HS Handbook 8.6Juries and Student Program Evaluations

Juries

Juries are end-of-semester performances that serve as a final exam for acting and musical theatre students, and are the central assessment tool for students to showcase their learning each semester of study and their progress in the program.

Beginning in the spring semester of 9th grade, each high school student will perform an acting jury at the end of each semester. Additionally, musical theatre students will perform a dance jury each semester beginning in 9th grade spring semester, and will perform a musical theatre voice jury during the semesters when taking private voice lessons. Acting jury performances are waived for graduating 12th grade students in their final semester.

A panel of faculty members complete written evaluations for each jury performance, which are then compiled and averaged. The averaged score serves as the final exam grade for the applicable course(s) in the term. Evaluation reports with all instructor feedback will be sent to students and parents via email.

In each class, the jury performance content will be worked on in-class as a content unit, and students will receive instructor feedback as they develop the material for the jury performance. The resulting performance should demonstrate the learning outcomes achieved in the class that semester.

Student Program Evaluations

At the end of each semester, faculty members are to complete a student program evaluation for each student with whom they had a significant interaction over the course of the term, be it work in class or production. This evaluation is a critical component to evaluating students' adherence to the division's standards and expectations, as well as their overall growth over the term.

Evaluation reports with all instructor feedback will be sent to students and parents via email.

Jury Performance Material Requirements

Acting

First Year Spring: Each student will deliver a self-written monologue.

Sophomore Year Fall: One two-person scripted scene from a published play, assigned by instructor, focusing on connecting to your scene partner, listening and responding truthfully within the given circumstances.

Sophomore Year Spring: Two contrasting monologues from a published play, performed in context within the given circumstances of the play. One monologue is from a play written in the 21st century, and the other monologue will be from a play written in the 20th century.

Junior Year Fall: The class will include two scenework units, one focused on 21st-century realism, and the other on 21st-century magical or poetic realism, with characters close to the age of the student. The instructor will select one of these unit's scenes to be performed for the jury.

Junior Year Spring: This class will include two scenework units, one focused on 20th-century American classics (Miller, Williams, etc.), and the other on 20th-century poetic realism or Absurdism (Albee, Shepard, Beckett, etc.). The instructor will select one of these unit's scenes to be performed for the jury.

Senior Year Fall: 2-person scene, requirements TBD by instructor

MT Dance

Fall Semester: Technicals jury, including a written assessment and performed demonstration of techniques acquired for each discipline studied.

Spring Semester: Mock auditions jury, including both prepared combinations and unprepared audition-style combinations for each discipline studied.

MT Voice

Each student is required to sing a voice jury each semester they are enrolled in applied voice. In advance, the student will submit a repertoire list of the required assigned songs learned in applied voice that semester. (Songs listed and assigned must be new to the student’s repertoire each semester, repertoire cannot be repeated).

Each jury appointment will last 10 minutes. At the jury, the student will:

sing the first selection of the student’s choosing, and
sing a second selection chosen by the faculty from the remaining songs/arias on the repertoire list.

The student is responsible to have prepared all of the material on their repertoire list, memorized and musically accurate, with fully embodied acting choices.

Senior Repertoire

During the first full week of classes, all high school seniors will perform their Senior Repertoire jury in the Black Box Theater for the student body and faculty panel of adjudicators. Each student will perform four (4) monologues within an eight (8) minute allotted time limit:

Shakespeare
Contemporary 21st Century (2000 - Present)
Modern 20th Century: (1910-1999)
A Stretch piece will be selected for you by your instructor

Additional written analysis assignments will accompany the performance portion. Please see detailed assignment instructions, rules and regulations, and grading rubric from your instructor.

A student who does not perform their Senior Reps on the date they are required to be performed will receive a grade no greater than a C for their Senior Acting course for the Fall semester; the student will be placed on Artistic Probation for the Fall semester. A student on Artistic Probation is not permitted to audition for the Spring semester productions.

In addition, a student who does not perform their Senior Reps on the date they are required to be performed will not attend Florida Theatre Conference.

Evaluation Metrics

All evaluations are on a scale of 1-4 points with 4 being high.

Jury Grading Scale
Grade	Value
A	4.0-3.55
B	3.54-2.75
C	2.74-1.95
D	1.94-1.45
F	below 1.44

Jury Evaluation Categories

Acting: Voice and Diction Physicality and Staging Moment to Moment Work Storytelling Emotional Life and Risk-Taking Overall Rating

Dance: Musicality Technique Spatial Awareness and Coordination Application of Style Emotional Life and Presence Overall Rating

MT Voice: Musicianship Vocal Technique Physicality Application of Style Storytelling Emotional Life and Risk-taking Overall Rating

Student Program Evaluation Categories

Attendance Participation Application of Techniques Professionalism and Work Ethic Collaborative Spirit Overall Growth this Term Overall Rating