MUSIC TEACHER

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BLACKROCK SCHOOL

STEP/SALARY: BA - 6TH YEAR / $50,825.00 - $*

Responsibilities

• Provides an atmosphere where students have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for artistic and intellectual growth.
• Establishes and (as necessary) adjusts instructional goals and objectives, to reflect district/school goals, curriculum policies, and the knowledge, skills, progress, and needs of one's students.
• Designs lessons that provide opportunity for problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills in relation to authentic, real-world problems.
• Establishes and maintains standards for behavior that foster student self-discipline and positive relationships among students.
• Commits to on-going professional development in content area and pedagogy.
• Plans learning activities to address individual differences among students.
• Develops, administers, and evaluates quality formative and summative assessments that reflect a balance of content knowledge and problem-solving skills.
• Monitors, and evaluates students' progress in relation to district/school curriculum and policies and other planned goals and objectives.
• Encourages, secures, and maintains the involvement of parents and other community members in support of instruction.
• Involves parents in the assessment of their children's progress and needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required certification:
  Music, Grades PK-12 (049); master's degree preferred
• Three years' successful teaching experience in an urban setting preferred
• Experience in the use of educational technology
• Excellent oral and written communication and human relations skills

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Bridgeport Board of Education is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, present or past mental disorder, mental retardation, or learning ability, in any of its education programs, activities, or employment practices.