Piano Instructor Needed!

https://www.angelafloydschools.com/about/employment/

Angela Floyd School for Dance and Music is expanding!

In 1997, Angela Floyd, did something crazy and started up her own dance school in the Knoxville area with no money and a borrowed credit card. In 2008, Angela added a second location and a full music program at each. 26 years, 2 locations, over 40 employees, and over 760 students later, she is spreading the love and excitement of her company! With plans for more, Angela Floyd Schools is primed to grow and is looking to hire exceptional new instructors to teach the students on Friday and Saturday at both locations.

NOW HIRING VOICE INSTRUCTORS AND ALL INSTRUMENTS TO TEACH IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

West Knoxville-Farragut

North Knoxville - Powell

REQUIREMENTS

Preferably pursuing or have obtained a university degree related to voice/instrument or at least has received substantial training in voice/instrument.

Experience teaching private music lessons to children and adults or a professional performing background.

Comfortable teaching a variety of styles and genres

Planning to remain in the area and commit to this position for at least a few years

Organized, reliable, punctual

Open to learning and growing with our community of amazing instructors!

WHY MUSIC TEACHERS CHOOSE TO TEACH AT Angela Floyd Schools:

A CONSTANT FLOW OF NEW STUDENTS TO KEEP SCHEDULES AS FULL AS POSSIBLE

Over the course of the year, students can move or quit. This can leave a teacher with gaps or holes in their schedule. At our schools, we spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing year-round to keep our teachers' schedules as full as possible. We are continually registering new students for our private music lessons even during typically slower registration months like June and July.

UNLIKE internet referral services, it is in our best interest to keep your schedule full! With the other companies, they want as many teachers as possible in as many places as possible. They don't care if you only have 2 students. We have to pay for studios and it takes time and money to hire instructors. Therefore we want you to have a full schedule and succeed as a music teacher! It is far easier to support one teacher with a full schedule than it is to support 15 teachers with a couple students each. Our instructors across the board maintain schedules each day that are 80-95% full.

EXTRAS ARE TAKEN CARE OF – YOUR ONLY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TEACH

Our organized and friendly administrative and management staff handle all of the details. From scheduling to collecting fees to organizing recitals. These details are handled by our administrators, not the teacher. This means the teacher is free to focus on teaching and not get bogged down by administration or handling awkward situations in regard to tuition collection or scheduling. Driving all over town for a couple lessons, trying to remember who is months behind on tuition, and trying to protect your time against student cancellations with no pay are all problems of the past.

PAID TRAINING, ONGOING COACHING, & BONUSES PROVIDED

Angela Floyd Schools is one of those rare places that actually has a vision statement which they live by and make decisions by every day. Our vision is all about growth, and we believe in fostering an environment of growth for everyone, teachers included. Whether you have only taught a handful of students or have been teaching for 50 years, we believe that you can grow and refine your skills at our school without being put into a box or forced to follow any certain curriculum. We have an abundance of resources and work together as a team (we actually have teacher teams) to uphold and continually raise AFS’s reputation of excellence to what it is. While we welcome all beginning students to our school, we don’t want to simply be a revolving door for them, but rather to create an environment of long-term growth where they take lessons and progress for years and years and years. We are revolutionizing the music school industry with our inspiring teacher training and incentive programs, and are always seeking teachers who are open-minded to growth and improvement.

OUR TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYEES

Most music schools or stores hire their teachers as independent contractors to come and go. At Angela Floyd Schools, our teachers are part of our family, and so even if they only teach one day with us, they are classified as an employee, which provides many benefits in the case of seeking a car loan, home mortgage, or other applications which look more favorably upon a consistent employee job as opposed to a contractor position. Employee jobs are sometimes hard to come by for professional musicians, so we are proud to offer this benefit! Our teachers are conveniently paid via direct deposit every two weeks.

