Classical Guitar Teacher
About The Position
Opus 1 provides full-time administrative support for all scheduling, makeup lessons, enrollment, accounting, and recital/exam/contest registration. Teachers are not responsible for any logistical work outside of communications with students/parents and teaching responsibilities. We currently have 40+ teachers with full schedules. Lessons are taught on-site at our school - no home lessons. (Currently both online and in-person lessons). We are committed to offering competitive compensation based on your teaching experience and work performance, mentorship, and professional development (including full-time W2 with a base salary and healthcare benefits). We are also pursuing the possibility of a dual teacher/admin role. In this situation, qualified applicants interested in involvement with administrative operations in addition to teaching will be considered for both. Please indicate if this is an interest in your application.
Requirements
- Must have current legal status to work in the United States
- Bachelor's degree in music
- Live in the bay area with consistent and reliable transportation to arrive in Mountain View/Palo Alto on time for lessons
- Experience teaching and performing
- Exceptional communication skills with both students and parents
- Willingness to work with parents and students to design personalized lesson plans that cater to a student's independent goals and needs
- Ability to learn and adapt to new teaching environment and requirements
- Experience preparing students for performances and exams
- Knowledge of ABRSM Practical and Theory Exams or willingness to learn how to prepare students for these exams
- Ability to manage teaching schedule through our school app/website and adhere to strict attendance policies
- English proficiency
Nice To Haves
- MM/MA and/or DM/PhD degrees
- Interest in involvement with administrative operations
Responsibilities
- Teaching responsibilities
- Communications with students/parents
- Design personalized lesson plans that cater to a student's independent goals and needs
- Preparing students for performances and exams
- Manage teaching schedule through our school app/website and adhere to strict attendance policies
Benefits
- Full-time W2 with a base salary
- Healthcare benefits
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Medical health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Free music lessons with any available teacher and instrument
- 24-hour access to Opus 1 facilities
- Annual performance opportunity in the Opus 1 Faculty Recital
- Quarterly professional development events specific to music teaching
- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
- Mentorship
- Lesson feedback and observations
- Exam training
- Support with teaching challenges
- Internal social platform for post sharing, events, questions, and direct teacher-to-teacher chat
- Full access to all Google Workspace tools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
