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Work-Study Philosophy

The Theater Arts Department regards work-study as an element in the larger experience of a liberal arts education. In addition, because our department mounts a mainstage production every quarter, we rely heavily on our work-study students as partners in the overall departmental program. We have a unique departmental mission, and we simply cannot sustain our heavy obligation of courses, productions, and visiting artists without their help. Finally, we see work-study as a"real job", for which students are paid and through which they learn important job skills.
Thus, we ask students interested in working in our department to think of their work-study job performance as contributing to their developing reputation among faculty, staff, an evaluation of you. They count here, too.

In order to make students aware of our expectations, we have developed the following guidelines:

• RELIABILITY: Workers are expected to arrive on time every time they are scheduled. Production week is not an exception; on the contrary, that is when we need our work-study students most.
• ATTITUDE: As on a "real job,' we expect a positive attitude, a willingness to help out wherever needed, and a respect for others. In this department, no task is considered trivial or "beneath" anyone; we are all willing to do what is necessary to get the work done. Theater involves a lot of "dirty work."
• SKILLS: We expect our workers to do their utmost to master the skills asked of them by their immediate supervisors, such as the use of new computer programs or new tools.
• RESPONSIBILITY: It is the responsibility of the worker to check with their supervisor when they have done everything their supervisor has for them to do, and to also look around the office, shop, Green Room, etc., to see what work might be done, including regular clean-up. We are looking for self-motivation, not just the ability to do what is ask.

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We all know that theater is the ultimate art of collaboration; this collaboration extends beyond productions into everything we do. We encourage our work-study students to think of our department as their department, so that they take as much responsibility for it as its faculty and staff do.