Job Title: Visiting Music Teacher (Piano)
Reporting to: Director of Music
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Primary Job Purpose
Ensure the ongoing musical success of the school through:
- Delivering high-quality inclusive music education through individual lessons, projects and ensembles.
- To fulfil the role and its wide-ranging responsibilities successfully, a visiting music teacher needs to be an effective team player, able to work in close partnership with members of the curricular and music team.
- They are dedicated to offering high quality music education to all children and young people.
- Sound professional judgement, excellent musical and administrative skills are also essential.
Principal Responsibilities
1. Deliver one-to-one instrumental lessons.
2. Prepare, plan and deliver high quality lessons.
3. Have knowledge and understanding of how to use and adapt a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies, including how to personalise learning
to provide opportunities for all learners to achieve their potential.
4. Design learning sequences within lessons and across lessons that are effective and consistently well-matched to learning objectives and the needs of learners.
5. Develop resources and adapt practice to suit the needs and interests of all learners.
6. Involve students where appropriate in planning how they want to learn and make music.
7. Understand different music exams and the specifications and choose the most appropriate ones to suit your learners’ needs.
8. Recruit new students to maintain your teaching hours through trials and potential assembly showcases.
9. Ensure that all stakeholders are responded to promptly.
10. Ensure that all deadlines are met.
11. Ensure admin is up to date with attendance records, timetable and assessment grades of your pupils.
12. Work effectively as a team member and share resources and knowledge.
13. Give regular feedback to pupils and parents.
14. Promote, monitor and adhere to organisational “Safeguarding” policies and procedures.
15. You have a duty to take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions at work. You must co-operate with employers and co-workers to help everyone meet their legal requirements
16. Promote and safeguard the welfare of all pupils.
17. Any other duties commensurate with the post that may be assigned by the Director of Music.
18. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. You may also be required to undertake such other comparable duties as required from time to time.
ROLE SPECIFICATION
Criteria Skills and Abilities
- A degree in music or professional experience as a performer.
- The ability to model and demonstrate effectively both on your instrument(s) and by use of the voice.
- A confident user of IT. Excellent and accurate standard of written and verbal communication Experience
- An effective learner with a track record of on-going development
- At least 2 years’ experience teaching a portfolio of work including small group, whole class and individual tuition.
- Experience of managing learning in groups: how to ‘read the room’ and create learning that offers a level of challenge and independence appropriate to age, ability, capacity and context.
Experience of developing and adapting resources to respond to learners’ interest and needs.
Knowledge
- Ability to play and teach other instruments within your own family.
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Excellent pedagogical knowledge and skills to teach your first study instrument/ voice.
- Evidence of successful teaching practice is desirable.
- An excellent understanding of the promotion of good instrumental/ vocal health through good posture and/or instrument hold.
Knowledge of how to differentiate teaching to meet the interests, needs, and learning styles of a wide range of children and young people.
Personal attributes and other requirements
- Well organised and able to manage your own time.
- Able to work to deadlines.
- The ability to work collaboratively and creatively to find solutions
- Motivated to maintain a high level of productivity and to strive for continuous improvement
Safeguarding Children
The New Beacon is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening and training appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Visiting Music Teachers charge parents £52/hr.
Visiting Music Teachers pay the school £3/hr for room hire.