Summary: To teach Middle School Band at 3 feeder schools and assist the High School Band Director and Band.
Reports to: Reports regularly to the Head Band Director and provide him/her with oral reports and/or written summaries regarding the status of curriculum, instruction, assessments, and professional development.
Salary Schedule: Paid on Certified Teaching Pay Schedule based on degree and teaching experience.
Education And/or Experience
Valid teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement(s);
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills; and
Meets health and physical qualifications.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Demonstrate competency in instrumental music;
Direct and manage the instrumental music and band program at assigned campus;
Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth and provide an opportunity to participate in extracurricular band;
Enable students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society;
Direct instrumental performers, including marching band,, concert band, soloists, and ensembles;
Establish performance requirements, enforce academic requirements, and verify each student’s eligibility to participate in band;
Provide for band participation at extracurricular events, including concerts, football games, pep rallies, and parades;
Support band booster club activities;
Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences;
Work with other member of the staff to determine instructional goals, objectives, and methods according to district requirements;
Obtain and use evaluative findings (including student achievement data) to determine program effectiveness and ensure that program renewal is continuous and responds to student needs;
Student Growth and Development;
Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing;
Be a positive role model for students and support mission of the school district
Classroom Management and Organization;
Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students;
Manage student discipline in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and student handbook;
Accompany and supervise students on out-of-town trips activities and arrange transportation, lodging, and meals for out-of-town events;
Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities;
Establish and maintain a professional relationship and open communication with parents, students, colleagues, and community members
Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rules and regulations and board policy in the band area;
Assist with recruitment, selection, training, supervision.
The following functions are normal for the position. These functions are not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Physical Demands
This job may require lifting objects that exceed 25 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
Pushing and/or pulling
Climbing
Stooping and/or kneeling
Reaching
Talking
Hearing
Seeing
Temperament (Personal Traits)
Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity.
Adaptability to dealing with students, faculty, administration and CO staff.
Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
Capacity And Ability Requirements
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.
Work Conditions
Normal working environment
General Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries
Primary and Secondary Education
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