Teacher - Secondary - Music - Vocal

Chesterfield County Public Schools; United States; On-site; USD 57,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Equal Employment Opportunities

Job summary

Chesterfield County Public Schools seeks an elementary/secondary music teacher for the 2027-28 school year. You will plan, deliver, and assess music instruction aligned to standards and collaborate with staff and parents to support student growth.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and Virginia teaching license with a Music endorsement. The district offers comprehensive benefits and adheres to equal employment opportunities, with background checks as part of the process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in Music.
• Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals and assess student learning.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, schedule, and coordinate music activities within the school community.

Responsibilities

• Plans and delivers curriculum content.
• Teaches and assesses instruction.
• Maintains classroom order.
• Supervises students before/after school and during activities.
• Communicates with parents regularly.
• Ensures compliance with school policies and laws.

Skills

Music instruction

Classroom management

Communication

Lesson planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Virginia license Endorsement in Music

Job description

General Description:

This is for the 2027-28 school year. Plans, delivers and evaluates instruction based upon specific standards and objectives established by CCPS. Assists students in learning knowledge and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible citizens.

Job Description:

Essential Job Functions:

• Plans and delivers appropriate curriculum content to students.
• Plans, teaches and assesses.
• Assesses student learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.
• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities.
• Maintains order within the classroom setting in accordance with division guidelines regarding student behavior management.
• Supervises students in non-classroom time (before school, after school, student activities, fire drills).
• Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students.
• Communicates regularly with parents.
• Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines related to public schools.
• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.
• Performs other duties as established by School Board Policy.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Budgetary Responsibility: May vary according to level.

Report Preparation: NA

Equipment Operation: Operation of computer, LCD and copy machine. Handling of music equipment; may include risers, pianos, auxiliary classroom equipment.

Contacts: Teachers, regular classroom, and instructional assistants - daily Building Administrator and parents - regularly

Work Direction: NA Supervision: NA Decision Making: Performs majority of functions independently.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: NA

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment and/or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance and stoop or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: Work is performed in a public school. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of the concepts, principles and methodologies of instruction.
• Working knowledge of academic curriculum for assigned classes.
• Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals to design and deliver instruction and to assess students’ learning.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships and planning.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct students in the developmental and technical aspects of music to evaluate and assess music ability in students and to direct, schedule, and coordinate music activities in the school community.

Additional Job Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required. Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in Music. Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) InvestigationTuberculosis Screening/Test

Compensation $57,226.69 - $87,774.05 Hours Per Day 8 Days Per Year 200

Benefits:

• Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees.
• Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.

Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract.

As one of the largest and most innovative school divisions in the nation, Chesterfield County Public Schools is committed to creating a better tomorrow through authentic and captivating learning experiences. With work guided by the values of equity, integrity, teamwork and ingenuity, we believe that a better tomorrow is created one student at a time. Through our strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, our focus is to create an infinite learner mindset while encouraging students and staff to exemplify personal responsibility and supportive relationships. We think our schools are pretty amazing, but we aren’t the only ones. Our award-winning school division - which includes six National Blue Ribbon Schools, seven National Title I Distinguished Schools and six Middle Schools to Watch - is often cited as the reason people choose to live and work here. Educators from outside of our school division routinely visit our nationally-recognized schools to learn more about what we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it.

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply - we would like for you to consider joining us. You have a choice to make, and we would like for you to choose Chesterfield.