Choir Teacher

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.

We are looking for teachers who are

• looking to grow and prosper in a collaborative work environment
• excited about teaching in a school and neighborhood where diversity is central.

We support teachers by

• 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

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 project-based hands on learning cultivates curious creative and hardworking learners.

WHIN is currently seeking a high performing Choir Teacher who is ready to help grow a unique school community where compassion kindness and curiosity drive each and every day.

Specifically the Choir Teacher 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
• 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

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
• 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 fast-paced 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 Sistema-based music instruction
• Active gigging musician
• Dalcroze Suzuki Orff Schulwerk Kodály Gordons Music Learning Theory and/or Praxialism
• Responsive Classroom Love and Logic Student Management and/or Restorative Justice