French Horn Teaching Artist
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French Horn Teaching Artist

PLAY ON PHILLY

Location: Philadelphia,PA, USA

Date: 2024-12-21T09:12:39Z

Job Description:
We are seeking a French Horn Teaching Artist for our Music Center location at St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia. This Teaching Artist will lead studio classes of approximately 6-8 beginner students.About POP Play On Philly (POP) is a non-profit organization that provides daily, after-school music instruction to over 300 K-12 students. We work in communities that historically have had little or no access to formal music education. POP offers a transformative music education experience that develops and inspires the behaviors and personal skills needed for a successful life.Job Description Teaching Artists (TA) work collaboratively and independently to ensure students are making steady progress on their instruments, music literacy skills, and repertoire and can manage their class to create a safe, welcoming, and rigorous environment in their classrooms and at their Music Centers, at-large. All POP TAs are responsible for encouraging students to adhere to the POP rules and guidelines for student citizenship.This role is supervised by our Program Coordinators and works in partnership with the Director of Education, Music Director, and other POP TAs. As POP team members, TAs actively participate in professional development and continued education to cultivate and hone their teaching skills. We are looking for lifelong learners, and collaboratively natured individuals who enjoy and have experience working with school-aged children (1st - 8th grades), are creative, and can problem-solve and multi-task. A Successful Candidate
  • You are passionate about music education.
  • You are calm under pressure.
  • You have experience with teaching groups of five or more students at once.
  • You are excited to serve a community through music.
  • You are open to collaboration and feedback
Requirements
  • You specialize in french horn.
  • At least one year of formal music teaching experience with young people is preferred.
  • You can work occasional nights and weekends as required.
Compensation Hourly Teaching Rate: $45 Hourly Admin Rate: $20On-Site Work Commitment January 2, 2025 - May 23, 2025 Mondays through Thursdays, 2:45pm - 5:15pmDiversity, Equity and Inclusion POP is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace and is actively trying to attract a wide pool of candidates. Discrimination against race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability or genetic information is both illegal and against our organization's values. As part of our Commitment to Cultural Equity and Anti-Racism, POP is working to understand who is applying to our open positions. Your responses will help us to evaluate and improve our current practices. If you feel comfortable volunteering your demographic details strictly for informational purposes, you will be invited to respond to the optional section in the job application.Our Community POP is rooted in the community of Philadelphia. We welcome all applicants and invite our local community members to apply. We want to hear from you!In lieu of a cover letter, please be prepared to answer the following questions: [250 word maximum per response]
  • Why are you interested in POP?
  • What do you like about working with children or young adults?
  • Tell us about a teacher or role model who really influenced you.
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