String Teaching Artists

PLAY ON PHILLY•Philadelphia, PA

57d•$45•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking passionate, committed Cello and Violin Teaching Artists for the 2025-26 school year at our Music Center locations in West Philadelphia. These individuals will lead studios of 8-10 intermediate students or 6-8 beginner students. About POP Play On Philly (POP) is a non-profit organization that provides daily, after-school music instruction to over 300 K-12 students. We work in communities that historically have had little or no access to formal music education. POP offers a transformative music education experience that develops and inspires the behaviors and personal skills needed for a successful life. Job Description Teaching Artists (TA) work collaboratively and independently to ensure students are making steady progress on their instruments, music literacy skills, and repertoire and can manage their class to create a safe, welcoming, and rigorous environment in their classrooms and at their Music Centers, at-large. All POP TAs are responsible for encouraging students to adhere to the POP rules and guidelines for student citizenship. This role is supervised by music center's Program Coordinator and works in partnership with the Director of Education, Music Director, and other POP TAs. As POP team members, TAs actively participate in professional development and continued education to cultivate and hone their teaching skills. We are looking for lifelong learners, and collaboratively natured individuals who enjoy and have experience working with school-aged children (1st – 8th grades), are creative, and can problem-solve and multi-task. A Successful Candidate You are passionate about music education. You are calm under pressure. You have experience with teaching groups of five or more students at once. You are excited to serve a community through music.