Music Teacher (woodwinds

SUMMARY

DESCRIPTION:

The mission of Brooks School is to provide the most meaningful educational experience to our students. At Brooks, we recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status and other protected status. We stride to be a place where a diverse group of faculty and staff want to learn, grow, and do their best work in an effort to support all aspects of a Brooks student’s life, both in and out of the classroom.

Our school thrives because of their hard work, initiative, dedication and compassion.

Brooks School is seeking a dynamic, passionate woodwind instructor to join its part‑time private lesson faculty. The candidate should be conversant with teaching jazz saxophone as well as orchestral woodwinds.

The Brooks School private music lesson program has been quickly growing in recent years. About 15% of the student body is currently enrolled in private lessons, which typically meet once a week for a 45‑minute slot during the academic day (roughly 8am–3:15pm). Private studios vary in size from two to about ten students, depending on the instrument. Students of any level of experience can sign up for private lessons.

Students work with their instructors to develop foundational technique on their instrument, gain fluency and confidence with reading music notation, and strengthen their aural skills and live performance chops. Instructors work with students to help them develop efficient, productive, and sustainable practice routines while supporting the work students are already doing in their various music ensemble classes at Brooks.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in an indoor environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Occasional lifting, bending and climbing stairs
• Frequent talking, listening, walking, sitting and standing
• Ability to perform multiple concurrent tasks and functions in a fast‑paced working environment

Brooks School believes that realizing a mission aimed at “providing the most meaningful educational experience its students will have in their lives” requires intentional work to build and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion for all members of our predominantly residential school. As such, we seek a diverse candidate pool that includes those who are traditionally underrepresented and less familiar with boarding school life.

Brooks School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, disability or religion in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, employment policies, financial aid and loan programs, athletic programs and other school administered programs and activities.

Private lesson faculty must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in music, music performance, music education, or related field
• At least three years of prior teaching experience on their instrument(s)
• Prior experience working with students of high school age
• Ability to work with students of all musical backgrounds and prior levels of experience
• An enthusiasm for teaching music that inspires students to stick with their instruments long‑term
• Availability during Brooks’s academic day hours (see above) on multiple days of the week
• Reliable and consistent vehicular transportation to and from campus (i.e., your own car)