
2024 – 2025 PRIVATE SCHOOL JOBS
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FIRST BAPTIST ACADEMY – HOUSTON
Lower School Music Teacher
First Baptist Academy, serving students infant through eighth grade, is seeking a PreK and Lower School music teacher. FBA teachers exemplify specific characteristics of professional excellence to support FBA’s vision, mission, core values, and strategic goals. This position reports to the PreK and Lower School Principal.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to equip students with the Truth of God’s Word while developing their character, intellect, and potential to Explore, Create, Challenge, and Lead.
Required Qualifications:
- Faithful Integrity – Model Biblical values, principles, and desired behaviors for student guidance while demonstrating a desire to work in a Christian environment.
- Moral and Ethical Standards – Uphold high moral and ethical standards within the classroom and greater school community.
- Servant Heart – Demonstrate humility, servant leadership, and a willingness to serve others in a Christ-like manner.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school with current teacher certification
- At least two years of full-time teaching experience in the area of teaching music
Key Responsibilities:
- Creative Empowerment – Create classroom learning environments that foster a secure and supportive atmosphere, encouraging students to embrace challenges, redefine failure, and advocate for themselves.
- Work diligently in curriculum planning, implementing instruction, and executing effective classroom management techniques for elementary-aged students.
- Comprehensive Personalization – Provide diverse learning opportunities tailored to the unique strengths, interests, and challenges of students.
- Develop lesson plans to teach choral music and music theory skills (including rhythm, melody, pitch, tempo, harmony, appreciation, and history) to PreK 3-4th grade students.
- Collective Collaboration – Engage in collective efforts with team members to attain shared goals for the benefit of the students. Ensure that all students make academic and social progress in accordance with FBA’s mission and core values.
- Collaborate with Fine Arts Coordinator and Lower School Principal in planning, rehearsing, and directing seasonal musical programs and other school assemblies, ensuring all include a spiritual emphasis and align with FBA’s mission.
- Communicate with parents during the school year through regular correspondence, electronic gradebooks, and maintaining class pages on FBA’s portal system.
- Supportive Guidance – Assist students in recognizing their talents and guiding them in utilizing these gifts to serve others and discover God’s desired path for their lives.
- Serve as the Lower School Chapel worship leader by selecting music and leading students in worship time.
- Continuous Professional Growth – Pursue professional development opportunities to incorporate optimal teaching methodologies in our classrooms.
- Select appropriate music, books, and instructional aides to enhance learning and requisitions musical instruments and instructional supplies as necessary.
Benefits:
- Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience
- Group medical insurance coverage for employee
- Dental and vision insurance available
- Life Insurance, AD&D and Long-term disability coverage for employee
- 403(b) matching
- Paid time off
- Tuition Discount
- Fitness Center Discount
Background Check Statement:
FBA conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.
First Baptist Academy is a Christian school dedicated to the development of moral character, the enrichment of spiritual lives, and the perpetuation of growth in Christian ideals in an environment that is academically rigorous-enriched with the truth of scripture and a relevant Biblical Worldview.
It is the policy of First Baptist Academy not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law except those exclusions specifically provided to Religious Organizations.
Click here to apply: https://www.fbahouston.org/who-we-are/careers
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ALL SAINT EPISCOPAL SCHOOL – FORT WORTH
Middle and Upper School Band and Music Performance Instructor
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REGENTS SCHOOL OF AUSTIN
Long-Term Substitute Band Director (Grades 5-12) (April – September)
POSITION SUMMARY
We are seeking a qualified and dedicated Long-Term Substitute Band Director to teach in our music department while our regular Band Director is on leave. The substitute will lead our band program for grades 5-12, following established lesson plans and upholding our Regent’s mission. This role includes overseeing spring concerts and competitions. The ideal candidate will support a respectful and Christ-centered classroom culture, fostering students’ growth both personally and spiritually.
PRINCIPLES FOR CONDUCTING WORK
The Substitute Band Director will serve as a Christian role model, embodying the highest standards of Christian virtue, judgment, dignity, and respect, both in and out of the classroom. The candidate should demonstrate a commitment to Christian living and serve as a positive example to students, parents, and fellow employees, fostering an environment that aligns with the mission of Regents.
Key Responsibilities:
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Instruction and Rehearsal: Deliver band instruction and facilitate rehearsals for all grade levels, executing lesson plans left by the Band Director and ensuring continuity of instruction.
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Event Preparation: Prepare students for end-of-year performances, Schlitterbahn competition and field trip, support summer band activities, and organize initial fall rehearsals.
