Teacher (Casual Certificated Music, Transitional Kinder through Fifth Grade)

Napa Valley Unified School District; Napa (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

The Napa Valley Unified School District is seeking a part-time Music teacher for Transitional Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. The teacher will use Education Through Music to expose students to song, movement, rhythm, and problem solving while building musical literacy.

This hourly, timesheet-based position runs one seven-hour day per week for 34 weeks. Candidates should hold a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music and be prepared to foster imagination, pitch awareness, beat, and form in

Qualifications

• Must hold a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music.
• Experience teaching TK–5 with Education Through Music philosophy.
• Ability to develop a 34-week, biweekly music schedule; 7 hours/week.

Responsibilities

• Teach Music to TK–5 General Education classes.
• Lead biweekly Music sessions per class.
• Incorporate pitch, rhythm, movement, and problem solving in lessons.

Skills

Music Education

Education

Single Subject Teaching Credential - Music

Job description

About the Employer

Join our collaborative, inclusive environment that allows you the opportunity to do meaningful, rewarding work. Become part of our family-oriented, welcoming community that strives to prepare each student for a successful future by delivering rigorous and relevant learning experiences that develop their literacy and career-ready skills, cultivate their interests, and build resilience, compassion and confidence. Candidates who receive an offer of employment will be hired contingent upon the satisfactory completion of the following: Fingerprinting/background checks, Verification of freedom from Tuberculosis, and Verification of I-9 Employment Eligibility.

Job Summary

This position is for the 2026-2027 school year

Requirements / Qualifications

Job Description: Teach Music to all Transitional Kindergarten through Fifth Grade General Education classes, plus three Mild/Moderate Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Special Education Classes. The teacher will use the philosophy of Education Through Music, during which children are exposed to song, movement games, social skill building and problem solving while engaging in the building blocks of what it takes to become musically literate. The teacher will focus on the building of imagination, while developing an awareness of pitch, beat, rhythmic acuity, and form. The teacher will develop a consistent alternating schedule so that each class participates biweekly in a Music class. This position is for one seven-hour day per week, for 34 weeks. This is an hourly, timesheet-based position.

• Letter of Introduction
• Resume

• Single Subject Teaching Credential - Music

Comments and Other Information

The Napa Valley Unified School District is deeply committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. The district does not permit discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), or bullying based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality/national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification/ethnicity, age, religion, marital status/pregnancy/parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, medical information, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This commitment also extends to affiliation with Scouting America and other designated youth groups, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation, both in employment and in any program or activity the district conducts or significantly assists. For questions or complaints, contact our District Equity Officer and District Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator for Employee Affairs: Dana Page, Assistant Superintendent Human Resources, 2425 Jefferson St., Napa CA 94558, 707-253-3571, [e-mail], [e-mail]; and/or District Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator for Student Affairs: District Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Rupi Bhatti, Director of Student Services, 2425 Jefferson St., Napa CA 94558, [e-mail], [e-mail], 707-253-3815.