Music teacher job description

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I. List of Music teacher duties:

1. Past experiences and actions reflect a commitment to the LHA mission, vision, core values
2. A passion and ability to build and sustain the LHA K-12 model in a high need, urban environment
3. Work in schools that demonstrates a sense of urgency and the relentless pursuit of high academic student achievement
4. Reflective, self-aware and adaptable to communication and work styles of others
5. Critical thinker and problem solver who takes initiative
6. Belief in the power of collaboration and works to build a collaborative culture with LHA network, community, staff, families and students
7. Use the state standards and curriculum to create a rigorous, objective-driven, arts-infused Spanish program.
8. Identify in each lesson what thinking skills will be explicitly taught and practiced; what physical, social, or content skills students will be able to do and how students will know if they can do it.
9. Differentiate for individual students based on their unique learning needs so all students are appropriately engaged and challenged.
10. Ensure students are engaged through activities and technology that accommodate various learning styles, personality styles, and the need for physical movement.
11. Collaborate with classroom teachers to create interdisciplinary units that teach grade level content knowledge and skills through music.

II. List of Music teacher qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree required, Masters Degree preferred
2. Minimum of two years teaching experience in an urban public school or charter school setting preferred
3. Required state teaching certification/licensure; Highly Qualified status under No Child Left Behind
4. Proven track record of raising student achievement scores in an urban environment
5. Strong desire to work within an innovative, urban educational program
6. Knowledge of or experience with Common Core State Standards or Understanding by Design preferred
7. Ability to use data to inform instruction and decision-making related to student achievement
8. Ability to turn best practices into high quality, goal-driven results
9. Highly effective writing, oral and interpersonal skills to communicate with a varied audience
10. Data managements tools, organizational tools, computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook)