Are you a busy teacher or theatre staff?
Don't have time to take the full 10-week TMT Cohort course?
Then these self-paced TMT tutorials are for you!
Don't have time to take the full 10-week TMT Cohort course?
Then these self-paced TMT tutorials are for you!
For tuition and registration please
visit the TMT Registration page.
visit the TMT Registration page.
What are the self-paced independent TMT tutorials? How do they work?
Can I still earn the PRESETT Certified High School Theatre Manager certification?
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THEATRE MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE, EXCEPT IT'S SPLIT INTO
INDEPENDENT SELF-PACED TUTORIALS BY TOPIC
FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO COMMIT TO A FULL 10 WEEKS IN A ROW
THE INDEPENDENT TUTORIALS COVER ALL OF THE SAME TOPICS AT THE TMT COHORT COURSE
YOU'LL LEARN THE 8 ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO LEVEL UP YOUR ADMIN'S SUPPORT AND FUNDING
PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT TOPICS YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT IN THE ORDER YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN THEM
WORK ON EACH TOPIC AT YOUR OWN PACE - THERE ARE NO DEADLINES
If you choose this option you will be required to complete:
Required Reading
Virtual Discussions with your peers
ACTION Assignment
Although there is no obligation to do so, if you complete all tutorials you’ll earn a PRESETT Certified Theatre Manager certificate.
Can I still earn the PRESETT Certified High School Theatre Manager certification?
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THEATRE MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE, EXCEPT IT'S SPLIT INTO
INDEPENDENT SELF-PACED TUTORIALS BY TOPIC
FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO COMMIT TO A FULL 10 WEEKS IN A ROW
THE INDEPENDENT TUTORIALS COVER ALL OF THE SAME TOPICS AT THE TMT COHORT COURSE
YOU'LL LEARN THE 8 ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO LEVEL UP YOUR ADMIN'S SUPPORT AND FUNDING
PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT TOPICS YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT IN THE ORDER YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN THEM
WORK ON EACH TOPIC AT YOUR OWN PACE - THERE ARE NO DEADLINES
If you choose this option you will be required to complete:
Required Reading
Virtual Discussions with your peers
ACTION Assignment
Although there is no obligation to do so, if you complete all tutorials you’ll earn a PRESETT Certified Theatre Manager certificate.
Choose from these action-focused tutorials - or do them all!
(You can do them in any order.)
THEATRE STAFFING SOLUTIONS FOR TIRED TEACHERS
Are you wearing too many hats? Have you taken on the role of Theatre Manager in self-preservation of your theatre? Are you constantly being told that there is no funding available to add staff to your theatre? Gain tools to advocate for your own staffing needs. Come up with a game plan now!
MASTERING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESS
Is your school theatre more like a roadhouse?! Does keeping track of all the users and events take up all your time? Or maybe you don’t have the time, so things are falling apart? Master the practices to easily create the administrative tools necessary to track event management, supplies and maintenance, and organize of your theatre management duties.
FINANCES & FUNDING FOR ALL
Never have enough funding? No budget to buy enough supplies? No budget to staff the theatre with anyone but you? Follow in the footsteps of others who have taken ownership of their budgets. Maximize your funding by differentiating between the production budget, the theatre operations budget, and the facilities budget.
EVENTS; FROM CHAOS TO COORDINATION
Do you have a lot of events using your theatre; from concerts to meetings to churches to dance recitals to _________ (add your list here!)? Who site-supervises your events; you, the theatre staff, admin, the custodians? What is the state of the theatre (and any classrooms used) after the event leaves? Discover powerful tools lower your stress level; how to instigate and implement use guidelines, facility preservation, safety, procedures – that event organizers will heed!
RISK MANAGEMENT & SAFETY – AND NO LLAMAS!
A two-part tutorial. Do you cringe when someone walks within 3’ of your cyc? Do you pray no students break an ankle jumping off the edge of the stage (it happens)!? When was your fly system/winch system/deadhung pipes and electrics last inspected? How about your drapes flame tested? Are your students allowed on the scissor lift? Why not?! Do you have a written safety manual? After completing this two-part tutorial you’ll have powerful tools needed to advocate for a safe facility; construct safety requirements (personal safety, systems safety), identify legal requirements for students operating equipment, communicate the benefits of hiring Theatre Technicians, and distinguish what to say to school and district administration when advocating for the importance of safety and liability in the school theatre. And, I’ll tell you my llama story…
EDUCATING STUDENTS – IT’S WHY WE’RE HERE!
