What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle School Music Teacher position at The Wheeler School?
Middle School Music Teacher: Grades 6-8
Begins August 2026
The Wheeler School, a co-ed, N-12 independent day school with city and farm campuses serving approximately 800 students in the Greater Providence and Greater Boston areas, is seeking an Art Teacher to join our Middle School.
Ideal candidates for faculty and staff positions at Wheeler are people with a sense of humor, warmth, and humility. They are excellent communicators, with empathy for others and an ability to listen and respond with good intuition and with the help of colleagues. They are ambitious and hard-working, committed to supporting students by offering help and creating new opportunities. When developing curriculum and programming, our faculty and staff members are curious, striving each year to stretch and grow, to implement new ideas that improve the Wheeler experience. In the end, they love to spend their days with young people, and enjoy all that the Wheeler community - creative, energetic, dynamic, and diverse - has to offer.
Middle School Music Teacher
Wheeler seeks a middle school instructor who can work in both vocal and instrumental contexts. This position, as a member of the Performing Arts department, would assist with chorus and oversee a middle school instrumental program. As a member of the Wheeler faculty, this candidate will be expected to initiate and facilitate exceptional opportunities for students in and outside of the Wheeler campus.
Specifically, responsibilities would include:
● Teaching musical offerings grades 6-8 as assigned
● Possible support for the Middle School and Lower School musicals
● Collaboration as a member of Performing Arts department
● Arrange music as needed for performance groups
● Oversee beginning instrumental instruction
● Support of schoolwide arts and cultural events
Required and preferred experiences:
● BMus or BA (advanced degree preferred)
● Experience in pre-k through high school performing arts department
● Expertise and training in Orff or Kodaly
● Interest in designing and implementing curriculum
● Experience facilitating instrumental music programming
Interested candidates should email a resume and cover letter to Vanessa O’Driscoll, Head of Middle School, at vanessaodriscoll@wheelerschool.org and cc careers@wheelerschool.org by May 27th.
Statement on Diversity and Cultural Competency At Wheeler
We actively seek students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds in the belief that a broad range of experiences and viewpoints enhance learning, enriches life on campus, and better prepares us all for full participation in a pluralistic, democratic society. We seek to further the overall diversity and cultural competency within our community through hiring.
The Wheeler School is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or disability, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law.
About The Wheeler School:
Founded in 1889 by visionary artist and educator Mary C. Wheeler, The Wheeler School is an N-12 independent day school of approximately 800 students from throughout Greater Providence and Greater Boston. Wheeler’s mission, “to learn our powers and be answerable for their use,” is incorporated into our classrooms, athletic fields, art studios, and STEAM labs, as students are encouraged to think deeply and explore the world on and beyond our two campuses in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island and our 120-acre farm in Seekonk, Massachusetts. Across Wheeler’s campuses and grades, dedicated faculty and staff identify students’ learning path and passions, challenging and supporting them in pursuit of academic excellence, artistic expression, and personal growth. Our graduates are prepared for college and life as creative, ethical, and engaged global citizens. Wheeler is also home to The Hamilton School, where skilled faculty meet students’ learning differences with the individualized instruction that leads to success.