DESCRIPTIOIN

The Instrumental Music Teacher is responsible for teaching various music classes for grades 7^th-12th. The Music Teacher teaches any level of music and is expected to work with a diversity of learners from beginning string students to advanced orchestra students. The Instrumental Teacher is collaborative and is interested in thinking outside the box about the nature of what an orchestra is. Other responsibilities include attending department and faculty meetings and helping to ensure the goals of the performing arts department.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts the Oakwood High School Orchestra, (an eclectic ensemble of varying strengths and abilities), while being supported by co-teachers in the woodwind, brass and percussion sections.
• Acts as an ensemble member and co-teacher for the Oakwood Middle School Orchestra.
• Conducts the orchestra at school assemblies and helps with special events, including Perspective Parent’s Day and Generations Day.
• Collaborates with other members of the department in preparing lessons for teaching and learning, in alignment with Oakwood’s mission and philosophy.
• Works closely with students to help them develop critical thinking and research skills.
• Evaluates student progress through a variety of assessment modes.
• Maintains student records, including online grades.
• Implements a wide array of classroom activities to address multiple learning styles.
• Communicates regularly with student-support team members: parents, teachers, student services, deans, and other administrators.
• Provides ongoing student feedback, both informal and formal, including written narrative evaluations.
• Meets with students and families, as needed.
• Treats students equitably, is sincerely interested in them as individuals, and responds to their needs.
• Actively engages in the life of the school.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent must be able to do the following:

• Stand for extended periods
• Sit for extended periods
• Bend and reach for filing and other job-related functions
• Climb up and down stairs
• Bend, stoop, and lift to move and retrieve materials
• Pull, push, and lift
• Reach both above and below shoulder height.  

Specific visual abilities include the following:

• Close vision
• Color vision
• Depth perception, and
• The ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to visually inspect work.
• Manual dexterity to operate computer and other office equipment required.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of Instrumental Music teaching experience required
• Violin, Violist, Cellist or Bassist preferred
• Maintains high quality standards and pays rigorous attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, possess curiosity and has an enthusiasm for learning
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and social justice both in and out of the classroom
• Positive attitude, flexible approach, and ability to develop close working relationships with students and colleagues

• Proficient computer skills with Google Drive and Microsoft Windows Office products

About Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

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