# THEATRE TEACHER / DIRECTOR (PART-TIME) at Davischicago > Onsite · United States · Director+ · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Adavischicago%3A2d9bdcd7-786d-40bf-9f08-cee9ccb66d8d (read 2026-11-08). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Davischicago](https://alderhq.app/companies/davischicago) - Location text: Chicago - Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: Chicago") - Posted: 2026-10-01 (38 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-04 · last verified: 2026-11-08 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/davischicago/2d9bdcd7-786d-40bf-9f08-cee9ccb66d8d ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (Chicago, n 108): p25 $149k, median $188k, p75 $225k ## Description (the employer's text) Part-Time Founding Teaching Position · Reports to the Principal · Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred in Theatre, Directing, or Theatre Education · Directing and production experience required · Dance or movement background a plus · Illinois Professional Educator License in theatre or drama preferred and National Board Certification a major plus · 3+ years of secondary (grades 6–12) teaching or directing experience preferred; high school (grades 9–12) teaching highly preferred · College-preparatory, independent, Jewish day or faith-based school experience is a plus. Being Jewish is not a requirement for this role. Fewer years but exceptional craft? We hire for mastery, not seat time. Are you a director-educator with both stagecraft and classroom craft? Do you believe theatre builds confidence, empathy, and excellence like nothing else a school offers? Are you excited to stage a founding company’s very first production? If so, Davis School Chicago wants to hear from you. ### The Dream Team Davis School Chicago is a proudly Jewish, college-preparatory high school opening in fall 2027 in downtown Chicago, in a state-of-the-art building at the heart of a great city for learning. Every adult at Davis Chicago is an educator and a culture-builder. We hold two expectations at the same time: deep human warmth and uncompromising intellectual excellence. High health and high results, never one at the cost of the other. This is a summary of the characteristics that describe our dream team. Please read the full Profile of the Ideal Davis Chicago Educator and more information about our opportunities before you apply. ### To thrive here you are Warm and intellectually formidable. Genuinely kind and seriously bright. We hire for intellectual horsepower; only sharp minds grow students to their full potential. You bring the room to life. Passion people feel, loud or quiet, with the range to teach, support, and lead. A builder who owns it. Startup grit, a real growth mindset, open about mistakes, gives the gift of feedback, and the drive to create what doesn’t exist yet. Teach how to think, not what to think. Rigor, evidence, and a love of hard questions, including the controversial ones. Students reach their own conclusions. Rooted in tradition, built for what’s next. Ancient wisdom and modern tools, AI included, aimed at today's problems. Unapologetically Jewish. Israel has a right to exist; that is not up for debate. Everything else is fair game, including spirited debate about Israel’s actions. You’re excited to help build a proudly Jewish, pro-Israel school. ### What Davis Chicago Needs Davis Chicago is hiring a part-time Theatre Teacher / Director to build theatre at the school. Founding-year sections are drawn from Theatre Foundation and Theatre Tech as founding-class elective choices fill them, with the school’s first productions staged alongside them and the Performing Arts Capstone sequence opening to students who complete a first-year course. ### Who Thrives in This Role Warm, Relational, and High-Performing – Kind, emotionally intelligent, intellectually rigorous, and committed to excellence. A Director-Educator – Stagecraft and classroom craft in one person. A Company Builder – Casts wide, builds belonging, opens strong. An Entrepreneurial Builder – Thrives in ambiguity, solves problems, and creates programs, systems, and traditions from the ground up. A Curious and Courageous Thinker – Embraces learning, evidence, critical thinking, and meaningful debate. Rooted and Forward-Looking – Honors tradition while embracing innovation, technology, and AI. Committed to Jewish Life and Community – Values Jewish identity, the diversity of Jewish thought, and meaningful engagement in Jewish life. A Collaborative Culture-Builder – Balances accountability, care, and results while elevating everyone around them. ### The Role The Theatre Teacher / Director is responsible for delivering engaging, rigorous, and student-centered instruction in Theatre Foundation and Theatre Tech, and for staging the productions that begin the school’s theatrical tradition. This educator will develop students’ acting, stagecraft, and technical theatre skills with equal seriousness, building the company culture and craft habits that carry students into the Performing Arts Capstone. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). 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