Music Educator – Part Time

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 2,755,000 - 4,822,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff shirt provided

Business casual dress code

Job summary

Living Classrooms seeks a part-time Music Educator to develop and teach programming across its site, focusing on musical development, self-expression, and positive life skills. You will teach group and individual sessions in vocals and songwriting, facilitate ensembles, and help plan projects and performances with the Director of Music programming.

Responsibilities include maintaining equipment, creating engaging lessons, collaborating on site performances and recordings, and interacting

Qualifications

• Mastery of at least 2 of the following: piano, guitar, bass, drums, singing, rapping, engineering.
• 2 years of experience working with a group of young adults and older adults in a structured setting.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Teach group and 1:1 sessions in vocals and songwriting.
• Assist and/or lead facilitate performance groups and ensembles.
• Maintenance of program equipment, instruments, materials and tools.

Skills

Piano

Guitar

Singing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Living Classrooms’ Ascend through Music Program is based at the UA House on Fayette, working with the surrounding Baltimore City community and youth. Through its various initiatives, AMP provides opportunities to learn skills in music technology, musical instruments, creating original music, recording and performance with the purpose of developing self-expression and positive character/life skills.

Under the direction of the Director of Music programming,Music Educators will develop and teach programming across Living Classroomssites that encompasses musical development, self-expression and positivecharacter skills. Programming involves working with children, youth and adults and integrating music technology, music instruments, performances, and creating original music and projects, as well as designing creative project and performance concepts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Approximately5-10hrs/wk, hours flexible within Monday-Friday 3-8pm or weekends 9am-2pm
• Teach group and1:1 sessions in vocals and songwriting
• Assist and/or leadfacilitate performance groups and ensembles
• Maintenance ofprogram equipment, instruments, materials and tools.
• Create and facilitate sequential and engaging lessons,activities and experiences that develop skills, knowledge, creativity andconfidence in music
• Plan and guide students in preparing final projects and/orperformances
• Incorporate effective classroom management to maintain astructured, positive learning space
• Collaborate and Assist Director and team with program-wideperformances, recordings, and projects
• Interact professionally and appropriately with students,parents, teachers, staff, community
• Participate in site staff meetings and on-going trainingopportunities
• Capture, create, and upload content on program’s onlineplatforms
• Comply with all LCF/AMP policies and procedures

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Mastery of at least 2 of the following: piano, guitar, bass,drums, singing, rapping, engineering
• Preferred: basicproficiency or willingness to learn other instruments or creative competencies
• 2 years of experience working with a group of young adults and older adults in a structured setting
• Skill in planning and preparingstudents for performances
• Understandingand knowledge of basic music theory, as it relates to making and creating music
• Preferred: comfort with reading and creating music ( improvisation, compositions, and/or song lyrics)
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a changingenvironment and address the varying needs of students
• Preferred: Connection to Baltimore City community and/or local musiccommunity
• Preferred: Bachelor'sDegree

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The dress code is business casual. Living Classrooms will provide each staff person with a staff shirt. Staff shirts should be worn with slacks/skirts or appropriate jeans (e.g. no holes, no writing, too revealing, etc.).