The Role
Manage a cohort of NYC PreK-12 music teachers through regular classroom observations, coaching, professional development planning, performance and curriculum support, teacher accountability, school partnership coordination, event scheduling, and ensuring music rooms meet ETM standards. Serve as Google Classroom author/manager.
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Description
Description
Education Through Music, Inc. (ETM) is a non-profit organization that partners with New York City Public Schools to place music teachers and programs back into the school's curricula. We are looking for a full-time Instructional Supervisor.
The Instructional Supervisor will manage a cohort of NYC music teachers in PreK-12 partner schools across NYC to ensure high-quality instruction, curricular programming, and employee professionalism that meets Education Through Music’s quality standards.
Responsibilities:
- Regular on-site visits to observe music teacher’s classroom environment and instruction
- Design an achievable professional development plan to strengthen music teachers’ skills, leverage the individual teacher’s current skill set, and capitalize on their strengths
- Provide actionable feedback to music teachers and document their progress
- Utilize ETM’s progressive disciplinary policies to manage employee accountability
- Assist, guide and train music teachers in developing musical activities, lesson plans, curriculum, and assessment strategies, producing performances based on ETM benchmarks and training materials
- Assist, guide, and train music teachers on classroom management and ensure its effective implementation
- Assist with the management of school partnerships, including relationships and communications with school leadership, and the planning and execution of school-wide events
- Assist in the scheduling, planning, communication and execution of students’ in-school and public performances that meet ETM’s quality standards
- Ensure all ETM music rooms and clean, organized, content-rich and fully equipped with ETM partner packages
- Contribute and implement ETM’s professional development knowledge base, sessions, resources, and overall teacher training
- Google Classroom Authors and Managers
Benefits include:
- Annual paid time off- Sick days, personal days, vacation, floating holidays and holidays
- Employer-subsidized health insurance (Oxford/UnitedHealthcare) and employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account (currently up to $5,000/yr.)
- Personal Wi-Fi and device use stipend
- 403B retirement plan
- Commuter Benefits (transit/parking)
- Available employee funded benefits include: Guardian dental and vision, Flexible Spending Account/Dependent Care Account (FSA/DCA), Guardian term life, Aflac, LegalShield
Pay Range:
$72,100- $85,000/year
Hiring is contingent upon the candidate receiving security clearance from the New York City Department of Education.
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Regular local travel is required to visit ETM partner school locations within the five boroughs of New York City
- Bachelor’s degree in music education
- 6 years of primary or secondary classroom teaching experience
- Expertise in a choir, string orchestra, or band (concert or modern)
- Vocal/instrumental performance capabilities
- Musical theory and notation literacy
- Understanding of music pedagogy, educational theory, and child development
- Knowledge of specific musical repertoire and genres
- Knowledge of curriculum design and pedagogic methodology
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to give feedback and manage an employee’s performance
- Google Suite Proficiency, including Google Classroom
- 1-2 years of Supervisory experience (not students)
*** ability to walk up several flights of stairs, and lift up to 15lbs of equipment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Seven years of primary or secondary classroom teaching experience (preferably in NYC schools)
- New York State Teaching Certification
- Educational leadership degree or experience
- Staff/project management experience
- K-12 teaching experience
- Music Technology proficiency (Music First, Flat i.o., Soundtrap, etc.)
- Familiarity with Danielson Framework for teaching
- Experience teaching in both general music and instrumental ensemble (band/orchestra/modern band)
- Advanced vocal or instrumental performance capabilities, particularly string instruments, piano, and vocal
- Choral/instrumental conducting
- Advanced practical understanding of music pedagogy, educational theory, and child development
- Additional certifications i.e., Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and/or other music teaching pedagogies
Skills Required
- Regular local travel to visit ETM partner school locations within the five boroughs of New York City
- Bachelor's degree in music education
- 6 years of primary or secondary classroom teaching experience
- Expertise in a choir, string orchestra, or band (concert or modern)
- Vocal/instrumental performance capabilities
- Musical theory and notation literacy
- Understanding of music pedagogy, educational theory, and child development
- Knowledge of specific musical repertoire and genres
- Knowledge of curriculum design and pedagogic methodology
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to give feedback and manage an employee's performance
- Google Suite proficiency, including Google Classroom
- 1-2 years of Supervisory experience (not students)
- Ability to walk up several flights of stairs, and lift up to 15lbs of equipment
- Master's Degree
- Seven years of primary or secondary classroom teaching experience (preferably in NYC schools)
- New York State Teaching Certification
- Educational leadership degree or experience
- Staff/project management experience
- K-12 teaching experience
- Music Technology proficiency (Music First, Flat i.o., Soundtrap, etc.)
- Familiarity with Danielson Framework for teaching
- Experience teaching in both general music and instrumental ensemble (band/orchestra/modern band)
- Advanced vocal or instrumental performance capabilities, particularly string instruments, piano, and vocal
- Choral/instrumental conducting
- Advanced practical understanding of music pedagogy, educational theory, and child development
- Additional certifications i.e., Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and/or other music teaching pedagogies
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 1991, Education Through Music (ETM) is the largest non-profit provider of direct and comprehensive music education as a core subject in New York City schools. ETM partners with under-resourced elementary and middle schools to integrate high-quality music instruction into the core curriculum, positively impacting the motivation, achievement, and self-confidence of underserved students while building a pipeline of qualified music teachers.
