| MUSIC TEACHER, ELEMENTARY GRADES: K, 1, and 2 Full-Time, Starts August 2021 Reports to Lower School Division Head Marin Country Day School seeks a gifted educator passionate about teaching music to our youngest elementary students (K-2) using a rich and rigorous curriculum. We seek an inspiring music educator with a demonstrated background and/or interest in cultural competency, curriculum development, technology integration, and environmental sustainability. Also, we seek an educator who believes in teaching with the interests of the whole child in mind. Our approach and philosophy center around collaboration, thoughtful innovation, team building and leveraging diverse and multiple perspectives. About Marin Country Day School MCDS is an independent, K-8, co-educational day school enrolling approximately 595 students from across the Bay area, drawing equally from San Francisco and Marin. Our mission at MCDS is to create an inclusive community of learning that inspires curiosity, empathy, and action. We actively seek diversity in our administration, faculty and student body. As a school, we affirm that human diversity includes, but is not limited to: age, family structure, gender, gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, physical ability, and learning style. As our Statement of Community and Inclusion indicates, “Ours is a Community that would be uncomfortable without diversity and, therefore, has been intentional about creating and nurturing a diverse group of adults and children who share the core values of respect, responsibility and compassion.” At MCDS, every employee is integral in creating a learning community in which all seek to improve as practitioners, learners and team members, and we support our outstanding faculty and professional staff through our strong professional development program. Role Specific Responsibilities - Teaches music classes to students in kindergarten, first, and second grades
- Directs plays and performances
- Directs the Third and Fourth Grade Chorus
- Co-Directs Lower School Assemblies in collaboration with 3-5 Music Teacher and Lower School Division Heads
- Develops warm and respectful relationships with students
- Creates a supportive and inclusive classroom environment that honors and nurtures each child’s identity
- Identifies and responds to individual students’ learning differences and creates enrichment opportunities
- Collaborates with Student Support Services to meet the needs of individual learners
- Works collaboratively with Classroom Teachers, Specialist Teachers Learning Specialists, Lower School Division Heads and Lower School Counselor
General Faculty Responsibilities - Participates in regular team and/or department meetings, weekly faculty meetings, and Student Study Team meetings (SST)
- Attends Back to School Nights
- Participates in student admission process
- Supervises students at recess, carpool, etc. and participates in assemblies and other special events
- Serves on committees as needed
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