2025-2026 - FT Music Teacher (Lower School)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Overview

Dallas International School (DIS) is accredited by ISAS (Independent Schools Association of the Southwest), France's Ministry of Education, and the International Baccalaureate Organization.

With approximately 700 students of over 30 nationalities, DIS is an international school on a human scale and the only one with a French and multilingual curriculum in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, a city of seven million inhabitants which is in full demographic and economic expansion. DIS is proud to be one of the few schools globally to offer both the IB's Bilingual and Advanced Bilingual Diploma programs in a variety of languages. In addition to English and French, other languages currently taught in the school are Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese.

The school offers a rigorous curriculum integrating the best practices of French and American education. Upon completion of the French Baccalaureate or the IB Diploma program, our students go to college in the United States or internationally in countries such as France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain or Australia, among others.

Desired Profile :

• You view education as an emancipatory journey in which all students seek to realize their full potential so that they can one day contribute to the progress of humanity.
• You are passionate about your subject and are able to transmit your enthusiasm for the acquisition of knowledge.
• You enjoy supporting students not only academically, but also in their evolution as individuals, citizens and humans.
• You wish to contribute to the dissemination of the mission and values of DIS.
• You want to be deeply involved in the life of the school by offering a range of stimulating educational activities.
• You possess strong communication skills to interact successfully with our students' families.
• You have an excellent intercultural capacity to adapt to the diverse and enriching environment of an international school.

We are currently seeking a full-time music teacher, at the Lower School, who would be interested not only in teaching but also developing the presence of music at Dallas International School through the organization of ensembles and extra-curricular music programs.

Job duties include but are not limited to the following :

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :

Required Documents :

In order to complete the application process, interested candidates must forward the following documentation :

Benefits :

This job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post. It may be subject to modification or amendment at any time at the discretion of the Head of School.

The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the employee’s Conditions of Employment. This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent carrying them out and no part of it may be so construed.

Dallas International School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Dallas International School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in its hiring of faculty and staff members.