How should I run my troupe?
First of all, once your troupe is official, it is up to you and your students to set the culture, rituals, practices, and atmosphere of your chapter. We are happy to guide you, but you as the troupe director and members, are the leaders of your troupe!
Here is an easy step-by-step checklist for inductions. Use these materials as you see fit!
1. Hold an interest meeting. Ask- Who is interested in becoming inducted into ITS?
2. Share out the point application for students to complete with their past and current theatrical experiences for certain point values.
3. Have students fill out the Member Google form, for the exact information you need to collect to put them into the official ITS/ EdTA system, and pay $35 for the one-time membership fee, which lasts them a lifetime. (More materials at the bottom of the newsletter to promote and explain ITS.)
4. Hold inductions. Here is a sample outline to use. You can create your own rituals, traditions, or if you are in a pinch, it can be less than 30 minutes before school starts or before a rehearsal for example.
5. Log into your myedta account to input all of your new inductees.
6. Pay the lump sum as the director, if your students didn't pay EdTA directly. Our suggestion is to collect the money as you typically do for school events, work with your bookkeeper or boosters to cut one check to EdTA/ put one CC statement to keep it simple.
7. Hold an end of year or semester celebration to hand out the new goodies when they are delivered to the school!
**Don't have a troupe yet? Read more about the benefits and process here!
Need resources to justify or recruit new members?
-Justify to your admin and to recruit your students- VA Thespian Info (editable/ copy of slides), Doc- What is VA Thespians?
-How to start a troupe, reenact a troupe (register, to go Change of Troupe Director, fill out the form), add more members, renew your membership, Managing your troupe
Looking to register for our festival and don't have an account or see your school listed as an option? Add your school here!
Is this the first time your school is attending VTF? Check to see if your school has an account. If not, add your school in the link above. These are usually added within 48 hours of submission. You can always email to ask us to check if your school is in our system too. NOTE- don't try to register with your preferred school email if you aren't sure. There will be an error message and it will be harder to either add your email to your account or register once your school is added. Email either executivedirector@vathespian.org or registration@vathespian.org to check to see if your school has been before/ your account needs to be updated. NOTE- this account is separate from your school roster EdTA account. We are hoping they sync up one day. Thanks!
Here is an easy step-by-step checklist for inductions. Use these materials as you see fit!
1. Hold an interest meeting. Ask- Who is interested in becoming inducted into ITS?
2. Share out the point application for students to complete with their past and current theatrical experiences for certain point values.
3. Have students fill out the Member Google form, for the exact information you need to collect to put them into the official ITS/ EdTA system, and pay $35 for the one-time membership fee, which lasts them a lifetime. (More materials at the bottom of the newsletter to promote and explain ITS.)
4. Hold inductions. Here is a sample outline to use. You can create your own rituals, traditions, or if you are in a pinch, it can be less than 30 minutes before school starts or before a rehearsal for example.
5. Log into your myedta account to input all of your new inductees.
6. Pay the lump sum as the director, if your students didn't pay EdTA directly. Our suggestion is to collect the money as you typically do for school events, work with your bookkeeper or boosters to cut one check to EdTA/ put one CC statement to keep it simple.
7. Hold an end of year or semester celebration to hand out the new goodies when they are delivered to the school!
**Don't have a troupe yet? Read more about the benefits and process here!
Need resources to justify or recruit new members?
-Justify to your admin and to recruit your students- VA Thespian Info (editable/ copy of slides), Doc- What is VA Thespians?
-How to start a troupe, reenact a troupe (register, to go Change of Troupe Director, fill out the form), add more members, renew your membership, Managing your troupe
Looking to register for our festival and don't have an account or see your school listed as an option? Add your school here!
Is this the first time your school is attending VTF? Check to see if your school has an account. If not, add your school in the link above. These are usually added within 48 hours of submission. You can always email to ask us to check if your school is in our system too. NOTE- don't try to register with your preferred school email if you aren't sure. There will be an error message and it will be harder to either add your email to your account or register once your school is added. Email either executivedirector@vathespian.org or registration@vathespian.org to check to see if your school has been before/ your account needs to be updated. NOTE- this account is separate from your school roster EdTA account. We are hoping they sync up one day. Thanks!
