Instructor - Music jobs in Washington

Job description:

Teach private and/or group classes to amateur musicians. Most classes are taught live on campus, and some are taught off campus. A very small percentage of classes are taught remotely, and only at the student’s request.

Atmosphere:

We provide weekly instruction to a diverse student body. Our students range in age from 3 to seniors, from total beginners to a handful of strong players. We are mindful of the specific strengths and preferences of each of our teachers, and we strive to match each one with their ideal students. However, the student-teacher pairing is ultimately a management decision.

Responsibilities:

1. All new instructors may set up their own availability schedule. There is no limit to the number of days selected. Each scheduled day must be a minimum of two hours. minimum of a two-hour window per teaching day. The HNMS scheduler tries to line up classes consecutively. If that cannot be done, instructors agree to accept the students’ preferred scheduling.

2. If a student needs to reschedule any lessons (excluding permanent schedule changes) the instructors is to make the changes on our scheduling software. Any permanent change requests by students or instructors must be approved and executed by management.

3. Arrive for the work shift on time and alert with a neat, professional appearance. Our dress code Monday through Thursday is ‘relaxed business casual’. Friday through Sunday is casual.

4. Teach repertoire with input from the students and final approvement from the teacher. Include level-appropriate essential elements of music in your overall curriculum. (i.e., music theory, ear-training exercises, harmony, scales, etc).

5. Log lesson notes (Home assignments) during the class. Lesson notes should include specific assignments (e.g. Page 14, #2, 3) and an affirming, positive note. (e.g. Good lesson! Or Good effort, stay with it!)

6. Communicate as needed, with the parents at their lesson time.

7. Reply to all communication from HNMS management expeditiously. Things happen fast, and we often rely on an answer from one party in order to get to the next step in completing the overall task.

8. Prepare your selected students and attend two school recitals per year. (Saturday afternoons in April and October) The recitals are sponsored by the school and there is no cost to the teachers.

Skill Requirements:

Piano:

1. Ability to teach the Faber Piano Series through at least level 3.

Voice:

1. The ability to teach repertoire from at least one language besides English.

2. Piano skills to conduct vocal warm-ups and play melodies for the students, as needed.

Guitar:

1. Ability to read and teach through Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 (By Schmid/Koch)

2. A chord library to include at minimum, major, minor and dom7 barre chords. A more extensive list will be required to teach non-beginners.

3. Ability to teach multiple styles. Special consideration will be given to candidates who teach classical and/or jazz.

ALL:

1. The ability to ‘model’ for the students. (I.e., Actually, play the song or excerpt so the student can observe)

2. Knowledge and ability teach music theory at a college freshman level.

3. Ability to read music at an intermediate level.

4. Exude enthusiasm, patience, and a positive demeanor.

Job Benefits:

Conditional travel stipend

Work with a highly respected music faculty

Work with a community of people who respect you as a professional

Spacious teaching studios

Student store employee discounts

Recital venue provided

Fully equipped teacher’s lounge

We have immediate openings for piano, voice, and guitar teachers. Most of our teachers who are able, and regardless of their primary instrument, are assigned to teach piano at some level. The ideal candidate for these positions is someone very local, and interested in building a good, sustainable teaching practice. We do not require any specific level of formal music education, nor teaching experience minimums. Our primary concern is our teachers’ ability to keep the students engaged, curious and excited about their music class. All new teachers obviously start with a small number of new students, teaching 30, 45 or 60-minute private classes. New teachers who perform well will quickly be assigned more and more students. Teachers are expected to take on at least 4 hours per week. An effective teacher’s earning potential is directly proportional to their availability. These part-time positions are ideal for supplementing an existing income. Serious applicants should send an updated resume with references.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: $22.92 - *$64.00

Junior Instructors are good musicians with less teaching experience and/or formal training than our instructors with music degrees. We train them to work with young beginning students. The pay starts in the Low 20’s/hr.

Regular instructors teaching a basic lesson – mid-upper $30’s.

Group classes - upper $40’s.

*Off-campus enrichment classes – awarded to our most reliable instructors - start at $50 - $55/Hr.

Self-procured students - $64

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $22.00 - $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work setting:

• In-person
• Private school

Application Question(s):

• It is critical that our teachers reply to communication (texts, emails, voicemails) expeditiously. It need not be a long reply, but at minimum a quick acknowledgment of receipt. Can you think of any circumstance(s) under which you could not reply to a communication within 2 hours? If so, please explain.

Work Location: In person