What Sets Public Prep Apart? 

Public Prep is a network of single-gender K-8 schools and co-ed PreK rooted in the belief that all scholars can and will achieve exemplary academic results. In addition to rigorous, joyful and engaging academics, Public Prep emphasizes social-emotional learning as critical to supporting the whole child. Strong learning partnerships between families and staff are key to living out our core value of community and building the collaborative structures needed to ensure that our scholars are loved and supported both at school and at home. Each school has a deeply committed leadership team and staff that strives to work collaboratively to build a warm, joyful, and rigorous culture. 

Public Prep is committed to investing in our adult learning culture. As a team member at Public Prep, you can anticipate a learning environment where the best interest of scholars, their growth, and success is at the center of everything we do. As such, we tailor adult development opportunities to ensure that high expectations, the embodiment of a growth mindset, displays of humility, and data-informed decision-making is evident in our work. Our professional development takes place within coaching cycles, ongoing observation and feedback, and targeted professional development opportunities within the network and from outside providers.

Public Prep offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and internal equity. The salary range for this position is $67,000-$89,898. We know that the quality of our benefits is important for our adults and their families, so we offer a comprehensive total rewards package that includes Oxford Medical, United Dental/Vision, life insurance, wellness benefits, a flexible spending account, paid time off/leave benefits, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, student loan repayment assistance, homeownership programs, and a 403(b) package with a 5% employer match. Our employees also qualify for both NYS Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Public Preparatory Network is an Equal Opportunity employer. Public Preparatory Network is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.

Primary Function & Position Overview:

The Music Teacher plays a critical role in ensuring our students can express themselves in a variety of forms, gain exposure to and knowledge about the arts, and develop strong character. Music will be seen as the focal point of arts in this school for its capacity to teach structure, collaboration, creative expression; to integrate with other disciplines; and to expose boys to musical traditions, instruments, and literacy. Music program will include percussion, choral work, and rudimentary notation, as well as work with Science and Math to study, for instance, sound and proportion. 

The Music Teacher will meet regularly with grade level teachers, school leaders, and other specials teachers in order to build on the existing arts curriculum, which is inclusive of New York State standards. The Music Teacher is responsible for creating robust and interdisciplinary units for students through this collaboration. The Music Teacher reports to the Academic Director. 

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

• An M.A., Ed.M. or Master’s degree in music and/or relevant content area

• New York State Certification strongly preferred

• A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated success as a full-time elementary school music teacher (though music training with elementary school teaching in another discipline will be considered)

• Fluency with keyboard, and experience with vocal/choral work preferred

• Demonstrated success working in a high-performing, urban school setting preferred

• Evidence of excellence in teaching through continuous learning and data analysis

• Exceptional organization and planning skills

• Superior communication skills

• An ability to work collaboratively

• A commitment to single-gender education

Duties and Responsibilities

• Clearly defined processes and structures for planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting that include designing curriculum and assessments that create a first-rate music program for students

• Strategies that maximize students’ self-confidence and expressiveness

• Self-evaluation as part of a new faculty team and design of appropriate measures of evaluation for students based on the development of individualized goals for performance that are specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-bound.

• Collaboration with all team members

• Maintaining records of students’ academic progress, behavior, and character development

• Communicating with families and building community with them through annual home visits and other school events

• Attending IEP meeting and ensuring appropriate accommodations are given to students during assessments as needed

• Completing duties as assigned by the Academic Director to support and strengthen the community such as breakfast, lunch, or dismissal duty.

• Supporting the school as directed by the Principal/ Academic Director.

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