Band Director - Rhetoric & Logic School

Job Details

Job Location:

Geneva School of Boerne - Boerne, TX 78015

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Band Director

Rhetoric and Logic School

Classification:
Exempt

Reports To:

Fine Arts Director

The purpose of this position is to instruct students in 6th through 12th grades in musical performing arts through band, and in foundational and advanced music theory using classical methods and a Biblical worldview in order to prepare students with excellence to celebrate God’s truth, knowledge and wisdom through music.

The Band Director provides instruction to two distinct student groups:
Logic School (6th through 8th grades) and Rhetoric School (9th through 12th grades) in band, coordinates pep bands for home football games and basketball playoffs, and teaches music theory to Rhetoric School students.

• Logic School:
  The teacher capitalizes on middle school students’ natural tendency to question and test what they are learning. Building upon the foundational knowledge acquired in Grammar School, the teacher is expected to lead students as they challenge the truth, goodness and beauty of God’s world through methods consistent with the second stage of the classical approach to learning known as the logic stage.
  
  The instruction is deliberately structured to encourage development of critical and abstract thinking skills.
• Rhetoric School:
  The teacher provides instruction in an educational environment where students defend a love for God’s created order as they explain the truth, goodness and beauty of His world through methods consistent with the third stage of the classical approach to learning known as the rhetoric stage. The focus here is on teaching students how to form clear, eloquent arguments, and to communicate and defend these ideas via a written and oral thesis at the end of the senior year.

Regardless of the age group taught, the Band Director will lead, instruct, disciple, and mentor students in a manner consistent with the School’s Statement of Faith and the Portrait of a Geneva Teacher. The teacher will purposefully partner with parents in the education and spiritual development of their children. The Band Director will partner collegially with other School employees and will actively pursue intellectual and professional development.

• The Band Director receives direction from the Fine Arts Director and must exercise judgment that is in keeping with the school’s philosophy of education, beliefs, and values, and with the approved curriculum.
• The Fine Arts Director or designee will offer instruction, advice, direction and mentoring. The work is reviewed regularly and consistently.
• The Band Director will guide the Assistant Band Director in their program and will exercise functional supervision over students and the classroom environment.

This is a full-time, academic year position. In general, the workday is 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., five days a week for ten months. As an exempt employee, the employee is expected to work beyond the workday to perform duties outlined in the job description and as assigned.

Preparations, practices, and performances such as playing at sporting events (i.e. home football games), Fine Arts competitions (i.e. TAPPS) will typically occur outside of this schedule and may require significant seasonal time commitments. Attendance at faculty meetings is also required.

• Study the Bible, God’s only written Word
• Skillfully articulate the personal/ethical implications of a lifelong faith commitment
• Measure knowledge against the standard of God’s revealed truth in Scripture
• Actively participate in the explicitly religious components of the student and community programs
• Demonstrate an overt commitment to the life of a church and its core traditions
• Respect the School’s Christian mission and values, and aid students in Christian formation by exemplifying Christian living, both in and out of the classroom
• Be a positive role model for students by supporting Geneva’s Beliefs including the School’s Statement of Faith and Statement on Identity, Sexuality and Gender and exemplifying…