Orchestra Instructor (String Experience Required)

*Out of state applicants please provide ADE's verfication of provisional licensure eligibility*

Position Description

POSITION TITLE: Orchestra Instructor (String Experience Required)

FLSA: Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS: Must meet AR licensure requirements

REPORTS TO: Principal

LOCATION: District-Wide

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: A full contract for this position is 210 days, with benefits as specified in employee contract. Contract will be prorated based on actual start date. 

BEGINNING: July 6, 2026

DISTRICT VALUES

• We will always put student needs first.
• We believe relationships matter.
• We expect accountability.
• We operate with transparency.
• We prioritize student and staff safety.                             

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Work with all orchestra directors 6-12th grades in the feeder and high school programs to organize and carry out a vertically aligned, comprehensive music program.
• Oversee operations for all building Orchestra Activities.
• Direct the building Orchestra Program.
• Coordinate assigned activities with the school calendar.
• Supervise all assigned orchestra activities and performances.
• Establish performance requirements, enforce academic requirements, and verify each student’s eligibility to participate in the orchestra program.
• Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for individual student differences.
• Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment to develop both the individual musician as well as the entire ensemble.
• Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing.
• Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students.
• Plan, rehearse and direct musical experiences for the school and community.
• Seek, initiate and implement participation of the orchestra and orchestra members in out-of- school orchestra experiences appropriate to the curriculum and student interest.
• Cooperate with the school administration in providing music programs for school productions, graduation ceremonies, and, as appropriate, civic functions that enhance the students' performing experience.
• Oversee scheduling and other arrangements for the rehearsals and concerts in cooperation with the building principal.
• Carry out the performance responsibilities required of all classroom teachers.
• Frequent district and occasional statewide travel.
• Prolonged and irregular hours; outdoor and indoor work; exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather.
• Carries out duty as assigned, including after-school or before-school duties
• Participates in grade level collaboration, planning, as part of PLCs, as well as school committees
• Follows all TESS rubric “proficient” level expectations for their role
• Supervises students on recess, bus, during before and after school duty, on field trips, extracurricular events, and in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day
• Maintains prompt and regular attendance 
• Attends building events/activities at night, as requested by administration
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain positive professional working relationships with others
• Maintains emotional control under stress
• Abide by state statutes, school board policies, and regulations
• Performs other duties as assigned 

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS   

• Must have the ability to lift at least 40 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, occasional reaching above the head or  the shoulders, bending, squatting, and kneeling.

These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

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