Why are we even here? What’s it all for? Have you considered that tech theatre is STEM? Did you know that technical theatre is a CTE and Vocational subject, and that some of your students will actually go into the entertainment industry? And the skills and knowledge learned in tech theatre have career applications and transferrable skills for all students. Identify ways in which to educate your school and/or district administration – who often see the theatre only as the ‘performing arts’ - of the role STEM and CTE plays in technical theatre education.
WHO NEEDS BRANDING?
What reputation does your theatre have? Does you community want to come and see events in your facility? Does your community want to rent out your facility? Do you provide excellent service and hospitality to make them want to come back? Even school theatres need branding. Develop a variety of options to brand and market your school theatre to the community.
OPERATIONS PLAN & CERTIFICATION
Prerequisite: Completion of all above tutorials.
Be a catalyst for change. Complete an Operations Plan to implement effective and standardized theatre operations that unifies everyone’s work in the theatre, and that you can use to present to your admin in support of the operations your theatre needs to function effectively.
In addition, you’ll earn a PRESETT Certified Theatre Manager certificate upon completion of this tutorial.
(You can do them in any order.)
THEATRE STAFFING SOLUTIONS FOR TIRED TEACHERS
Are you wearing too many hats? Have you taken on the role of Theatre Manager in self-preservation of your theatre? Are you constantly being told that there is no funding available to add staff to your theatre? Gain tools to advocate for your own staffing needs. Come up with a game plan now!
MASTERING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESS
Is your school theatre more like a roadhouse?! Does keeping track of all the users and events take up all your time? Or maybe you don’t have the time, so things are falling apart? Master the practices to easily create the administrative tools necessary to track event management, supplies and maintenance, and organize of your theatre management duties.
FINANCES & FUNDING FOR ALL
Never have enough funding? No budget to buy enough supplies? No budget to staff the theatre with anyone but you? Follow in the footsteps of others who have taken ownership of their budgets. Maximize your funding by differentiating between the production budget, the theatre operations budget, and the facilities budget.
EVENTS; FROM CHAOS TO COORDINATION
Do you have a lot of events using your theatre; from concerts to meetings to churches to dance recitals to _________ (add your list here!)? Who site-supervises your events; you, the theatre staff, admin, the custodians? What is the state of the theatre (and any classrooms used) after the event leaves? Discover powerful tools lower your stress level; how to instigate and implement use guidelines, facility preservation, safety, procedures – that event organizers will heed!
RISK MANAGEMENT & SAFETY – AND NO LLAMAS!
A two-part tutorial. Do you cringe when someone walks within 3’ of your cyc? Do you pray no students break an ankle jumping off the edge of the stage (it happens)!? When was your fly system/winch system/deadhung pipes and electrics last inspected? How about your drapes flame tested? Are your students allowed on the scissor lift? Why not?! Do you have a written safety manual? After completing this two-part tutorial you’ll have powerful tools needed to advocate for a safe facility; construct safety requirements (personal safety, systems safety), identify legal requirements for students operating equipment, communicate the benefits of hiring Theatre Technicians, and distinguish what to say to school and district administration when advocating for the importance of safety and liability in the school theatre. And, I’ll tell you my llama story…
EDUCATING STUDENTS – IT’S WHY WE’RE HERE!
Why are we even here? What’s it all for? Have you considered that tech theatre is STEM? Did you know that technical theatre is a CTE and Vocational subject, and that some of your students will actually go into the entertainment industry? And the skills and knowledge learned in tech theatre have career applications and transferrable skills for all students. Identify ways in which to educate your school and/or district administration – who often see the theatre only as the ‘performing arts’ - of the role STEM and CTE plays in technical theatre education.
WHO NEEDS BRANDING?
What reputation does your theatre have? Does you community want to come and see events in your facility? Does your community want to rent out your facility? Do you provide excellent service and hospitality to make them want to come back? Even school theatres need branding. Develop a variety of options to brand and market your school theatre to the community.
OPERATIONS PLAN & CERTIFICATION
Prerequisite: Completion of all above tutorials.
Be a catalyst for change. Complete an Operations Plan to implement effective and standardized theatre operations that unifies everyone’s work in the theatre, and that you can use to present to your admin in support of the operations your theatre needs to function effectively.
In addition, you’ll earn a PRESETT Certified Theatre Manager certificate upon completion of this tutorial.
For tuition and registration please
visit the TMT Registration page.
visit the TMT Registration page.