The Visiting Professionals
Program is designed to furnish colleges and universities with television
professionals
from the Academy for lectures,
workshops, seminars or full course study on campuses across
the country. The need for involvement in the classroom by working professionals
is
frequently articulated by professors as well as students. The
Academy's Educational Programs & Services (EPS) Department is uniquely
qualified and equipped to provide this service.
The TV Academy membership of 12,000 strong is divided into 27 peer groups which represent every aspect of the television industry. Each peer group contains experienced, skilled, talented people who feel that sharing their expertise and love of the business with the next generation is a part of what our Academy is all about. The peer groups include:
- Animation
- Art Directors / Set Decorators
- Casting Directors
- Children's Programming
- Cinematographers
- Commercials
- Costume Design & Supervision
- Daytime Programming
- Directors
- Electronic Production
- Informational Programming
- Interactive Media
- Makeup / Hairstylists
- Music
- Non-Fiction Programming
- Performers
- Producers
- Production Executives
- Professional Representatives
- Public Relations
- Sound
- Sound Editors
- Stunts
- Television Executives
- TV & Motion Picture Editors
- Title Design / Special Visual Effects
- Writers
To apply for a Visiting Professional (VP), college professors
first register with the EPS department by sending a written
proposal which should include the following:
- a brief description
of the background and scope of the university's TV/Film department
or program
- a breakdown of how the VP's time would be utilized
and scheduled, including information about any classes (lectures),
workshops, screenings or seminars in which the VP might participate
- what
impact a visit would have on the audience involved
- the extent to which the audience is knowledgeable about television
and television production
- which branch of the Academy
the artist would represent in order to best meet specific needs
(see list
of peer groups)
- the proposed dates for the artist's
visit
stipend (if offered)
After discussing the specific classroom
needs with the professor, the EPS department then selects a
suitable Academy member
from among those who have formally expressed interest in
being a VP. The
TV Academy
facilitates contact between the college and the VP and they
then work out the VP's travel and teaching schedule. The
host institution is responsible
for all transportation, housing and a modest per diem to
cover food and incidentals. Stipends are optional.
This is not designed to
be just a "Guest Star" program, although
the Performers peer group is certainly peopled with well-known
names and faces. This program offers students the opportunity
to spend time
with working members of all the arts and crafts of our industry.
Where else can universities draw upon a professional talent
pool like this
to come and discuss the everyday realities of the work they
do in the television industry?
To find out more about the Visiting Professionals
Program, please contact:
Nancy Robinson
Programs Coordinator
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
5220 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601-3109
(818)754-2832
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