Middle School Band/Music Teacher

Person County Schools • Roxboro, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

To plan, organize and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. This role involves managing instructional time, student behavior, and presenting lessons effectively. The teacher will also monitor student performance, provide feedback, facilitate instruction aligned with curricular goals, and interact positively within the educational environment. Additionally, the teacher will perform non-instructional duties and adhere to professional development plans.

Requirements

• Degree in education or a related area that qualifies for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs.
• Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Physical requirements are consistent with Light Work (due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking).
• Data Conception: Ability to compare and/or judge the characteristics of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions from superiors.
• Language Ability: Ability to read correspondence, reports, and forms; ability to prepare correspondence, reports, and instructional materials.
• Intelligence: Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret technical instructions; deal with abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, and follow instructions; communicate effectively in professional languages.
• Numerical Aptitude: Ability to utilize mathematical formulas, perform calculations, and apply principles of statistics.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to handle office equipment and hand tools; minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions; adaptable to performing under stress and in emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Ability to talk and hear; communicate via telephone.

Nice To Haves

• May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

Responsibilities

• Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready for lessons, get students started quickly, maintain high student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: Establish rules and procedures for routine matters, student participation, movement, and transitions; monitor behavior and address inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently.
• Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with review, introduce objectives, speak fluently and precisely, use understandable concepts and language, provide relevant examples, assign tasks with a high success rate, ask appropriate questions, maintain a brisk pace, make smooth transitions, clarify assignments, and summarize main points.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear work standards and due dates, circulate to check performance during class, use work products to check progress, and pose questions clearly.
• Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on in-class work to encourage growth, provide prompt feedback on out-of-class work, affirm correct responses, and provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses.
• Facilitating Instruction: Maintain an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide curricular goals, use diagnostic information to develop objectives, maintain accurate student performance records, align objectives, strategies, and assessments, and use resources to support the program.
• Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably, and interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
• Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties, adhere to laws and policies, and follow a plan for professional development.
• Perform other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level