Middle School Instrumental Music Teacher at The Harker School

About the Employer

The Harker School is a coeducational, nonsectarian, college preparatory school serving TK through grade 12. Harker has three campuses (lower, middle, and upper schools) located within minutes of San Jose. For more than 100 years, Harker's mission has remained constant: to create an environment that promotes academic excellence, inspires intellectual curiosity, expects personal accountability, and forever instills a genuine passion for learning. We are tremendously proud of our century-old tradition of excellence in education and the international recognition our students, faculty, and programs have earned. We believe the best way to prepare our students is to provide the best academic and extracurricular programs possible. Harker provides a challenging and balanced education. The Harker experience comprises the following cornerstones: students and families, teachers, curriculum, and the learning environment, including inspiring facilities. The Harker School is in the Santa Clara Valley of California. We enjoy 300-plus days of sunshine per year, a perfect climate to take advantage of our beautiful mountain ranges, great for hiking, camping, and biking. We’re just a short drive to Santa Cruz, where one can enjoy being by the ocean and among the beautiful redwood trees. Santa Clara is home to a variety of startup companies and tech giants. We are fortunate to live in a diverse community with various socioeconomic backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural identities.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Harker School is full of possibilities for our students and our faculty. Harker is in the human potential business. Our mission is to bring out the best in our wonderful students in the academic, extracurricular, and personal domains. Our teachers' deep knowledge of and enthusiasm for their subject matter inspires our students to discover their passions, both in and outside the classroom. Our teachers find their work fulfilling because they can see the influence of their efforts, whether in the moment or years later, when our alumni take the skills they have learned at The Harker School to positively impact their communities, various industries, and those around them. Harker is a vibrant place where hundreds of student activities, events, social gatherings, and renowned guest speakers foster a global perspective and form strong community bonds. It is where friends for life are made. We would love for you to join us! Please view the videos on this page if you want to hear from our faculty and staff about why they find their work fulfilling. On this page, please find videos where you can also see what a day in the life is like at our lower, middle and upper school campuses. Enjoy! For information about our customized academic programs, please visit us at this link. We seek to hire a highly qualified, positive and nurturing individual for a full-time position as an Instrumental Teacher at our Middle School campus. Duties as the Middle School Instrumental Teacher include overseeing the middle school jazz band, middle school orchestra, as well as the upper school lab band. The estimated annual salary range is $72,500 - $110,000. The preferred candidate: • Has at minimum, a bachelor's degree in the subject area; MA preferred • Has three+ years of teaching experience in the relevant subject area and appropriate grade-level division • Has the ability to create and communicate well-organized, meaningful, and creative lesson plans that incorporate teaching

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