Lower School Music Teacher 2024-2025

at  Prestonwood Christian Academy

Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

PHYSICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Regularly standing and walking around the classroom lecturing and monitoring students
• Regularly sitting at the computer requiring repetitive finger motion and manual dexterity
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Hearing ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• Talking expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students, parents and other workers
• Ability to communicate effectively, even in stressful situations
• Primarily inside, classroom environment
• Occasional lifting of 5 to 20 pounds
• Subject to frequent interruptions and frequent deadlines

• Contribute to school systems effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives
• Establish and adjust course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and school goals; modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures.
• Convey information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids through such best practices utilizing the integration of technology with subject matter
• Complete educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities; following up on results
• Assess student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; evaluating application of learning to classroom project results
• Maintain student-learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching; counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results
• Maintain records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior
• Guide students personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on campus.
• Help parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents concerns; answering questions and requests
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Conserve resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish educational results
• Other duties as assigned by the Principa