2025-2026 Percussion Teaching Artist
2025-2026 Percussion Teaching Artist
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Why WHIN
WHIN Music Community Charter School is the first school of its kind! Built on the principles of El Sistema WHIN is a place where children learn grow and make music together. At WHIN we are building a nucleo a community where staff families and students work together to make a powerful shift in public education that puts learners needs first.
Our Mission:
To provide our diverse student population with rigorous academic instruction intensive music education and a positive learning environment so that every student can thrive academically and personally.
We believe
- that all children deserve a high quality education with access to academic rigor music creation and a holistic approach to developing character.
- that a collaboration with families ensures the greatest success for our learners.
- that restorative justice inquirybased hands on learning and authentic learning experiences provide the most effective environments for growth success and joy.
We are looking for educational leaders who are
- looking to grow and prosper in a collaborative work environment
- excited about working in a school and neighborhood where diversity is central.
- committed to supporting students be their best in pursuit of our mission
In action our mission looks like caring deeply about all aspects of our young learners potential. We make academics a priority while also ensuring students character and personal growth. With music at our core students experience working together to create something bigger than their individual skills every single day and this approach extends to our classrooms where projectbased handson learning cultivates curious creative and hardworking learners.
WHIN is currently seeking a Percussion Teaching Artist ready to help grow a unique school community where compassion kindness and curiosity drive each and every day.
Specifically the Percussion Teaching Artist at WHIN reports to the Director of Music and is primarily responsible for:
- Fostering a love of making music in an ensemble setting
- Modeling highquality musicianship and citizenship within the WHIN community
- Leading daily small group sectionals
- Creating submitting and implementing objectivedriven lesson plans
- Employing a variety of instructional strategies to meet the diverse needs of all learners
- Holding all students to high musical academic and behavioral standards
- Developing consistent and safe routines and procedures to ensure all students have access to safe orderly and fun rehearsals
- Administering regular music assessments and using data to drive instruction
- Maintaining inventory of instruments; performing small instrument repairs as necessary
- Keeping an organized and tidy classroom conducive to musicmaking
- Assisting with all aspects of bimonthly concerts and weekly informances
- Fully participating in music departmental meetings and fullfaculty professional development
- Collaborating with other music teachers and classroom teachers to foster a musicinfused curriculum across the school
- Attending all WHIN concerts community performances and departmental programming
- Participating in schoolwide tasks and responsibilities as needed
- Developing and maintaining strong and professional relationships with WHIN families
Qualifications for the Teaching Artist positions are:
- Minimum education level: BA/BM in music education or music performance (MA/MM preferred)
- Experience teaching elementary music in an urban school setting
- Advanced proficiency on Percussion (including experience with varying styles from jazz to classical to Latin percussion AfroCuban world drumming drumline drumset mallets etc. an understanding of childhood music pedagogy and a pleasant singing voice
- The ability to accompany children on piano guitar and/or percussion
- Demonstrated success raising achievement levels of all students
- An unwavering belief that all students can achieve at a high level
- The ability to thrive in a fastpaced dynamic and exciting environment
- The ability to commit regular hours to WHIN for a full academic year
- A sense of humor
Advanced proficiency or experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly preferred
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- Experience in El Sistemabased music instruction
- Active gigging musician
- Dalcroze Suzuki Orff Schulwerk Kodly Gordons Music Learning Theory and/or Praxialism
- Responsive Classroom Love and Logic Student Management and/or Restorative Justice
Compensation and Benefits: Compensation & Benefits
WHIN offers a competitive salary determined through an equityfocused approach that considers an individuals skills education and relevant experience. Our teacher pay scale is available for viewing here.
As a fulltime employee at WHIN you will be eligible for a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision and life insurance. Additionally we offer a 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match and paid family leave.
EEO Policy: WHIN Music Community Charter School is an equal rights and opportunity agency and does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin sex disability age religion ancestry marital status or any other legally protected classification in its activities educational programs or employment practices as required by Title VI IX and Section 504.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
