Music & Performing Arts Teacher/Liturgical Music Coordinator

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School is seeking a full-time, experienced Music and Performing Arts Teacher for our Lower School (grades JK3-6). This candidate will also be our Liturgical Music Coordinator and assist with our choir program and various grade-level theatrical performances. The candidate will have a conferred Bachelor of Arts or Fine Arts degree (master’s degree preferred) and have previous teaching experience, preferably within an elementary school.

The ideal candidate will also:

• be able to instruct a balanced music program,
• have experience in staging and choreographing small and large groups for various grade-level performances for the performing arts department, and
• have experience using Google Classroom.

All faculty and staff of Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School must commit to educating by the values articulated in the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States-Canada. Our Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School Sacred Heart Educators inspire our students everyday with learning and community opportunities. 

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill Sacred Heart Educators:  

1. Embody the attitudes of Christ’s heart: gratitude, generosity, compassion, and forgiveness. Educating is our vocation, and the ability to lead students to encounter Christ enables us to foster more loving relationships.
2. Believe in every student. We are invested in caring for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional well-being of each child. 
3. Are experts in their subjects. We exhibit professional excellence and innovation in teaching. Through passion for our craft, we instill a love of learning within each child. We maintain high standards of research-based training and are committed to extensive professional development.
4. Foster trusting relationships to create a safe environment where learning and empathy are possible. Our trusting relationships with students enable them to discover new abilities, cultivate strengths, learn from mistakes, and develop and exercise resilience in meeting challenges.
5. Immerse students in global perspectives, compassionate action, and courageous hope. By inspiring curiosity and encouraging critical consciousness within our students, our students can realize their full potential as agents of transformation.