Description POSITION SUMMARY: The goal of the Band Teacher is to supervise and coordinate the instrumental activities of students and to support each participant in achieving a higher level of personal skill and in gaining an enhanced appreciation for music using skills and techniques of artistic expression consistent with school guidelines. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Gospel Values: Teach goodness, discipline, and knowledge through gospel values, integrating the Catholic Lens and the Aquinas mission in all instruction. • Music Instruction: Teach knowledge and skills in instrumental music for classes and individual student lessons. • Student Recruitment: Communicate with the student body and actively encourages participation in band activities. • Performances: Plan, rehearse, and direct musical experiences for the school and community with a minimum of two evening performances per school year. • School Support: Provide musical support for Aquinas community activities, assemblies, and events. • Collaboration: Collaborate with colleagues for resources and feedback on instruction, assessment, academic achievement, and student performance. • Student Growth: Promote achievement for all students by utilizing formal and informal assessment tools and knowledge of human development to employ appropriate learning activities. • Classroom Management: Establish and maintains standards of student behavior to provide an orderly, productive, and safe music room environment. • Safety: Provide appropriate safety instruction and conducts regular safety checks on musical instruments, storage units, and equipment. • Communication: Make learning objectives clear to students and parents, and regularly communicates with parents outside of report cards and scheduled conferences. • Critical Thinking: Challenge students to think critically and build on prior knowledge and experience. • School Presence: Attend all faculty meetings, workshops, faculty/staff retreats, school masses, assemblies, and celebrations. • Administrative Duties: Maintain teacher web pages, post weekly updates of assignments and grades on the web portal, and produce interim, quarterly, and semester grades. • Professional Ethics: Understand and carries out moral and legal responsibilities as a teacher. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: • Professional Growth: Reflect critically upon teaching experiences, identify areas for further development linked to school philosophy, and remain receptive to suggestions for growth. • Curriculum Support: Maintain consistency in grading procedures. • Committee Work: May participate in various school-related committees as needed. • Schedule Flexibility: May be required to work additional days outside of the school year calendar. • Assigned Duties: Perform other duties assigned by the department chair, assistant principal, or principal. • May participate in various school related committees. • May be required to work additional days outside of the school year calendar. • Other duties assigned by the department chair, assistant principal, or principal. Requirements Knowledge and Experience: • Education: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education required. • Certification: Teaching Certification preferred. • Experience: Two years of prior teaching experience preferred. Skills and Abilities: • Relationship Building: Strong interpersonal skills to initiate and develop open, respectful, positive, and cooperative relationships with students. • Communication: Excellent leadership and communication skills. Must speak with appropriate volume, vocabulary, and expression in English to be readily understood and set a good example. • Collaboration: Collaborative skills to work with colleagues in developing curriculum, assessments, and lesson plans as necessary. • Engagement: Proven ability to motivate, hold the interest of students, develop rapport, and manage classroom behavior. • Technology: Basic technological skills required for grading portals and classroom communication tools. WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS • Environment: Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, and web portals. • Physical Demands: Majority of classroom time is spent sitting, standing, moving about the classroom, and handling musical instruments of varying sizes and weights. • Hours: Standard school schedule is 7:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Candidate must have the flexibility to work outside the standard school schedule for music lessons, rehearsals, and evening concerts.