AshleyB
Member
I'm in my first year of running a high school theatre program, which also means coordinating auditorium use for other school events.
Like most high schools, we have a small cadre of students who "know" sound and lights (meaning they've been asked to run sound or lights before and managed to get through a show.) Teachers will come to me and say, "Oh so-and-so is going to do sound for us" for non-theatre events. I am leery of granting booth access to students I haven't trained, but don't want to deny the opportunity to someone who is qualified and interested in helping.
Does anyone have a skills test that they use for prospective board ops to check that the kid knows the basics? What information would you want your high-school level board op to know?
Thank you in advance for your advice,
AB
Like most high schools, we have a small cadre of students who "know" sound and lights (meaning they've been asked to run sound or lights before and managed to get through a show.) Teachers will come to me and say, "Oh so-and-so is going to do sound for us" for non-theatre events. I am leery of granting booth access to students I haven't trained, but don't want to deny the opportunity to someone who is qualified and interested in helping.
Does anyone have a skills test that they use for prospective board ops to check that the kid knows the basics? What information would you want your high-school level board op to know?
Thank you in advance for your advice,
AB