SYLower School Lead Music Teacher

SY 26-27:
Lower School Lead Music Teacher

With training in string or orchestra instruction

Mission

Bridge Boston Charter School is an inclusive and joyful community that combines a dynamic academic and social-emotional learning program with an innovative full-service model in order to meet the needs of the whole child and ensure our Scholars can achieve their greatest potential in high school and beyond.

Vision

In collaboration with our families and community partners, we shape curious, creative, and resilient 21st-century Scholars who are equipped to make a bold difference in our world.

Overview

Bridge Boston Charter School is a tuition-free, K1-8 public school serving 335 students in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the surrounding community– many of whom have experienced social, emotional, and developmental barriers to learning. Bridge Boston's robust social-emotional program is designed with an eye to supporting students who have experienced trauma in their homes and communities.

Core Values

Joy:
We try to bring a positive energy to everything we do and create opportunities to celebrate our individual and collective success.

Achievement:
We strive for excellence and hold each other and ourselves accountable to the highest of standards.

Generosity:
We look for opportunities to help one another and lift up other members of our community.

Unity:
We are one team and resolve our differences respectfully so we can move forward as a united front.

Acceptance:
We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming community where everyone feels known and valued.

Resilience:
We confront challenges and adversity head-on and never, ever give up.

Bridge Boston also has a Foundation Board that is a 501c non-profit for fundraising to support the school.

About The Music Program

The El Sistema-inspired music program is central to the community at Bridge Boston. As the school pursues high academic standards, it also maintains a commitment to allow students to experience the arts, beauty, and joy. The music program strives to expose children in such ways. Starting in first grade, every Bridge Boston student participates in our instrumental music program, not just those students perceived to have musical talent or interest.

Through daily ensemble-based rehearsals, students learn not only how to play, listen to, and appreciate music; they also learn how to persevere through challenges, to hold themselves to high standards, and to achieve in ways that they may not have expected.

The Position

The job of a Bridge Boston music teacher can be summed up as follows: relentless pursuit of student growth. At Bridge, we place an equal value on academic and social-emotional growth. Our students thrive academically when they have teachers who build caring and trusting relationships by taking the time to understand and holistically meet their learning needs.

Who Is A Successful Teacher At Bridge?

Here's what we've seen from our most successful teachers at Bridge:

• Curiosity about student learning
  - They are driven to use data, student work, and observations of learning to figure out how to give their student what they need to grow as scholars and as human beings.
• Love for the content
  - They love the puzzle of figuring out how to make academic content engaging and accessible to all students.
• Cultural sensitivity and humility
  - They know that strong relationships are the foundation of teaching and learning, and therefore recognize that there's constant work to be done to build trust with all their students, families, and colleagues.
• Continuous learning
  - They are reflective and inquisitive about what is and is not working for their students, and they're open to learning and trying new things through professional development and coaching.
• Professionalism & Collaboration
  - They understand that being a good teammate and role model is as important to our overall success as a school as being an effective instructor.
• Positivity
  - Even when faced with extraordinary challenges, they work hard to stay open minded, strengths based, solutions oriented, and proactive.

Responsibilities & Duties

Instructional Leadership in Grades 1-4

• Effectively develop and lead standards-based &…