YOUR TIME IS RESPECTED AND YOU ARE PAID WHEN STUDENTS CANCEL LATE

Our teachers are paid when students do not show for class. Even when they provide notice, you simply go into your classroom and prepare a makeup lesson by video via zoom and the office staff will email it to the parent. Our teachers are very comfortable knowing how much income they will make in any given month. If you are not able to make a lesson due to illness, etc. A sub will be provided for your student if possible. If no sub is available, you will have the option to do a makeup lesson with your student at a time that meets your availability or we will give the student a credit.

USE THE MATERIALS YOU LIKE BEST

There is no mandated school-wide curriculum or set of method books that are required, except for our preschool Music FunTime program. Unlike many other music schools or stores, we are not looking to sell any merchandise or books. We trust our teachers at AFS to be experts in their fields, and encourage them to use the materials they think are best for each individual student.

WE ORDER YOUR STUDENTS’ BOOKS FOR YOU

We take care of all book ordering and can order whatever you like for your students! So when your student needs a new book or sheet music, just let the office staff know what you need, and we’ll take care of it for you and get it into your hands within a week!

STUDENT RECITALS

All recitals are completely organized and run by AFS staff and are offered in May. We have a beautiful concert venue in Knoxville and our administrative team takes care of all logistics from helping students sign up to the physical set-up/breakdown.

COMFORTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

We provide our teachers with a beautiful, comfortable, spacious teaching space. All of our locations are incredibly clean, new, and well-maintained with ample waiting room for all students, as well as large, comfortable teaching rooms. Plus, we have coffee, WIFI, and the office staff is available to make copies for you when needed.

ALWAYS KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE WITH OUR ONLINE SCHEDULING SYSTEM

Access your updated schedule, absences, make-ups, etc. online through our teachers google drive at all times. This is incredibly easy to navigate and allows teachers to always be kept up to date on their students and schedule from home or on-the-go or wherever you are. Plus every time a student enrolls or drops or changes their schedule, you will immediately be sent an email and text notification, and your schedule automatically updated.

MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS WITH OUR MUSIC APPRECIATION PROGRAM

Our music appreciation program is incredibly customizable for teachers and very motivating for students. If you’ve ever wanted a way to inspire students to practice harder, make more progress, and get parents on board like never before, this is it! Our students remain in lessons longer and achieve higher because of this program, which is so flexible and easy for teachers to use.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR GIANT LIBRARY OF MUSIC

Finding repertoire at AFS is easy. All of our teachers will have access to our huge library of sheet music and songbooks. The contents of the library can also be viewed from home or wherever you are, meaning you won’t have to comb through stacks of books to find what you’re looking for.

FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES

We are constantly creating opportunities for instructors and staff to get to know one another and support one another. One of the greatest resources available at AFS is membership in a huge, friendly, chatty community of other teaching professionals. (COMING SOON) When new teachers are hired at AFS, they will be placed onto a Teacher/Staff Team to make it even more fun!

RESPECT AND APPRECIATION

Excellent teachers don’t grow on trees. We truly value and respect each one of our instructors. Feel free to ask for references from other current instructors. They love it here!

CURRENT TEACHER REVIEW:

"This is my first year as a music teacher and I can already say that AFS has been my favorite job ever! Getting to teach and spend time with my students is the highlight of my day. As a busy college student myself, I am so grateful for the support staff who handles everything from scheduling to communicating with parents throughout the week so I can fully put my own energy into my students and their learning! It is important for me to have a job that I love, that is willing to work with my schedule, and has a staff where I feel completely supported, and that is exactly what you will find as a teacher at AFS. As someone who never thought I’d find myself teaching, I can 100% say that getting to be a part of my students’ lives through sharing the gift of music is completely rewarding and worth it!” - Samantha Hile

Happy to help!

TO APPLY:

Please go to this web page and apply:

https://www.angelafloydschools.com/about/employment/

We will get back to you within a week!

Once we receive your application, we will email you within a week to let you know whether we would like to schedule an interview. Upon completing the interview, we will let you know shortly whether we would like to invite you to be an AFS instructor!

Thank you so much for your time and interest!

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Schedule:

• After school

Ability to Commute:

• Knoxville, TN 37909 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Knoxville, TN 37909: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $30