Now Hiring: Trumpet Teacher for 24-25 School Year

Position Overview

Music for Minors seeks qualified and experienced individuals to deliver weekly trumpet group lessons to 5th grade students in the San Mateo Foster City School District. Educators will travel to up to 18 school sites per week to teach in-person music classes. Successful educators possess strong classroom management skills, experience teaching elementary school music, experience playing trumpet, and a love of working with children.

Position: Instrumental Music Teacher

Reports to: Instrumental Program Manager

Classification: Part Time

Work hours: Average of 17 hours/week during normal school hours

Scheduling: 4 days/week, Tuesday – Friday. Fixed schedule.

Work Location: Primarily in-person at school sites in San Mateo and Foster City. 2-4 online cohort meetings per month.

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: September 3, 2024
Classes End: Early June, 2025

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In The Classroom

Administer weekly 5th grade music classes at school sites (40 minute class durations)
Create weekly lessons using music books provided by MFM
Establish and maintain strong relationships with classroom teachers and school administration
Follow MFM policies and procedures
Promote a love 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 Instrumental Program Manager
Attend Fall Training in August

Qualifications

2+ years teaching experience preferred
Experience playing trumpet
Ability to commit to a full school year, September – June
Skilled in classroom management
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Available Tue – Fri during the school day
Energetic, flexible, patient, and enthusiastic
Love of working with 5th grade 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.

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.