Chorus Teacher
Category:
Teaching
Job Function:
Teaching
Department:
Elkins Pointe Middle
Summary
Supervises and coordinates Choral activities; Supports each participant in achieving a higher level of personal skill, fosters an enhanced appreciation for music, and increases student musical capability through rehearsals and performances; Provides students with an opportunity to participate in extracurricular choral activities; Ensures compliance with all state and district regulations and requirements; Participation in approved choral performances in the community are also an expectation of this position.
Essential Duties
- Directs middle or high school chorus groups.
- Prepares lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences
- Plans and uses appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned
- Collaborates with Orchestra, Band, and Drama teachers to provide students with integrated experiences
- Conducts on-going assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing
- Creates an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students
- Provides for choral participation at extracurricular events, including concerts, pep rallies, parades, and GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation and Solo and Ensemble events
- Ensures compliance with federal and state laws and Fulton Board of Education board policy
- Works collaboratively with feeder school choral directors to recruit and retain students at the middle or high school
- Compiles budgets and cost estimates based on documented program needs
- Coordinates fundraising activities and manages funds
- Oversees process of cleaning, repairing, and storing all choral equipment
- Accompanies and supervises students on out-of-town trips
- Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
- Maintains emotional control under stress
- Communicates responsibly with students, parents, colleagues, and school leadership
- Accounts for student attendance and punctuality
- Follows professional ethics in all work-related activities
- Maintains professional relationships with colleagues, students, parents, and community members
- Prepares adequately for responsibilities to be assumed when absent
- Facilitates home-school communication by such means as holding conferences, telephoning, and sending written communications
- Avoids behaviors which detract from staff morale
- Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator
Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited university in Music Education
Certification/Licensure
Valid Georgia Teaching Certification in applicable field required, or must be eligible to hold a valid Georgia Teaching Certificate
Experience Qualifications
Minimum 3 years of successful teaching and band directing experience required; Experience at the high school level preferred
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Ability to collaborate with staff in an extremely active performing arts environment is essential
- Knowledge of overall operation of choral music program
- Classroom management skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
Working Conditions
- Classroom environment
- Outside as required by activities
- Requires travel and job responsibilities outside of the scheduled work hours
Physical Demands
- Frequent lifting 5-10 lbs.
- Occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, bending, walking, and standing
- Occasional stooping, kneeling, squatting, and reaching
- Occasional exposure to adverse weather conditions
Posting ID:
32846
Nearest Major Market: Atlanta