Education
Music Teacher
Position Summary:
Are you passionate about classical education? Do you care about partnering with home-educated families? Do you want to help train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a classical, content-rich education?
The Ascent Classical Homeschool Enrichment Program is a tuition-free enrichment day offered to home-educated students. We provide homeschooled students with a classical academic enrichment program based in the liberal arts and sciences that supports and enriches their home education and cultivates a community of friendship and learning.
Read more about the distinctive of this program here: https://sites.google.com/dc.ascentcolorado.org/ascent-homeschool/home
Essential Functions:
- Promote the school’s mission and vision
- Engage students with a love of learning music
- Create an atmosphere of excellence paired with engagement and joyful learning
- Use a curriculum map outline to create weekly lessons
- Guide students in the ability to listen and appreciate great music
- Teach singing, instruments, and basic music theory
- Prepare students for a spring concert each year
- Teach five sections of music to students in Kindergarten through 8th grade
- Build an excellent school culture by holding students and staff to high academic and behavioral standards and modeling our school’s seven core virtues
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree
- A state teaching certification is not required
- Previous classroom experience working with elementary or middle school students preferred
- Enthusiasm and knowledge of the classical tradition and expertise in the field of Music
- Desire to partner with parents and their home-educated students
- Desire to work in a collaborative environment
- Professional and well-organized
- Exhibit intellectual curiosity
- Commitment to high moral character necessary to sustain ordered liberty and constitutional self-government
- Ability to develop positive and professional relationships with team members
- Ability to provide excellent customer service and always maintain confidentiality and professionalism
- Willingness to complete other related duties as assigned
- Eligibility to work in the United States
- After an offer is accepted, a satisfactory background check as required by state law and Colorado Department of Education
Part-Time, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8:00-3:30pm
To Apply: Please apply online here: https://dcascentcolorado.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1143698 For questions, please contact Kelly Haanen kelly.haanen@dc.ascentcolorado.org