Teacher – Choir Summer 2025

POSITION PROPERTIES

Position Summary: 

The Columbia Public School District is seeking a music educator for the Choir section of our Summer Music Program for Summer 2025.

(Teachers are paid for the days they work plus the one extra day for building meeting, open house, etc..  Juneteenth and 4th of July are not paid holidays for summer school.  Hourly staff are only paid for the days they work.)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of all students.
• Teaches precautions/procedures to help students prevent injuries.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of goals while establishing and communicating clear objectives to students.
• Attends program staff meetings.
• Collaborates with administrators, colleagues and parents in a positive and productive manner.
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.      
• Consults with staff to ensure that shared resources/facilities are used effectively.
• Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated both individually and collaboratively.
• Strives to implement by instruction and action, the District's philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives. 
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.    
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by law, District policy, and Administrative regulation.   
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct and develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure while maintaining order in the classroom in a fair and appropriate manner.
• Makes provisions for being available to students and parents for education related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Performs other duties as necessary to support the mission and vision of Columbia Public School District.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to: Robert Battle, Summer Music Coordinator

Supervises: N/A

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements: Appropriate academic preparation to be certified by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Preferred: 3 or more years of successful teaching experience preferred and experience working with instrumental instruction.

Ideal Candidate: Experience teaching saxophone or low brass.

DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS        

All employees of the District are expected to adhere to the policies and regulations of the Board of Education, maintain appropriate certification and competencies necessary for the position, and demonstrate the values of the district at all times. For information on polices, regulations and values, visit http://www.cpsk12.org.

ADA REQUIREMENTS

Language: Read, analyze and interpret professional journals, Board policy, administrative procedures and forms and governmental regulations and guidance; Read, analyze, and implement curriculum and assessment data to plan instruction; Complete forms, write reports and engage in written correspondence with parents; Present information effectively and respond to questions; Write clear and complete lesson plans.

Computation: Work with mathematical concepts, such as probability and statistical inference, and analyze data for instruction; Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning: Solve a variety of problems in many different situations; Interpret instructions presented in written, oral, diagram or schedule form; Apply knowledge of current educational theory and instructional techniques while presenting subject matter to students; Demonstrate executive functions such as planning, organizing, remembering, and regulating information and behavior as they pertain to student performance and achievement.

Other Skills and Abilities: Identify needs and abilities of individual students and to adapt instructional methods accordingly; Establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents; Perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Technology: Integrate technology into daily instruction; present information to students using a variety of media; Access and present information from online sources in a manner that enhances instruction; lead and monitor students as they perform online research; Instruct in buildings/classes where students are actively using 1-to-1 technology such as laptop computers, iPads, and other devices; Lead students in creating and presenting multi-media projects when such assignments enhance student learning; Use district software for recording grades and finding student information; Readily utilize smart boards, projectors and other instructional technology provided by the district; Adhere to all District policies and procedures regarding technology use.

Physical Demands: An individual who holds this position must have the ability to: Speak and hear in an environment where numerous conversations and activities may be taking place simultaneously; Move around the classroom to interact with and manage students/groups of students; Read handwritten or printed material.

Attendance: Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

Conditions and Environment: The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active. Occasionally the individual will be required to work outdoors for short periods of time to perform such tasks as loading and unloading students from district transportation.

Prospective and current employees with disabilities are encouraged to contact human resources to discuss reasonable accommodations to perform the essential job functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary : $30