Elementary Music Teacher; part-time

Job Description

Part‑time position (20 hours/week) serving Timber Ridge & Horizon elementary schools.

• Valid Iowa teaching license with K‑8 Music endorsement required
• Previous elementary teaching experience preferred

Personal Performance Criteria

• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and works cooperatively with students, parents, and staff
• Contributes to creating a positive work environment
• Demonstrates integrity and respects confidentiality
• Takes advantage of professional growth opportunities related to his/her specific job
• Demonstrates ability to grasp and adjust to new and changing situations
• Demonstrates initiative and ability to work without close supervision
• Demonstrates an understanding and acceptance of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, special needs, and religious groups
• Respects differing points of view
• Uses discretion in handling confidential information and situations
• Actively supports expectations of student behavior outside of the classroom during the school day
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and manages stress in a constructive manner

Professional Performance Criteria – Instructional Process

• Teaching to local curriculum standards
• Curriculum is presented from whole to part with an emphasis on what students should know and be able to do
• Communicates learning goals to students and parents
• Incorporates activities that require applications of learning on a regular basis
• Creates a classroom environment that promotes learning
• Establishes fair and appropriate classroom rules
• Corrects inappropriate behavior in an appropriate and timely manner
• Reinforces positive behaviors and is consistent in expectations concerning student behaviors
• Establishes and maintains rapport with students
• Demonstrates appropriate instructional preparation
• Uses knowledge of students to design educational experiences
• Has materials prepared prior to the beginning of class
• Lessons align with district standards and assessments
• Designs lessons appropriate to age level and student interest
• Lesson design is logical and provides for a clearly understood flow of learning
• Designs educational experiences that utilize district provided technologies
• Uses instructional time effectively
• Both group and individual instruction are used regularly with limited use of large group lecture
• Employs a variety of instructional techniques and strategies including multi‑sensory approaches, appropriate questioning and modeling, role‑playing, self‑teaching, and activity‑based learning
• Utilizes a variety of instructional resources outside of the textbook
• Classroom technology is an integrated part of the teaching and learning process
• Modifies lesson plans and instructional techniques as required by student learning needs
• Instructional techniques provide all students the opportunity to learn
• Instruction is free of cultural, religious, ethnic or gender bias
• Responds in a positive and constructive manner to student questions
• Provides students with opportunities for success
• Models and promotes honesty, respect for people and property, responsibility for personal and group actions, personal integrity, and the value of hard work
• Uses assessment strategies to design effective instruction and intervention within a multi‑tiered system of supports
• Assessments directly relate to core curricular concepts and are an integral part of teaching and learning
• Assessment of student progress includes both traditional and alternative assessment measures
• Assessment is interwoven with learning and occurs on an ongoing basis; assessment is not solely an end product

Professional Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a commitment to professional growth
• Keeps current with appropriate teaching content, instructional techniques and strategies (e.g., participation in professional organizations, workshops, conferences, including development of technology skills)
• Applies knowledge gained through professional growth to the classroom
• Contributes and participates positively in building and district professional growth opportunities
• Works collaboratively to select and implement building and district goals
• Remains informed on building and district policies and works…