What are the responsibilities and job description for the Music Teacher position at Peabody School?
Peabody School seeks an experienced, creative, energetic, collaborative educator to serve as a music teacher beginning in August 2026.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Understands the academic, social, and emotional needs of gifted learners, and creates a learning environment that allows them the opportunity to activate their creativity and ingenuity
Designs and implements a music curriculum to ensure that all students become proficient in music, with particular emphasis on differentiation to meet the needs of all students
Instills a love and appreciation for music through a comprehensive and sequential music curriculum
Is enthusiastic, creative, and dynamic, and enjoys working with students of all ages
Seeks advanced materials and unusual opportunities for his/her students and implements a broad repertoire of teaching skills and techniques
Differentiates instruction by content, process, and product
Works with students with varied learning styles and levels of mastery
Facilitates, monitors, and assesses student learning appropriately and effectively
Creates and maintains a learning environment with high standards of student behavior, in which all students are actively engaged and are contributing members
Has extensive knowledge about both the use and production of music in an educational setting
Keeps informed on the latest practices, teaching methods, and programs related to music
Seek advanced materials and unusual opportunities for his/her students and implement a broad repertoire of teaching skills and techniques
Aids students in developing music literacy skills while introducing them to a variety of different instruments and genres of music
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in education or music education
- Experience teaching in elementary education in a public or private school
- Experience working with academically advanced children
- Experience or exposure to Orff and Kodály methodologies
- Is competent in teaching beginner woodwinds, brass, and string instruments
Other Skills
- Must have previous classroom experience in teaching music
- Experience designing and implementing music curriculum
- Strong instructional and classroom management skills