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Music Teacher

Ascent Classical Academy Homeschool Enrichment
Posted: 03/25/2024
Salary/Range: $30,000-$34,000
Location
Centennial, CO
Description:

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