels at any KCKCC location while supporting the institution’s mission, vision, and strategic plan. The successful candidate will provide hands‑on instruction in technical theatre practices while contributing to the safe, efficient, and educational production of college theatre performances. This position emphasizes experiential learning, collaboration, and mentorship of student crews in both classroom and production environments.
This is a POOL position. Application materials for this adjunct position accepted on an on-going basis due to increasing demand for courses in this subject area.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

• Conduct all class sessions according to schedule.
• Provide instruction, activities, assignments, and assessments to adequately cover all Student Learning Objectives for the specific course(s) taught.
• Use teaching methods that emphasize application, cooperation and collaboration and engage students actively in their studies, encouraging them to become independent learners with higher-order thinking skills.
• Organize and explain content using methods which are appropriate to students with differing abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experience.
• Assign and provide feedback for in- and out-of-class work, monitor student progress.
• Perform adequate assessment and analysis of assessment according to college requirements.
• Teach practical skills in scenery construction, lighting, stage management, scene painting, costuming support, properties, and production processes.
• Supervise and mentor students working on college theatre productions as part of Technical Theatre Practicum and advanced stagecraft courses.
• Instruct students in the safe use of tools, equipment, materials, and theatrical technologies, following institutional safety policies.
• Maintain instructional spaces, shops, and theatres in a safe and organized manner during instructional use
• Ability to work collegially.
• Teaching college-level dual credit courses with high school level partners.
• Ability to offer classes in various modalities including online, blended, and virtual.
• Reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one's own pedagogy.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Perform adequate assessment and analysis of assessment according to college requirements.
• Ability to work collegially.
• Teaching college-level dual credit courses with high school level partners.
• Ability to offer classes in various modalities including online, blended, and virtual.
• Reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one's own pedagogy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Theatre, Technical Theatre, Theatrical Design, or a related field
• College-level teaching experience, particularly in technical theatre or practicum-based courses

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional experience in multiple areas of technical theatre (e.g., scenery, lighting, stage management, painting)
• Experience supervising student crews and/or production teams
• Familiarity with computerized lighting control systems and contemporary production technologies
• Teaching experience in an open enrollment, urban community college level.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive teaching practices and student success
• Experience with a Learning Management System such as Blackboard.
• Experience in learner-centered pedagogy.

WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and occasionally push or lift items. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK SCHEDULE

Must be able to work a variable schedule/hour to meet operational needs. May require evening and weekend hours. Your appointment is contingent on sufficient enrollments, or on program and scheduling changes.

***This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job‑related instructions and to perform any other job‑related duties requested by their supervisor. This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.

KCKCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer