Assistant Teaching Professor of Music

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No placeholder. We need to parse the job posting. Job Title: Assistant Teaching Professor of Music (not used as heading). Location: Worcester. Department: Humanities & Arts. Division: Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI. Job Description Summary: The music division at WPI seeks a Director of Wind Band Activities at the level of Assistant Teaching Professor (full time, non-tenure-track) to begin in the Fall of 2027. Applicants must be prepared to lead the WPI Concert Band and a variety of small music ensembles; teach courses in the core music curriculum as well as specialized courses in their area of interest; and serve as an advisor on student projects and clubs. The position requires teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity. In their application materials, candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach engaging, project-based courses; to mentor students of mixed experience levels in performance ensembles; and to contribute to creating a positive and inclusive culture for all students. Job Description About Music at WPI: ... (some description). Position Expectations: teaching load equivalent of eight courses per year—includes performance responsibilities: Concert Band, Small Ensembles; teaching responsibilities: Four academic music classes, one per term; student club advising responsibilities: Faculty advisor of the Wind Band Association; Additional Responsibilities list. This is a 9-month faculty position, allowing for both external and internal opportunities (such as professional development, research, or additional teaching) during the summer months. This position is on WPI's “teaching track,” which provides secure long-term contracts, with opportunities for promotion. Candidate Qualifications: Doctorate in Music. A highly qualified candidate with a Master's degree may be considered for appointment at the Instructor level. Academic focus on instrumental music. Successful experience directing bands at the university level. Application Materials: list. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by November 1, 2026 will receive full consideration. About WPI: description. Salary: $78,000 - $80,000 per year. Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity. WPI’s benefits package includes a robust retirement match, wellness perks, tuition assistance and more! FLSA STATUS: United States of America (Exempt) (maybe not needed). EEO boilerplate to remove. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the "Application Materials" list? Actually instructions say: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we need to remove application instructions (the list of cover letter, teaching statement, video link, CV, etc). So we should not include that section. Also remove EEO statements. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep the job description summary, about music at WPI, position expectations, candidate qualifications, maybe benefits, pay, schedule (9-month faculty position). Also maybe location? The location is Worcester, but we might include in a short paragraph? The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we can include location etc in a short

maybe under a generic "About the role" section? But we need to decide sections. We have content for: - About the role: could include summary, about music at WPI, position expectations (maybe responsibilities). But we need separate sections for Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Let's extract: Responsibilities: leading WPI Concert Band and small ensembles; teaching courses; advising student projects/clubs; organizing rehearsals/concerts; advising/coaching smaller ensembles; working with student officers; organizing tours; maintaining equipment; teaching music courses/seminars; designing/revising curriculum; participating in HUA initiatives; advising student projects; working with Advancement/Alumni for giving/alumni activities. Also "Performance responsibilities: Concert Band, Small Ensembles; Teaching responsibilities: Four academic music classes, one per term; Student club advising responsibilities: Faculty advisor of the Wind Band Association". Additional responsibilities list. So we can put those under Responsibilities. Requirements: maybe "teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity." Also "ability to teach engaging, project-based courses; to mentor students of mixed experience levels in performance ensembles; and to contribute to creating a positive and inclusive culture for all students." Also maybe "Doctorate in Music" is qualification, not requirement. But we can treat as Qualifications. Qualifications: Doctorate in Music; Master's may be considered for Instructor level; Academic focus on instrumental music; Successful experience directing bands at the university level. Skills: maybe teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, cultural sensitivity. Could be under Skills. Benefits: "WPI’s benefits package includes a robust retirement match, wellness perks, tuition assistance and more!" Also "9-month faculty position, allowing for both external and internal opportunities (such as professional development, research, or additional teaching) during the summer months." Also "secure long-term contracts, with opportunities for promotion." Could be benefits. Pay: Salary: $78,000 - $80,000 per year. Schedule: "This is a 9-month faculty position". Also maybe mention term? So schedule: 9-month (academic year) position. We need to avoid placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include application instructions (cover letter, teaching statement, video, CV). So we drop that. We also need to remove duplicated lines. Ensure we don't repeat. Now produce HTML fragment with headings

