Updated: 8 days ago
Location: Warrensburg, MISSOURI
Deadline: ;
Position Information
Position Information
| Requisition Number | 2024-54GA |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Graduate Assistant - Teaching |
| Working Title | Graduate Assistant - Theatre and Dance - Teaching |
| Department | 220410-Theatre & Dance |
| Pay Rate | 1.0 : $4,500.00 (Spring/Fall) |
| FTE | 1.0 |
| Position Number | G98006 |
| Starting Date: | 08/12/2024 |
| End Date: | 12/13/2024 |
| Special Instructions to Applicants: | Only complete applications will be considered for graduate assistant positions. Once an application has been submitted, you are not permitted to make changes or upload additional documents to the application. You must upload all transcripts and official reference letters at the time of submission. Applications will be denied if reference letters and transcripts are not included. |
| Working hours: | Monday-Friday – 20 hours per week |
| Posting Date: | 04/17/2024 |
| Open Until Filled | No |
| Position Purpose | The Theatre Shop Graduate Assistant works primarily as a supervisor of student crews on the construction and finish of stage settings, design, construction and finish of stage properties, stage lighting, hanging, focusing, and production management. The GA acts as an instructor, teaching the students a variety of skills while supervising the completion of production assignments. The Graduate Assistant also assists the Theatre Department Technical Director in the maintenance of the theatre plant and its equipment. The Technical Director works with the Graduate Assistant to plan work schedules and production timetables and makes weekly and daily assignments that the GA is responsible for carrying out. |
| Education & Formal Training | High school diploma or equivalent, Credit Hours (Specify hours below), Associate's degree (Specify field(s) of study below), Bachelor's degree (Specify field(s) of study below) |
| Other Education & Formal Training | |
| Computer Skills | Word-Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation |
| Experience | Attention to detail, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Knowledge of a University environment preferred, Human Relations/Interpersonal skills, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership, Management and/or administration skills, Maintain confidentiality. |
| Other Experience | |
| Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge: | Attention to detail, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Knowledge of a University environment preferred, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership, Supervisory skills, including motivation, delegation of duties, evaluation, etc, Management and/or administration skills, Maintain confidentiality |
| Other Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge | Work in stressful conditions. |
| Special Working Conditions: | Work in stressful conditions |
| Other Special Working Conditions | Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account. Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20 hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs up to $4,860.00 (+$4,106.75 for non-residents) and mandatory fees up to $684.75 of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly. |
| Other Special Qualifications |