Lower School Music Teacher (Full-Time) 2021-22 | Chestnut Ridge, NY
The Green Meadow Waldorf School seeks a Lower School Music Teacher for the 2021-22 school year.
The Lower School Music Teacher works with our Orchestral and Band program teachers organizing and presenting concerts, performances at assemblies, and generally representing our Music Department to the community and public.
Green Meadow has a strong music program; this is an opportunity to step into a mature program and develop it further. We are seeking a teacher who understands how to foster musicianship, and a love of music, to participate in the festival life of our school, support class plays, and performances. The teacher should support and value the young artists as much as the art in order to support each student’s discovery of their own musicianship and potential.
The ideal candidate will have experience with lower school age singers and the ability to inspire them to sing together for performances, festivals and plays. Additionally, our program has included music instruction and music theory through simple string and percussion instruments. All students at Green Meadow take four years of music, instrumental music and chorus, as well as music instruction in the lower grades. We are hoping to find a teacher who could see this as a long-term commitment as part of their musical life; to grow professionally as a teacher and musician.
Experience teaching music in a Waldorf setting would be an advantage. A BA in Music or Music Education or a related field is required. Training as a Waldorf educator is a strong advantage. Teaching experience in an elementary school setting is required. Skills for building collaborative relationships with parents and colleagues including excellent verbal and written communication skills, cultural competence, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of professional engagement is required.
Green Meadow Waldorf Lower School School teachers participate in collaborative processes. building professional colleagueship, including mutual support for one another’s work with students and parents, and curriculum development. Skills for building collaborative relationships with parents and colleagues including excellent verbal and written communication skills, cultural competence, and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of professional engagement is required
The Green Meadow Waldorf School is a school of about 240 students, and
Waldorf Education is the fastest growing independent school movement in the world. This dynamic, 100-year-old approach to child development and education—based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner—is continually reinventing itself to meet the needs of current students. Waldorf education inspires life-long learning in students and enables them to fully develop their unique capacities.
Green Meadow Waldorf School is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, or any protected class. We recognize that the range of ethnicities, nationalities, languages, socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientation, learning differences, and life experiences within our community enhance the school’s learning environment, and we are committed to fostering equity and inclusion.
Please send your resume and cover letter to Laura Radefeld, Administrator.