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Spirit Band Coordination: Lead and coordinate the Spirit Band for the fall season, including music selection and practice to ensure performance readiness.
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Collaboration and Communication: Work collaboratively with Fine Arts administration, music department, and faculty.
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Parent and Community Engagement: Communicate effectively with parents regarding student progress, upcoming events, and participation requirements.
Experience and Skills:
Skills and Educational Requirements:
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Must be a Christian
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Bachelor’s Degree preferred; college students are welcome to apply
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Must be able to obtain CPR and First Aid Certifications
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Prior teaching or classroom experience preferred
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BISHOP LYNCH HIGH SCHOOL
Band Director
MISSION
Faithful to Catholic Tradition and to our Dominican heritage of scholarship and service, Bishop Lynch High School promotes the development of the total person by bringing together a diverse community in a rigorous college preparatory environment where students are taught to strive for excellence, seek truth, and work for justice in the world.
Summary
The Bishop Lynch High School Band Director will direct and manage the overall program of marching band and instrumental music for the school. The Band Director will supervise and coordinate the instrumental activities to support each participant in achieving a higher level of personal skill, in gaining an enhanced appreciation for music, and an increased level of self-esteem through rehearsals and performances. Reporting to the Director of Fine Arts, the Band Director will plan activities to achieve district, region, and state recognition.
A Band Director is responsible for the implementation of the goals of Catholic education as outlined in The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools (Archbishop Michael Miller):
- Inspired by a Supernatural Vision
- Founded on a Christian Anthropology
- Animated by Communion and Community
- Imbued with a Catholic Worldview
- Sustained by Gospel Witness
Qualified candidates will be driven and inspired by the mission of Catholic schools to form young men and women in a high school setting “who will be good citizens of the world, loving God and neighbor and enriching society with the leaven of the gospel, and who will also be good citizens of the world to come, thus fulfilling their destiny to become saints” (Miller, p. 20).
Responsibilities Include:
- Direct high school instrumental performers, such as marching band, orchestra, concert band, soloists, and ensembles.
- Establish performance requirements, enforce academic requirements, and verify each student’s eligibility to participate in band.
- Provide for band participation at extracurricular events, including but not limited to concerts, football games, pep rallies, graduation events, parades.
- Accompany and supervise students; arrange for transportation, lodging, and meals for out-of-town events.
- Oversee band booster club, and support band booster club activities.
- Obtain and use evaluative findings to determine program effectiveness and recommend policies to improve program.
- Complete all required reports, records, and documents in a timely manner.
- Manage and oversee band budgets and expenditures, based on documented program needs, as instructed by the Director of Fine Arts.
- Ensure that programs are cost-effective and funds are managed wisely.
- Maintain current inventory of all fixed assets within the department while overseeing the process of cleaning, repairing, and storing all band equipment.
- Develop and implement plans for instrumental music program and show written evidence of preparation as required.
- Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences.
- Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned.
- Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing.
- Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students.
- Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Establish and maintain open, consistent, and professional communication with parents, students, band staff, and the Director of Fine Arts.
- Maintain a professional relationship with colleagues, students, parents, and community members.
- Facilitate relationships between Bishop Lynch Fine Arts Programs and Future Friars as instructed by the Director of Fine Arts such as visiting partner schools within the Diocese of Dallas.
- Serve as a positive role model for students and support the school’s mission statement.
- Participate as an active member of the Bishop Lynch community.
- Provide instruction to students in the BL Band during the school year, including the summer band camp (3 weeks prior to the start of school).
- Attend all performances including football games, concerts, and competitions related to band.
- Assist with supplemental music instruction for students in the band, including small group instruction as needed.
- Opportunity to teach additional courses such as: AP Music Theory, Beginning Band, Jazz Band, and others.
- May be asked to assist with other courses when necessary.
- Actively support and embrace the house system by serving as a mentor or co-mentor.
- Perform other duties as directed by the Director of Fine Arts or the Assistant Principal for Academics.
Working Conditions:
- Frequent district and occasional statewide travel.
- Prolonged and irregular hours.
- Outdoor and indoor work; exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather.
Qualifications include:
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
- 12 college credit hours in Education.
- 3+ years teaching and band directing experience; knowledge of overall operation of instrumental music program.
- Desire to be held accountable for student academic growth and academic results.
- Knowledge of Pyware or other marching band software.
- Commitment to being a supportive, respectful, and energetic colleague.
- Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior while maintaining a professional manner.
- Must possess clear communication skills, strong work ethic, and excellent organizational skills.
Qualified candidates should email resume to resume@bishoplynch.org.