ELEMENTARY MUSIC TEACHER (K-5)

Location: Mississauga, ON (on-site)
Start Date: August 18, 2025
Job Status: Full-time
About Lynn-Rose School: Lynn-Rose School is an IB private school, located in Mississauga. We are dedicated to nurturing individual talents and fostering global citizenship, preparing students to excel in a rapidly evolving world.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking a passionate and dynamic Elementary Music Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering engaging and developmentally appropriate weekly music lessons to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. In addition to classroom instruction, the teacher will assist with school productions, contribute to school life through supervision duties, classroom coverage, and extracurricular activities, and support the technical audio/video needs of performances and events.

TEACHER PROFILE:

You enable your Elementary students to learn in a safe, open, caring, collaborative and inclusive atmosphere. You create a positive atmosphere by building relationships, behaviors, and inclusive learning experiences that support all your learners. You engage in professional and respectful dialogue with colleagues and the wider school and ISP communities about learning and teaching, with a shared commitment to getting better.
Shared Ideas. You know and model your school’s values and contribute to its mission and vision through your daily actions. Through all aspects of learning and teaching, you create a strong sense of shared behaviors and purpose for learners and their learning.
A Focus on Learners and Learning. You put learners and their learning first. Your understanding of the difference between learning and the factors that affect learning enables you to plan and support for all your students to get better. You are committed to your personal and professional learning and development, engaging in a series of learning visits and inquiries with colleagues and leaders to support your ongoing self-evaluation. You are an active and valued member of dynamic learning communities.
Learning and Teaching. You put learners and their learning first in your design and facilitation of learning outcomes, content and experiences, which are underpinned by positive and supportive relationships. You understand the types and phases of learning and apply your knowledge, skills and understanding of these to effectively facilitate learning, teaching, and assessing to meet the personalized needs of each student. You empower students to lead their own learning, supporting them to monitor, assess and adjust their learning in response to feedback. You continuously inquire into the process of learning, making evidence-informed decisions and taking action to further improve learning and teaching.
Evidence of Learning. You gather, document and analyze evidence of learning from various sources and use this to identify targets and action steps for improving learning. You support students in knowing the different ways their learning can be evidenced and how to use feedback and learning advice to get better. Evidence enables you to make secure judgments about your students’ learning in line with their personal learning goals, age and stage appropriate expectations, and local, national and international benchmarking. You document and share evidence of learning to answer the questions: “What are my students learning?” and “How do I know?”.
Leadership for Learning. You see yourself as a leader for learning and demonstrate the same vision, values and commitment as school leaders to support students to continuously learn and get better. You take responsibility for where students are now with their learning and the targets and action steps needed to improve. You support students to become leaders of their own learning by helping them develop their voice, choice and ownership of their learning process.
Learning Spaces. You create and use spaces to support and demonstrate the school’s shared ideas about learners and learning and the ways in which students are getting better. You ensure learning spaces (physical and digital) are safe, collaborative, accessible and inclusive, and enable students to play an active role in their development.
In Partnership with Parents and Carers. You work in partnership with parents and carers, communicating with them regularly about their child’s learning, inviting their feedback and using this feedback to improve learning. You help parents and carers understand the school’s shared ideas about learners and learning in ways that help them to engage confidently when talking about what their child is getting better at, what their next steps are, and how they will be supported at home. You ensure that the individual needs of parents and carers are understood and that they feel informed and involved as valued members of the school’s learning community.
Improvement Planning. You are committed to learning and getting better and ensure this improvement happens strategically and effectively. You are active and accountable for your contribution in setting your own professional goals, targets and action steps that focus on improving learning and gathering evidence to demonstrate these. You contribute to department and school learning improvement planning where possible and view the school’s learning improvement plan as the central focus for getting better together.
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QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Music Education or a related field (an asset).
• Teaching certification or equivalent (preferred).
• Experience teaching music at the elementary level.
• Working knowledge of AV and sound equipment for school performances.
• Strong classroom management and communication skills.
• Team player with a flexible and positive attitude.

• Plan and deliver weekly music lessons for students in Kindergarten to Grade 5
• Conduct assessments and complete term end reporting
• Foster a love of music and encourage creative expression through singing, movement, instruments, and rhythm-based activities.
• Support school productions, concerts, and assemblies (e.g., rehearsals, student preparation, stage setup).
• Operate and manage AV and sound equipment (e.g., microphones, speakers, mixers) for school performances and events.
• Collaborate with homeroom and specialist teachers to support integrated learning where appropriate.
• Assist with student supervision through regular duty rotations and classroom coverage as needed
• Plan and deliver extracurricular programs or clubs
• Maintain a safe, respectful, and engaging learning environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.