Now Hiring: General Music Teachers for 24-25 School Year

Position Overview

Music for Minors seeks qualified and experienced individuals to deliver weekly music lessons to TK – 6^th grade students in the California Bay Area. Educators will travel to multiple school sites per week to teach in-person music classes using MFM-provided curriculum and instrument kits. Successful educators possess strong classroom management skills, experience with a variety of student age and ability levels, a musical background, and a love of working with children.

Position: General Music Teacher

Reports to: General Program Manager

Classification: Part Time

Work Hours: Up to 25 hours/week during normal school hours. Hours based on educator availability and school openings.

Scheduling: 2-5 days/week. Scheduling flexible.

Work Location: Primarily in-person at school sites. 2-4 online cohort meetings with Program Manager per month. Sites across the California Bay Area, including:

North Peninsula (South San Francisco, Daly City)
Peninsula (San Mateo, San Carlos, Redwood City)
South Bay (San Jose)

Compensation

$42/hour starting rate
Paid training and professional development
Paid weekly planning time
Paid cohort meetings
Paid sick time
Eligible for 401(k) plan after 12 months of employment

Dates

This position is for the 24-25 school year.

Employment Start: August 26, 2024
Fall Training: August 26 – 29, 2024
Classes Start: Week of September 9, 2024
Classes End: April – June, 2025. Dependent on assigned schedule and school program length.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In The Classroom

Administer weekly music classes at school sites (30-45 minute class durations)
Use MFM-provided curriculum and instrument kits for at least 85% of each lesson (scope and sequence available here)
Establish and maintain strong relationships with classroom teachers and school administration
Follow MFM policies and procedures
Promote a love a of music in all students

Other Responsibilities

Use paid planning time to prepare lessons each week
Participate in paid online cohort meetings
Check MFM-provided email regularly
Track number of lessons taught at each school site
Communicate all absences and schedule changes with Program Manager
Attend Fall Training in August

Qualifications

2+ years teaching experience preferred
Experience as a vocalist or instrumentalist
Ability to commit to a full school year, September – June
Comfortable singing songs with a class
Skilled in classroom management
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Energetic, flexible, patient, and enthusiastic
Love of working with elementary school children
Background check & TB clearance
Proof of Covid vaccination
Passion for Music for Minors mission

Physical Demands

Ability to lead energetic locomotor and non-locomotor motions with students
Ability to transport 10-25lbs of curriculum resources between classrooms on school site using MFM-provided cart or other method

Work Environment

Work primarily performed at school sites with a wide variety of sounds, noises, and temperature environments

Travel Requirements

Travel required to school sites on assigned teaching days. Periodic travel to MFM office.
Average travel is within 20 miles of educator home location. Further travel only assigned based upon mutual agreement.

About Music for Minors

Music for Minors is a nonprofit with close to 50 years of expertise in elementary school music education. Our mission is to nurture in children a lifelong love of music. Operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, our services provide over 20,000 students in transitional kindergarten through sixth grade with a program of diverse, high-quality musical experiences that is:

Engaging and participatory
Based on state music education standards
A foundation for further choral and instrumental music education
Cost-effective (regardless of district/school resources)

The MFM curriculum is sequential, standards-based and culturally diverse and includes visual aids, props, and instruments. Lesson elements offer singing, listening, reading, theory, movement, dancing, and playing rhythm instruments and recorders.

To address the continual disparity in access to necessary programs in marginalized communities, MFM commits to an organizational priority of at least 50% of our reach in targeted regions of need. In addition, by nature of our program delivery, MFM provides training, professional development, and jobs to a growing number of teaching artists around the Bay Area, contributing to the overall creative economy.

With three-fold service growth in the past decade, MFM boasts the reassurance that quality and affordable solutions for music education can be met.