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Long Term Music Substitute Teacher
Reports to: Faculty Council (FC)

Part Time Position, covering a maternity leave from January - Till the end of the academic school year (exact date TBD/likely May)
Salary Proportionate to Experience

Job Summary
The Music Teacher will be someone who can lead students as they create, explore, listen, and grow as musicians. Waldorf teaching experience or experience working in other progressive independent school environments is preferred, but not required. Candidates should be committed to learning about integrating the Waldorf philosophy and musical ideals into their classroom.

The Music Teacher will be responsible for 12 periods per week. This would include two periods with Grades 1-4 and two periods combining Grades 5-6 and Grades 7-8. The candidate would have freedom to create their own curriculum, or follow the precedent set earlier in the year by the full time music teacher. This position is a long term substitute job for a teacher on maternity leave, so it will end with the 2021-2022 school year.

Job Description
-Engage students in a lively General Music curriculum for 1st-4th Grade and a diverse Choral and General Music Curriculum for 5th-8th Grade.
-Plan and deliver Waldorf-style music classes in an engaging and thoughtful manner.
-Use a variety of Waldorf and non-Waldorf resources to create a balanced, equitable, and diverse classroom environment and curriculum.
-Possess strong classroom management skills.
-Adapt and differentiate teaching styles to student needs and interest, in collaboration with our strong learning support team.
-Engage parents.
-Be available to parents for collaboration on student needs, including one parent teacher conference.
-Communicate effectively about student’s growth in end of year reports.
-Collaborate with fellow teachers.
-Work with colleagues to find points of overlap in other subjects, including finding ways to integrate classroom curriculum into the music classroom.
-Participate in the larger school community.
-Attend weekly faculty meetings and occasional special events (open houses, festivals, fairs, parent evenings).
-Participate in training and professional development days as needed.

Ideal Candidates Will
-Have a bachelor’s degree in music education and/or music and/or equivalent relevant experience, knowledge, or skills.
-Have classroom experience - preferably in a Waldorf or other progressive school setting.
-Be willing to engage in the Waldorf philosophy when creating lesson plans and choosing materials.
-Create lesson plans based on the Waldorf philosophy and choose appropriate materials and literature for students, keeping in mind the school’s commitment to diversity and equity.
-Become familiar with the Brooklyn Waldorf School Grades Curriculum and take opportunities to integrate and link program content to it.
-Feel comfortable leading choral ensembles in unison, two, and three part harmony.
-Feel comfortable teaching and engaging students with classroom percussion instruments, Orff instruments, and ukuleles.

Physical Requirements
-Stand and walk for extended periods of time and significant lengths.
-Sit for extended periods of time, both in chairs and on the floor.
-Use a computer for report-writing, email communication, and simple record keeping.
-Squat, stoop, and/or bend over.
-Escort children up and down staircases.

About the Brooklyn Waldorf School (BWS)
BWS is a thriving progressive school nestled in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, an historically African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. Our faculty hails from all over the world and includes both seasoned Waldorf teachers and those new to Waldorf education. Typically, teachers remain with and lead a class through multiple grades, forming deep relationships with the children. Teachers do not use a prepared curriculum, but develop their content through an active engagement with the curricular resources offered in Waldorf teacher trainings as well as in consultation with the school’s Pedagogical Administrator.

Our curriculum is based on the developmental insights of Waldorf education, but reflects our local urban environment and community values. Equity, cultural pluralism, and caring for the whole human being in the context of a big city inform all our programs. Waldorf education has a deep connection to the arts, so in addition to our main lesson curriculum, students also receive instruction from specialty teachers in Games and Movement, Chorus, Orchestra, Woodworking, Handwork, Mandarin and Castellano (Spanish).

BWS serves over 200 students from our early childhood programs through grade eight. We are known throughout the Waldorf community as well as the local independent school scene for our dual commitment to the spiritually enlivening Waldorf educational system and contemporary social justice movements. We are involved with our local community in a number of ways, including hosting “Undoing Racism” workshops and partnering with the Lenape nation in a land acknowledgment process. People of color and other historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Link to apply:
https://fs6.formsite.com/tbws/employapp/index.html