This opening calls for specific teaching qualifications set by the school.
CalWest client school in the Oakland, CA, area seeks a K-8 Performing Arts Teacher for an August 2024 start date.
CalWest Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree and/or other educational requirements listed on the job description
- Requisite skills commensurate with the position
- A reasonable commuting distance to the CalWest client school, or a willingness to relocate
- Authorization to live and work in the United States
Client School Preferred Qualifications
- At least two years of exemplary classroom teaching experience and a valid teaching qualification
- Understanding of project-based learning
- A visible love and respect for children
- Experience in designing and teaching an integrated curriculum
- Experience in adapting curriculum to different learning styles
- A creative, compassionate, and courageous thinker and doer
- A team player with colleagues and parents
- A good listener and communicator
- A good sense of humor
- Comfortable with the use of technology
Responsibilities
- Teach music classes to Grades K-8 with middle school classes emphasizing Chorus and Band
- Yearly, direct and plan an LS Musical (grades 3-5) MS Musical and Whole School Concert
- Participate in Bi-Monthly Whole School Assemblies
- Filling the role of Middle School Advisor for 6-8 students
- Provide differentiated, varied classroom instruction using a multi-modal approach
- Provide clear performance objectives that will be widely understood by students, parents, and administrators alike
- Facilitate the social, emotional, and academic development of students within the classroom using Responsive Classroom procedures to manage the class and any student behavior issues
- Develop and implement student assessment methods that will consistently and continuously provide a basis for evaluating and reporting student progress
- Coordinate with Dean to deliver academic and social-emotional support for students
- Contribute to the community beyond the classroom
- Communicate with constituents in a timely and professional manner
Salary Range
$ 70,000 – $ 100,000
