Music and Movement Teacher at The Fay School – Houston, Texas

Music and Movement Teacher Lead Teacher

Position Summary:

The Music and Movement Teacher position is a full-time, benefits-eligible position for the school year, typically ten months from August to June. This position reports to the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning. The Music and Movement Teacher cultivates an interactive learning atmosphere, encouraging children to thrive through play, music, and movement. The teacher fosters strong connections with students, inspiring them to enhance their skills, attitudes, and understanding aligned with curriculum objectives. Additionally, the teacher fosters positive partnerships with parents and colleagues at Fay.

Responsibilities include the following:

Competency Profile:

• Celebrates diversity and is proactively inclusive of all racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and gender groups.
• Embraces the four domains of Responsive Classroom: Engaging Academics, Positive Community, Effective Management, and Developmentally Responsive Teaching.
• Exhibits self-awareness and self-monitoring in identifying and solving student, curricular, and school problems. At the same time, the teacher understands the vision, the mission, the strategic plan, and all policies of the school and, when questions or concerns arise, raises them with appropriate colleagues and supervisors.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.
• Differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all learners.
• Fosters collaboration among teams to build curricula and ensure others are well informed of changes, initiatives, and progress.
• Embraces feedback and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Displays attitudes and actions that contribute to a healthy and collegial teacher culture.
• Supports and actively promotes the organization. Positively reflects the organization’s core values and addresses actions that don’t align with those values.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree
• Knowledge of Orff Methodology in Early Childhood Music Education
• Ability to work enthusiastically indoors and outdoors, regardless of weather conditions like rain, cold, or heat. Capable of navigating various surfaces, including grass, dirt, trails, decking, pavement, and concrete
• Capability to sustain standing and walking, navigate stairs, kneel, lift, and carry up to 20 lbs. Able to monitor children and the immediate environment visibly and audibly, and give audible instructions that are understandable by English speakers even in loud environments
• Commitment to ongoing learning, including participation in at least eight hours of summer professional development, such as conferences, books, or approved research topics by the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Teams