Teacher - Band Director

Job Description

Starting Date: Immediately

Position: Band Director

Reports to: Principal

Terms of Employment: Ten‑month work year, unless otherwise specified

Pay Grade: NC State Salary Schedule, Commensurate with experience, + Supplement

FLSA Status: Exempt

The Band Director is responsible for all areas of the band program, including but not limited to managing administrative tasks and planning the instrumental music curriculum; organizing and leading practice and performances, including after‑school, concert, marching band, and jazz rehearsals; organizing the parent organization and guiding its executive board; and coordinating performances and rehearsals with school leadership and the athletic director.

• Teach the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Common Core, and Essential Standards for assigned grade.
• Plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that contribute to their educational and social development.
• Obtain and maintain membership with NCBA and NCMEA and stay current with their policies and procedures.
• Conduct lessons or instructional activities at a brisk pace appropriate for students.
• Establish and maintain standards of pupil behavior required to provide an orderly and productive classroom environment.
• Instruct students in proper care and use of materials and equipment, store items, and control use to prevent loss or abuse.
• Prepare progress reports.
• Speak fluently and precisely, presenting lessons and instructional activities using concepts and language understandable to students.
• Communicate with parents and school counselors about student progress.
• Cooperate in school‑wide supervision of students during out‑of‑classroom activities, participate in faculty and/or district committees and sponsorship of student activities, and perform other duties as assigned.

• Solid understanding of research best practices.
• Understanding of the growth and development of students to whom the teacher is assigned.
• Knowledge of students’ growth, development, and learning.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form.
• Ability to speak effectively to exchange information.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Adaptability to performing under stress and in emergency situations.
• Ability to exercise considerable tact and courtesy in frequent public contact.

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

Must hold or be qualified to hold a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License.

Ability to sit or stand for extended periods, be sufficiently mobile, speak clearly, and hear and understand speech at normal levels.

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Performance will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board and local policy on evaluation of personnel.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this job. Consequently, it is not to be perceived as a position description or as identification of essential functions as required by ADA.

By submitting your application you are indicating that you have read the above position description, are aware of the essential duties, and can perform the essential functions of the job. You agree to perform each of the duties identified on this job description, and understand that failure to perform any of the duties may lead to reprimand up to and including dismissal by the Craven County Schools Board of Education.

In compliance with Federal Law, Craven County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities, and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability.