Position Purpose:

Direct Lower, Middle, and Upper School Choirs.  Foster choral experiences that connect course content to ensemble learning. Provide a spirit of inquiry, innovation, and a passion for choral singing. Serve as a stalwart Arts advocate while supporting the SCH, faculty, and students to ensure that we are living our mission and values through the following: 

Essential Functions:

• Exemplifies excellence in conducting and rehearsal techniques fostering choral tone and blend in ensembles.
• Demonstrates a commitment to cultural diversity throughout choral literature, particularly non-western and under-represented composers.
• Leads choral groups in regular and special performances for school programs, community activities, and festivals during and outside the academic day.
• Accompanies rehearsals and performances.
• Connects the study of music to other disciplines when possible.
• Uses effective classroom management techniques to create a warm and welcoming learning environment.
• Maintains student attendance records, grades, and written feedback on graded assignments.
• Offers students a variety of formats by which they can demonstrate skill mastery.
• Collaborates with the Arts department on curricular planning and opportunities to showcase students.
• Demonstrates, models, and designs learning experiences that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Advises approximately ten Middle School students and provides academic and emotional support to students.
• Communicates regularly with parents and guardians of advisees.
• Teaches advisory curriculum related to identity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Provides lunch/recess supervision.
• Keeps daily attendance and records of students’ progress.
• Attends professional development programs regularly.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of the Arts and/or Division Head.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of two years of experience teaching choral music. 
• Bachelor of Music Education preferred or Bachelor of Music with Conducting Concentration.  
• Personal vocal modeling skills and solid vocal pedagogy for training young singers.
• Strong accompaniment skills on the piano.
• Flexibility and creativity in crafting appropriate challenges for a range of abilities within each class.
• Ability to use technologies in the classroom.  
• Ability to develop and implement curriculum assessments and utilize teaching methodologies/best practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge, and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community members with a continuous focus on healthy relationship building.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of cultural competency skills and enthusiasm for issues of diversity, inclusivity, and multiculturalism.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Work in an environment dealing with a wide variety of deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
• Able to move around the classroom and other school environments.
• Be able to occasionally lift up to 30 lbs.

Application Procedure

Candidates must upload a cover letter, resume, statement of education philosophy, and information for three references through our online platform. Please follow this link to apply.

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

About Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Pre-K–12 program is informed by what today’s students need to thrive in college and beyond and is supported by nearly 300 combined years of academic leadership in boys’ and girls’ education. Through a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum grounded in project- and passion-based learning, SCH students build resilience and a sense of agency while gaining an unparalleled intellectual foundation for lifelong learning and growth. Students who attend SCH experience a robust, state-of-the-art academic program intently focused on preparing them for their future. The SCH experience is designed for those who are willing to be challenged, work hard, cultivate an independent mind, and exercise their creativity and curiosity will find the curriculum engaging and rewarding. At the same time, they will discover a nurturing and stimulating learning environment led by a dedicated, passionate, and highly educated faculty. At SCH, the community created by students and faculty is authentic and strong. It is a community in which each student’s unique gifts and capabilities are respected and valued and given just the right combi...nation of challenge and support to ensure that each student thrives. SCH’s educational model is distinguished by single-sex education for the lower grades (Pre-K through 8) followed by a coed Upper School. This unique structure expresses SCH’s belief in the benefits of single-sex academic instruction in the lower and middle grades and recognition of the value of coeducation in a student’s final preparation for college and beyond. Through this unique structure, SCH is able to offer age-appropriate learning environments for every stage of a child’s social and intellectual development. Faculty in the Lower and Middle Schools are experts in the different ways that boys and girls learn and have designed their curriculum to support these different learning styles. Beginning with the merging of gender cultures in Upper School, students are exposed to an ever-widening array of perspectives and opinions as part of their final preparation for becoming citizens of a global community.

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