Choir Teacher

About the role

The Choir Teacher at WHIN is responsible for fostering a love of making music in an ensemble setting, modeling high-quality musicianship and citizenship within the WHIN community, creating, submitting, and implementing objective-driven lesson plans, employing a variety of instructional strategies to meet the diverse needs of all learners, holding all students to high musical, academic, and behavioral standards, developing consistent and safe routines and procedures to ensure all students have access to safe, orderly, and fun rehearsals, administering regular music assessments and using data to drive instruction, maintaining inventory of instruments; performing small instrument repairs as necessary, keeping an organized and tidy classroom conducive to music-making, assisting with all aspects of bi-monthly concerts and weekly “informances,” fully participating in weekly music departmental meetings, full-faculty professional development, and committee work, collaborating with other music teachers and classroom teachers to foster a music-infused curriculum across the school, attending all WHIN concerts, community performances, and departmental programming, and participating in school-wide tasks and responsibilities as needed.

Responsibilities

• Fostering a love of making music in an ensemble setting
• Molding high-quality musicianship and citizenship within the WHIN community
• Creating, submitting, and implementing objective-driven lesson plans
• Employing a variety of instructional strategies to meet the diverse needs of all learners
• Holding all students to high musical, academic, and behavioral standards
• Developing consistent and safe routines and procedures to ensure all students have access to safe, orderly, and fun rehearsals
• Administering regular music assessments and using data to drive instruction
• Maintaining inventory of instruments; performing small instrument repairs as necessary
• Keeping an organized and tidy classroom conducive to music-making
• Assisting with all aspects of bi-monthly concerts and weekly “informances”
• Participating in weekly music departmental meetings, full-faculty professional development, and committee work
• Collaborating with other music teachers and classroom teachers to foster a music-infused curriculum across the school
• Attending all WHIN concerts, community performances, and departmental programming
• Participating in school-wide tasks and responsibilities as needed

Requirements

• A minimum education level of BA/BM in music education or music performance (MA/MM preferred)
• Experience teaching elementary music in an urban school setting
• The ability to accompany children on piano, guitar, and/or percussion
• Demonstrated success raising achievement levels of all students
• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve at a high level
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and exciting environment
• The ability to commit regular hours to WHIN for a full academic year
• A sense of humor

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency or experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred:
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Experience in El Sistema-based music instruction
• Active gigging musician
• Dalcroze, Suzuki, Orff Schulwerk, Kodály, Gordon’s Music Learning Theory, and/or Praxialism
• Responsive Classroom, Love and Logic Student Management, and/or Restorative Justice

Pay

Compensation and Benefits: WHIN offers a competitive salary, determined through an equity-focused approach that considers an individual’s skills, education, and relevant experience. Our teacher pay scale is available for viewing here.

Schedule

WHIN offers a competitive salary, determined through an equity-focused approach that considers an individual’s skills, education, and relevant experience. Our teacher pay scale is available for viewing here.