What are the responsibilities and job description for the K-2 Music Teacher position at Mark Day School?
Part-Time (30%) Position Beginning August 2026
Mark Day School seeks an experienced and collaborative music teacher. The successful applicant for this position will help advance the school’s mission with positive energy, creativity, dedication to a diverse community, respect and love for children, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to collaborate in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts teaching team and the wider school community.
Key Responsibilities Include
Mark Day School is an independent, all-gender, K-8 school located in the Bay Area in San Rafael, CA, with an enrollment of 380 students. Innovative, inclusive, and full of heart, Mark Day School unites an enriched, challenging academic program with a kind and inclusive community. The school nurtures a love of learning, engagement in the community, and development of compassion and an ethical framework. Students learn and practice the intellectual, social, and emotional skills they will apply to the unique challenges and opportunities of their time; graduates stand out not only for their intellectual curiosity and pursuit of ideas but also for their joy of learning and a deep sense of responsibility to be active, engaged citizens.
Mark Day School has established a consistent practice of thoughtful innovation in its curricular program, focusing on school-wide structural approaches to develop current century skills and concepts including four cross-disciplinary literacies: cross-cultural literacy, media and information literacy, eco-literacy, and social and emotional literacy. Highlights include the award-winning Media Literacy program; well-established local and global partnerships with Ritter Center Adopt-A-Family, Vivalon, eSibonisweni School and Kliptown Youth Program in South Africa, Beijing Experimental Primary School #2 in China, and RenAi School in Taiwan, among others; interactive whiteboard and soundfield technology in every classroom, with a one-to-one laptop program beginning in sixth grade; Mandarin and Spanish language beginning in kindergarten; an integrated Social and Emotional Learning program; a commitment to differentiation across the school; and more.
Mark Day School is a vibrant and diverse community, and all community members continue to work towards the furthering of an inclusive and supportive school. Mark Day School is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and inclusion. Mark Day School salary and benefits are very competitive by both NAIS and regional standards. The range of salary for this 30% position is approximately $22,500-$47,400, depending on experience. For more information about Mark Day School, please visit our website ( www.markdayschool.org ), where you may also find the 2022 Strategic Plan.
Interested candidates should visit our website and send a letter of interest and resume via email to lsresumes@markdayschool.org . We will begin getting in contact with strong candidates immediately upon receiving materials.
Mark Day School seeks an experienced and collaborative music teacher. The successful applicant for this position will help advance the school’s mission with positive energy, creativity, dedication to a diverse community, respect and love for children, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to collaborate in partnership with the Visual and Performing Arts teaching team and the wider school community.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Nurture the love of music at Mark Day School.
- Apply a wide range of highly effective approaches to teaching, balancing enduring and innovative best practices.
- Collaborate with grades 3-8 music teacher on the scope and sequence of the music program
- Model personal standards of excellence: warmth, clarity of expectations, consistency, and accountability.
- Demonstrate equitable and culturally responsive teaching practices.
- Engage in ongoing professional development.
- Form supportive and responsive relationships with students and families.
- Differentiate instruction to challenge every learner.
- Build a robust and positive classroom environment in which students advocate for themselves and others.
- Provide constructive, timely, specific feedback that fosters a growth mindset.
- Use available technology to enhance student learning, faculty collaboration, and responsive communication.
- Collaborate with the broader community to enhance the students’ experience, including specialists in technology, information literacy, drama, art, music, P.E., world language, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and counseling, global education, sustainability, service-learning, and diversity.
- Leading music at assemblies
- Helping plan and run student performances
- Back to School Night
- Parent information evenings
- Committee work
- Weekly faculty meetings
- Recess supervision
- Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution
- Relevant teaching experience
- Knowledge of and experience with subject area
- Proven cultural competence in a community committed to diversity, equity, and social justice
Mark Day School is an independent, all-gender, K-8 school located in the Bay Area in San Rafael, CA, with an enrollment of 380 students. Innovative, inclusive, and full of heart, Mark Day School unites an enriched, challenging academic program with a kind and inclusive community. The school nurtures a love of learning, engagement in the community, and development of compassion and an ethical framework. Students learn and practice the intellectual, social, and emotional skills they will apply to the unique challenges and opportunities of their time; graduates stand out not only for their intellectual curiosity and pursuit of ideas but also for their joy of learning and a deep sense of responsibility to be active, engaged citizens.
Mark Day School has established a consistent practice of thoughtful innovation in its curricular program, focusing on school-wide structural approaches to develop current century skills and concepts including four cross-disciplinary literacies: cross-cultural literacy, media and information literacy, eco-literacy, and social and emotional literacy. Highlights include the award-winning Media Literacy program; well-established local and global partnerships with Ritter Center Adopt-A-Family, Vivalon, eSibonisweni School and Kliptown Youth Program in South Africa, Beijing Experimental Primary School #2 in China, and RenAi School in Taiwan, among others; interactive whiteboard and soundfield technology in every classroom, with a one-to-one laptop program beginning in sixth grade; Mandarin and Spanish language beginning in kindergarten; an integrated Social and Emotional Learning program; a commitment to differentiation across the school; and more.
Mark Day School is a vibrant and diverse community, and all community members continue to work towards the furthering of an inclusive and supportive school. Mark Day School is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and inclusion. Mark Day School salary and benefits are very competitive by both NAIS and regional standards. The range of salary for this 30% position is approximately $22,500-$47,400, depending on experience. For more information about Mark Day School, please visit our website ( www.markdayschool.org ), where you may also find the 2022 Strategic Plan.
Interested candidates should visit our website and send a letter of interest and resume via email to lsresumes@markdayschool.org . We will begin getting in contact with strong candidates immediately upon receiving materials.
Salary : $22,500 - $47,400