What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle School General Music Teacher position at The Webb School?
The Webb School seeks a full-time General Music Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. The Webb School’s teachers are living examples of the mission of the school and embrace its Enduring Understandings.
Job Responsibilities:
- Teach 5 sections within the Fine Arts department
- Teach musicianship through playing of various instruments and voice
- Prepare students for piano, choir and string orchestra
- Serve as an advisor to 10-12 students
- Serve in the school’s afternoon enrichment or athletic program
- Serve in the school’s residential program as a residential staff member or supporting the residential program as a day faculty with occasional weekend duty
- Sponsor a co-curricular club during the school day for one semester
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Music or equivalent; a Master’s degree is preferred
- Experience working with middle school students
- Experience in a boarding school is preferred but not required
- A commitment to culturally responsive teaching
- Desire to be actively engaged in all aspects of a boarding school
Characteristics of a successful candidate:
- Teamwork, dependability, flexibility, willingness to listen and learn, problem-solving skills, and congeniality are essential
- A love for teaching middle school students is essential to this position
- Well developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all constituents in a school environment, including students, coworkers, and parents
- Provides continual assessment of student progress and communicates academic performance through the use of reports and online grade books
- Keeps abreast of developments and research in the field and uses this to ensure relevant lessons
- Adjusts teaching methods to suit different groups of learners
- Analyzes the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of students and structures lessons and assessments around them
- Brings an awareness of best practices in music education and uses this in planning rigorous coursework
- Ability to regularly work flexible hours to support before and after school or weekend events
Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and teaching philosophy to:
Mrs. Nicole Taucare, Dean of Academics and Arts
The Webb School
319 Webb Road East
Bell Buckle, TN 37020
employment@webbschool.com
The School:
Founded in 1870, The Webb School is a private boarding school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Students from grades 6 -12 come from all over the world seeking college preparatory school education in liberal arts. At present, the school enrolls students from 12 U.S. states and 25 countries. The Webb School has a reputation of being one of the top private boarding schools in the nation. Webb’s small school community has an average enrollment of 400 day and boarding students and an emphasis on honor that truly creates a premier learning environment. The 150-acre campus is located in a rural setting 50 miles southeast of Nashville.
