K-8 Music & Band Teacher

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Friday, May 15, 2026 12:00 AM
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Job Description

Job Summary

Ashbrook Independent School is seeking an enthusiastic, caring, and creative Music Teacher to teach general music for Lower School (grades K-4) as well as Band for middle school (grades 5-8) at a beginning, intermediate, and advanced level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

An Ashbrook Educator will:

• Be passionate about working with students of this particular age group.
• Know the appropriate knowledge and skills regarding developmental characteristics and needs of the specific age group with whom they work.
• Create a safe and secure environment in which students grow in both autonomy and the ability to work and play together, including providing specific programs that establish a bias-free environment inclusive for all, which focuses on eliminating cliques and establishing a climate where bullying is unacceptable.
• Design and implement programs that actively engage students in making connections, solving problems, and thinking independently.
• Teach to a variety of learning styles and intelligences and assess learning in a variety of ways, including teaching to growing intellectual and social abilities of students as they mature and move up through the school.
• Employ a wide range of pedagogical techniques and assessment strategies to ensure all students are successfully challenged.
• Understand children’s patterns of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in order to support each child’s emerging identity, to respect and provide for each student’s voice, and to build a relationship with each student in which that student feels understood, nurtured, and challenged.
• Defend the dignity and worth of each member of the community and create an environment that fosters respect, understanding, and acceptance of differences.
• Work to create a relationship with parents that facilitates the exchange of information necessary to ensure the child’s progress including recognizing the implications of significant changes in children as they grow older. It is important that parents and teachers interact, especially in programs that address issues affecting student development.
• Help students learn to make responsible choices and understand the consequences of their actions.
• Create age-appropriate opportunities for children to develop a sense of belonging and to become increasingly responsible for the many communities in which they live as well as their role in an interconnected and global society.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The Music Teacher will:

• Plan flexible learning opportunities and curriculum to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for music appreciation.
• Teach general music classes for Kindergarten through grade 4 every day as well as grades 5 through 8 band classes on alternating days.
• Create and maintain a positive and caring classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth to motivate students to become lifelong learners;
  Supervise and ensure the safety and health of children in the classroom.
• Collaborate with staff throughout the school.
• Communicate proactively and positively with parents.
• Coordinate music performance activities for the whole school.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in teacher education.
• Professional teacher licensure in good standing and that is transferable to the State of Oregon.
• Knowledge of developmentally appropriate teaching strategies and curriculum designed to promote learning for elementary and middle school students in music.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to use current…