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ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
PART TIME TEACHING POSITION – 2 classes per day

The description below is from our Graded Course of Study.

Acting Teacher – Beginning level
Fine Arts Studio 1
Length – 1 Semester Level: Freshmen
Acting/Music/Visual ½ credit

During the semester, freshmen experience each of the arts – Acting, Music, Visual.

Goals and Objectives: Introducing the students to the essential elements of the arts, the course provides basic studio experiences. This method seeks to create opportunities to seek and discover convergence points among all three areas. Moreover, the students will be well prepared to pointedly choose their “major” in one of the arts for the sophomore course.

Content and Method: Hands on studio work is the driving feature of all the arts. Students participate in daily activities featuring techniques and elements of each art form. Basic elements of drawing advance student experience with line, shape, contour line, shading, and beginning perspective. Acting features exercises in movement, emotion, reaction, props use, and character. Presentational skills in performance dominate the study. Music involves students in beginning exercises for understanding the language of music and music-making. Students participate in vocalizing or using instruments, learning basics of notes and scales, melody/harmony, dynamics, and elements of ensemble performing.

Evaluation and Grading: Studio grades will be forthcoming in the following areas: skill development as shown through performance moments; quizzes on basic vocabulary and elements; self-critiquing and teacher assessment of projects; student effort. Each arts area is 1/3 of the semester grade.

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This is a pilot class, new this school year. Freshmen shuttle through all 3 arts venues, Acting, Music, and Visual. If their class begins in Music, they rotate next to Visual, and then to Acting. If they begin in Acting, they rotate next to Music, then to Visual. If they begin in Visual, they rotate next to Acting, then to Music. We are ending our 2nd (out of 6) rotation and will begin a 3rd rotation on Monday, November 26. Each venue lasts 24 to 26 class days.

The curriculum is provided for this course. Close collaboration with the department head will occur daily, in a shared office.

Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree; Transcripts of graduation; experience in directing, work-shopping, teaching high school age students. Call the individuals below for further information.

Michele Mascari William Sandquist
Head of Fine Arts Department Principal
St. Xavier High School
761-7600 ext. 585 761-7600, ext. 128

mmascari@stxavier.org
wsandquist@stxavier.org

ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
PART TIME TEACHING POSITION – 2 classes

The description below is from our Graded Course of Study.

932 DANCE Length: 1 semester Level: Junior, Senior
Fine Arts or Physical Education ½ credit
Prerequisites: Freshmen Fine Arts Studio 1, any Fine Arts Studio 2 course.
Note: INDEPENDENT STUDY is available for students who have successfully completed this course and wish to continue to broaden their studio experience.

Goals and Objectives: Exploring basic fundamentals of dance, students participate in activities on balance, coordination, flexibility, core strength, creativity of movement, concentration, exaggeration and extension, intention, and emotion. Warm up exercises and stretches are daily activities four days a week. Study of Dance terminology/vocabulary and review of major Dance techniques and styles is featured one day a week. Students will grow in their appreciation for the art of Dance and in their execution of Dance movement.

Content and Method: Students learn many dance techniques, strength building techniques, balance and coordination methods, along with rhythmic, leaping, and turning techniques. Daily, students dance. Students work each day toward choreographed dance presentation, free/creative dance activities, and mastery of diverse dance maneuvers.

Evaluation and Grading: Grades are based on dance skills development, completed projects, handouts regarding dance study, student critiquing and self-evaluation, student effort, and teacher assessment of dance projects.

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You would be starting immediately. First semester ends on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.

There are approximately 30 class days remaining in the quarter from today’s date, 11/12/12. Bachelor’s degree required. Transcripts required. We need a bright, youthful, creative instructor, who loves working with high school age group. The classes would feature working with all males, ages 16 – 18. For further information and discussion, please contact the individuals below.

Michele Mascari William Sandquist
Department Head Principal
761-7600 ext 585 761-7600 ext 128

mmascari@stxavier.org
wsandquist@stxavier.org