Interim Collegium Director, Choral Arts

Teaching Faculty Duties

• Teach one to two class periods (blocks) each semester.
  • Each class meets three times a workweek--Monday through Saturday--in a rotating block schedule.
  • Class blocks are 70 minutes each.
  • Student enrollments, composition, and design of class periods are department or academic area-specific.
• Collaborate with Admissions, Advancement, and other departments to plan and coordinate performances for multiple school events, including Family Weekend, Graduation, Admitted Student Days, etc.
• Cookinate with the Collegium accompanist and Woodward Chapel organist for campus performances.
• Grading student assignments and assessments in a timely manner, within approximately one week of submission, and providing extra help sessions in accordance with the school’s philosophy.
• Writing required class comments on individualized student performance three times during the academic year.
• Attend as many weekly faculty and department meetings as possible; student round table meetings as needed; and other meetings as may be required by the head of school, assistant head of school for faculty and academics, dean of faculty, department head, or other senior administrator.

Additional Responsibilities

• Instruction of three to four total courses in the Arts department.
• Two seasons, or equivalent involvement, in Taft’s afternoon program (co-curricular) activities (approximately 24 weeks per academic year with 5 days per week or equivalent as standard commitment).
• Evening duty– either dormitory duty or equivalent supervisory duty–that consists of a 4.5-hour shift between approximately 7:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. once a week.
• A 5-hour weekend duty shift between approximately 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. once a month.
• Periodic overnight duty for faculty residing in dormitory housing or an afternoon duty shift for faculty assigned to supervisory duty.
• Serving as an advisor to a group of students, attending weekly advisory community lunches, and writing individualized advisor letters at the end of each semester.
• Attending weekly seated dinners during fall and spring.
• Some summer work in preparation for the upcoming academic year program.
• Drive students as part of afternoon program (co-curricular) activities and as needed for student appointments, activities, and emergency medical attention.
  • This requires obtaining the A Endorsement on your CT Driver’s License.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to the tenets described in the school’s Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Portrait of the Graduate.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least three years of relevant professional experience is preferred.
• Technology skills inclusive of general proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, and Internet browser skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of students, employees, and other campus stakeholders to support and expand programmatic and institutional goals.
• Interest in joining a residential community that serves a globally inclusive student body.
• Authorized to work in the United States of America.