2025-2026: Cello Teaching Artist
2025-2026: Cello Teaching Artist
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01-08-2025
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01-08-2025
Job Description
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 inquiry-based hands on learning and authentic learning experiences provide the most effective environments for growth success and joy.
- looking to grow and prosper in a collaborative work environment
- excited about teaching in a school and neighborhood where diversity is central.
- highly qualified and certified in Special Education English as a New Language Music Education and/or Early Childhood Education.
- coaching and professional growth to deepen instructional practices that is facilitated by our Director of Music Principal and Director of Special Programs
- creating Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to address challenges and drive inquiry where teachers act as thought partners for one another
WHIN is currently seeking a high performing Cello Teaching Artist who is ready to help grow a unique school community where compassion kindness and curiosity drive each and every day
Specifically a Cello Teaching Artist at WHIN is responsible for:
- Fostering a love of making music in an ensemble setting
- Modeling high-quality musicianship and citizenship within the WHIN community
- Leading daily small group sectionals
- Creating submitting and implementing objective-driven 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 music-making
- Assisting with all aspects of bi-monthly concerts and weekly informances
- Fully participating in weekly music departmental meetings full-faculty professional development and committee work
- Collaborating with other music teachers and classroom teachers to foster a music-infused curriculum across the school
- Attending all WHIN concerts community performances and departmental programming
- Participating in school-wide tasks and responsibilities as needed
- Developing and maintaining strong and professional relationships with WHIN families
- 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 cello understanding of childhood music pedagogy and a pleasant singing voice
- The ability to accompany children on pianoguitar 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 fast-paced dynamic and exciting environment
- The ability to commit regular hours to WHIN for a full academic year
- A sense of humor
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- Experience in El Sistema-based 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
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
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