What are the responsibilities and job description for the Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Fellowship position at MacPhail Center for Music?
Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Fellowship Program
Taught by MacPhail Suzuki piano faculty member and SAA teacher trainer, Annette Lee, this year-long internship covers Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Units one and two and Piano Teaching Strategies. Applicants are considered based on experience with college-level music courses, level of playing and desire to become a Suzuki-trained piano teacher.
The fellowship is made possible through a generous gift from an anonymous MacPhail donor. A $5,000 value, this free course includes the following:
Taught by MacPhail Suzuki piano faculty member and SAA teacher trainer, Annette Lee, this year-long internship covers Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Units one and two and Piano Teaching Strategies. Applicants are considered based on experience with college-level music courses, level of playing and desire to become a Suzuki-trained piano teacher.
The fellowship is made possible through a generous gift from an anonymous MacPhail donor. A $5,000 value, this free course includes the following:
- Suzuki Association of the Americas certification in Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Unit 1
- Suzuki Association of the Americas certification in Suzuki Piano Teacher Training Unit 2
- Suzuki Association of the Americas certification in Suzuki Piano Teaching Strategies
- The opportunity to observe individual lessons, group classes and recitals in the Suzuki program at MacPhail Center for Music
- The opportunity to do supervised teaching of beginning individual Suzuki piano students and piano group classes at MacPhail for pay
- Fridays, 10:00 – 12:00 – instructional time with Ms. Lee, weekly during Fall and Spring Semesters (Sept – May). Summer schedule is flexible
- Regular weekly observations of individual lessons and group classes; flexible schedule according to applicant’s availability – 2 hours per week
- Teaching 1 – 2 beginning students during Spring semester (dependent on Ms. Lee’s recommendation); schedule according to applicant’s and students’ availability – 1 hour per week
- Possible group class teaching or substitute teaching, Fridays, 4:45 – 7:45
- Possible substitute teaching of individual lessons in the summer session (June – August 2025); flexible schedule according to applicant’s availability
- Suzuki Association of the Americas requirements must be completed by May 2024. See requirements at https://suzukiassociation.org/teachers/training/
- College music majors or minors preferred, or experience with college-level music course
Application deadline: JULY 1, 2024
Finalists will be contacted for a live interview / audition in late July 2024 which will include:
Finalists will be contacted for a live interview / audition in late July 2024 which will include:
- Performing movement 1 of Mozart Piano Sonata K. 330 or K. 331
- Performing a second contrasting solo piano piece of the applicant’s choice
- Interview with Ms. Lee and Suzuki Program Director