for each section we include. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role? Could be a summary. But we have many sections; maybe we can combine summary into About the role. However we also have Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might combine some. But we need to follow the rule: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says we can use those headings. It doesn't say we must use all; we include only when posting has real specific content. We have content for Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also maybe Skills (teaching excellence etc). Requirements maybe overlapping with Skills. Could combine Requirements and Skills into one? But we have separate headings allowed. We could include Requirements (teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, cultural sensitivity) and Skills (maybe same). Better to combine into Requirements? But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's think. We have: - Responsibilities: detailed list. - Qualifications: Doctorate, Master's possible, instrumental focus, experience directing bands. - Skills: teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, cultural sensitivity. Also ability to teach project-based courses, mentor mixed experience, contribute to inclusive culture. - Benefits: retirement match, wellness perks, tuition assistance, 9-month summer opportunities, secure long-term contracts, promotion opportunities. - Pay: salary range. - Schedule: 9-month faculty position. We could also include About the role: summary of position (Director of Wind Band Activities, start Fall 2027, etc). That seems substantive. Thus we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly Skills could be merged into Responsibilities or Qualifications. But we have separate headings allowed; we could include Skills if we have content. Let's see if we have distinct skills not covered elsewhere: teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, cultural sensitivity. Those are not exactly responsibilities but rather required attributes. Could be under Requirements. But we don't have a separate Requirements heading content besides those. Could combine Skills and Requirements into one heading "Requirements". But the instruction says we can use those headings; we can choose to use Requirements for those attributes and maybe not include Skills. Or we could include both but risk thin sections. Better to include Requirements for those attributes and maybe not include Skills. Thus sections: - About the role (summary) - Responsibilities (duties) - Requirements (teaching excellence, organizational/leadership, mentorship, flexibility, cultural sensitivity, ability to teach project-based courses, mentor mixed experience, contribute to inclusive culture) - Qualifications (education, experience) - Benefits (retirement match, wellness perks, tuition assistance, summer opportunities, long-term contracts, promotion) - Pay (salary range) - Schedule (9-month position) Check for duplication: Ensure we don't repeat same info across sections. Now we need to format with

headings, then content: use

for prose,

• for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep specifics like numbers: Concert Band 70-100 students, rehearsals twice weekly, four major concerts per year, tours internationally, teaching load eight courses per year, four academic music classes one per term, etc. Also mention specific ensembles: Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, Flute Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble. Also mention Wind Band Association, student officers, Advancement Office, Alumni Relations Office. Also mention start date Fall 2027. Also mention that it's full-time, non-tenure-track Assistant Teaching Professor. Also mention that it's a 9-month faculty position. Also mention that WPI's benefits package includes robust retirement match, wellness perks, tuition assistance and more. Also mention salary $78,000 - $80,000 per year. Also mention that position is on teaching track, secure long-term contracts, opportunities for promotion. Also mention that the position allows external/internal opportunities during summer. Now we need to avoid boilerplate: remove EEO, FLSA STATUS, etc. Now produce HTML. Let's craft. First, maybe a short paragraph for location? Could be included in About the role. About the role: include summary: The music division at WPI seeks a Director of Wind Band Activities at the level of Assistant Teaching Professor (full time, non-tenure-track) to begin in Fall 2027. Applicants must be prepared to lead the WPI Concert Band and a variety of small music ensembles; teach courses in the core music curriculum as well as specialized courses in their area of interest; and serve as an advisor on student projects and clubs. The position requires teaching excellence, organizational and leadership skills, strong mentorship skills, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity. In their application materials, candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach engaging, project-based courses; to mentor students of mixed experience levels in performance ensembles; and to contribute to creating a positive and inclusive culture for all students. But we moved some of those to Requirements. However we can keep a brief overview. Better to keep About the role as a summary of the position: Director of Wind Band Activities, start Fall 2027, full-time non-tenure-track Assistant Teaching Professor, leading Concert Band, small ensembles, teaching, advising. Then Responsibilities: list specific duties. Requirements: list of skills/attributes. Qualifications: education/experience. Benefits: list. Pay: salary. Schedule: 9-month. Now ensure we don't repeat. Let's draft. About the role

  : "The music division at WPI seeks a Director of Wind Band Activities at the level of Assistant Teaching Professor (full time, non-tenure-track) to begin