Job responsibilities include:

• On-site visits to mentor music teachers (average 3 days/week)
• Design an achievable professional development plan to strengthen music teachers’ skills, leverage the individual teacher’s current skillset and capitalizing on their strengths
• Provide actionable feedback to music teachers and document their progress
• Assist, guide and train music teachers in developing musical activities, lesson plans, curriculum, assessment strategies, producing performances based on ETM-LA benchmarks and training materials
• Assist with the management of school partnerships, including relationship and communications with school leadership
• Coordinate professional development workshops for academic teachers and parent engagement workshops
• Contribute to ETM-LA’s professional development knowledge base, resources and overall teacher training capabilities.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education with state certification (out of state considered)
• Two years primary or secondary classroom music teaching experience
• Expertise in choir, string orchestra and/or band
• Vocal/instrumental performance capabilities
• Musical theory and notation literacy
• Understanding of music pedagogy and curriculum
• Knowledge of specific musical repertoire and genres
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Computer literate, including MS Office Suite

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree
• 5 years primary or secondary classroom teaching experience (preferably inner-city)
• Staff/project management experience
• Advanced vocal or instrumental performance capabilities, particularly guitar, piano and vocal
• Choral/instrumental conducting
• State teacher certification
• Advanced practical understanding of music pedagogy, educational theory and child development
• Additional certification, i.e., Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze and/or other music teaching pedagogies

Interested candidates should submit a one-page cover letter (400 words maximum) and a one-page current resume, along with the following:

1. Philosophy of Music Education statement. 
2. Names and Contact Info of three professional references
3. Employment Application Form

Submit Application to: Program Director Ryan Rowles: applymusic@etmla.org or Fax: 818-433-7601

Please include in the Subject Line: ETM-LA Music Teacher Position