Elementary Music Teacher - Southwest Campus

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This school-based position is 100% in person at Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest. All school-based staff are essential members of our campus community, working on-site each day alongside students, colleagues, and families to create a strong school community and support student growth and achievement. This position is not remote or hybrid.

Rocky Mountain Prep is a movement of educators, families, scholars, and advocates committed to changing public education in Colorado by democratizing college access for historically marginalized students and families. We operate twelve college-preparatory schools serving students from early childhood through twelfth grade, and we are fundamentally a world-class learning organization that invests deeply in every educator who joins us. Teachers engage in ongoing coaching and professional development, supported by clear expectations, transparent feedback, and opportunities to strengthen their craft and advance along individualized career pathways grounded in our PEAK values.

Rooted in a culture of rigor and love, RMP promises to coach, develop, and champion every team member so they can do their best work and grow as professionals, people, and leaders.

Each team member contributes to these goals through their role and collaboration across RMP.

At Rocky Mountain Prep, music is an essential part of a college-preparatory education. Our music classrooms are joyful, rigorous spaces where scholars develop musicianship, creative expression, and the habits of mind needed for long-term success - discipline, collaboration, perseverance, and confidence. Music teachers design standards-aligned curriculum and authentic performance opportunities that engage scholars in performing, creating, responding to, and connecting with music across diverse genres, cultures, and traditions.

Through purposeful rehearsal, feedback, reflection, and performance, scholars build technical skills while growing as confident musicians. Clear criteria for success, aligned to the Colorado Academic Standards, ensure rigor, transparency, and equitable access to high-quality music instruction. By celebrating diverse musical traditions and fostering a culture of practice, collaboration, and continuous growth, we empower every scholar to see themselves as a musician capable of creating, performing, and sharing meaningful musical experiences.

• Design and deliver rigorous, standards-aligned music curriculum with authentic performance opportunities.
• Establish clear criteria for success aligned to the Colorado Academic Standards using rubrics, exemplars, and performance assessments.
• Facilitate collaborative music-making through rehearsals, peer feedback, reflection, and analysis of diverse musical works.
• Create joyful, high-expectations classrooms where scholars build skills, take creative risks, and strive for excellence.
• Center diverse musicians, composers, genres, and traditions that reflect and expand scholars' perspectives.
• Differentiate instruction to provide equitable access, meaningful challenge, and measurable growth…