Guitar Teacher

Here we GROW again!

We're in search of an additional awesome guitar instructor for our Valparaiso studio!

Do you have a passion for music and a desire to share it with others? Are you looking for a great opportunity to share your expertise? If so, we would love to have you join our growing music studio in Valparaiso!

Piano Teacher Job details:

• Starting with 1 afternoon a week
• Teaching music lessons to children, teens and adults
• Using creativity to make the lessons engaging for each student
• Maintaining a positive, inspiring and encouraging approach
• Giving the students opportunities to perform at our monthly talent shows
• Excellence in musical skills including music reading and theory
• Thorough knowledge of guitar technique and how to communicate it to students
• Great at working with young students
• Good communication skills
• Show up ready to share your knowledge and inspire your students to learn!

The studio's role:

• We fill the schedule with students
• We handle missed lessons/no-shows
• We handle student tuition
• We write the paychecks
• We provide a positive work environment
• We provide inviting music lesson rooms

What’s it like at Innovative Music & Arts Studio?

We help our students build confidence:

• Our unique system of “learn, practice & share” inspires confidence in our students. Learning happens at the studio during their lesson time, practice takes place at home during the week, and we give them the opportunity to share their music at our monthly performance events! They find that they can do it – and we will show them how from the first note to the performance!
• We set incremental goals so that our students can see the progress that they are making. We often use creative ideas including music games, theme weeks and studio-wide challenges to celebrate their progress!

We help our students develop character:

• We challenge our students to achieve their goals – whether it be playing for their own enjoyment, performing at their church or seeking a career in the music industry. We serve as a guide to show them how it’s done – but it’s up to them to do it!

We help our students achieve competence:

• Our students are taught music theory, technique for their chosen instrument, improvising, performance skills and songwriting. We love to see our students succeed and we do all that we can to support them in their musical goal!
• We track all of the lesson assignments on our student app. The students are able to login at home to view their assignments as they practice each day.
• Would you be a great fit for our studio? Contact us today!

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $17.00 - $22.00 per hour

Schedule:

• After school

Application Question(s):

• Please share your musical background. Training, lessons, experience teaching or performing, etc.
• How long have you studied guitar? How many years of lessons?
• Do you have a thorough understanding of guitar technique and how to explain it to students?
• Do you have experience teaching guitar lessons?
• Do you have a thorough understanding of music theory and either tabs or music reading?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $22