ETM-Bay Area Music Teachers
- General Music Teachers description
- Music Teachers FAQ
- Music Teahcers Internships are described in the Volunteers section
Music Teachers
Education Through Music - Bay Area (ETM-Bay Area) is a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization that provides schools in economically disadvantaged areas with quality music programs.
ETM-Bay Area forms long-term partnerships with both public and private schools, helping them to provide comprehensive, sequential music and arts instruction to all students. We help schools integrate arts and other academic curricula to enhance learning in both areas.
Music Teacher applicants should have a BA/BM or advanced degree in music or the fine arts. Music Education majors are preferred. While previous teaching experience is not a requirement, it is a plus. Most positions meet two to four days per week from September-June. Required training is held each August and roughly quarterly throughout the year.
Job responsibilities include acting as school music faculty, providing sequential music instruction to the students, and collaborating with classroom teachers to integrate arts throughout the school's curriculum and culture. Successful candidates will receive paid training in pedagogy, lesson planning, and classroom management. Music teachers will also work with ETM-Bay Area's administrative staff to assess the program and are required to attend mandatory paid training sessions throughout the year.
Interested individuals should email a cover letter and résumé to Klindell@etmbayarea.org
Teaching Artist FAQ
- What exactly is ETM-Bay Area?
- Would I be an employee of ETM-Bay Area?
- How much do I get paid?
- How often do I get paid?
- Does ETM-Bay Area provide any benefits for music teachers?
- Will I receive any training?
- What materials does ETM-Bay Area provide for students and ETM-Bay Area music teachers?
- Will I be in the classroom by myself?
- Who do I report to?
- Is there summer work available?
- How is my schedule made?
- Is my schedule flexible so I can audition and tour?
- About how much preparation is necessary to teach each week?
- How am I evaluated?
- How much should my kids know at the end of the semester?
- What can I do with an "unteachable" class?
- How do I apply to be an ETM-Bay Area music teacher?
Q: What exactly is ETM-Bay Area?
A: ETM-Bay Area, Inc. (Education Through Music - Bay Area) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that promotes the sustainable integration of music into the curricula of elementary and middle schools in order to enhance students' academic performance and general development.
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A: Music teachers are generally employees of ETM-Bay Area. Taxes, social security, etc. are withheld as directed by law.
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Q: How much do I get paid?
A: New music teachers are hired at the rate of $35 per hour for classes, preps and other approved activities, except training and meetings, which are paid at $20 per hour. Evaluations and merit raises are considered once a year, typically during the summer months.
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Q: How often do I get paid?
A: ETM-Bay Area is on a semi-monthly payroll. Music teachers are paid for classes and all other activities taught during the previous pay period by direct deposit. Paydays are normally the 5th and 20th of each month.
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Q: Does ETM-Bay Area provide any benefits for music teachers ?
A: Currently there are no benefits available for music teachers beyond Worker's Compensation and Unemployment Insurance.
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Q: Will I receive any training?
A: ETM-Bay Area Music Teachers are required to attend a multi-day training course before teaching in the classroom, usually during August and additional shorter seminars throughout the year.
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Q: What materials does ETM-Bay Area provide for students and ETM-Bay Area music teachers?
A: In addition to the training that takes place for all music teachers, resources like markers, lesson plans, curriculum, etc. are provided. We also have a library of materials for music teachers to check out, and build in some classroom instrument materials purchases into our partner school budgets.
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Q: Will I be in the classroom by myself?
A: This is determined by scheduling at the school and the requirements of the district. Sometimes the ETM-Bay Area Music Teacher is scheduled during the classroom teachers' prep period (this is free time for the classroom teacher for planning and administrative work). At other times, teachers will be present and participate during music class. ETM-Bay Area strongly encourages principals to schedule the classroom teacher to able present during music class.
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Q: Who do I report to?
A: Music Teachers report to ETM-Bay Area's Assistant Program Director and Executive Director.
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Q: Is there summer work available?
A: The regular ETM-Bay Area program currently runs during the academic year.
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Q: How is my schedule made?
A: The program staff arranges their schedules with music teachers and each individual school. The music teacher lets the school program know what days they are available and then the principal and AP create a schedule. The music teacher usually has no control over what time they start teaching or when their lunch or prep period is scheduled.
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Q: Is my schedule flexible so I can audition and tour?
A: ETM-Bay Area school teaching schedules have some flexibility. For instance, it is usually possible to reschedule a day of teaching if an audition or recording session conflicts. But all classes would be made up and the students would not miss any instruction. This sort of rescheduling could happen two or three times in the year with little disruption to the school and the students. Canceling lessons due to touring or other obligations is only possible for short periods of time: about one week. Missing two or more school weeks in the year would result in poor consistency for the students and would be problematic.
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Q: About how much preparation is necessary to teach each week?
A: While this varies depending on background and training, it is not atypical, especially for beginning teachers, to spend an hour or more preparing a lesson plan. Thorough planning is critical to success in the classroom. Homework, worksheet, quizzes, projects and other assignments also take time to evaluate and record.
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Q: How am I evaluated?
A: Each music teacher receives informal observations from the Assistant Program Director on at least a monthly basis. Formal observations are conducted twice a year. The observations focus on lesson planning, pacing, classroom management, student interaction and engagement, integration, etc.
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Q: How much should my kids know at the end of the semester?
A: This depends on how much previous music instruction the students have received. ETM-Bay Area has created expected outcomes of skills to be attained for each grade.
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Q: What can I do with an "unteachable" class?
A: The first person to speak to about an unruly, or unteachable, class is the classroom teacher. Ask for his/her advice and suggestions. If the problem still seems unmanageable speak to the Executive Director who will help you resolve difficult classroom situations. There's nothing wrong with asking for help-we do not expect you to solve every problem. Please address the situation as soon as possible. We cannot help if we do not know something is wrong. In our experience there have only been a handful of unteachable classrooms. But, if we are unable to turn the class around, another class may be substituted.
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Q: How do I apply to be an ETM-Bay Area music teacher?
A: If you are interested in becoming an ETM-Bay Area Music Teacher, please submit a cover letter and resume to Klindell@etmbayarea.org.
Planned for 2011-12:
- Partnerships with 6 schools and consulting support to 7 additional schools serving over 4,000 children in the Bay Area!
Quotes
"One of my sons started out here and now he is in high school, he is constantly playing the guitar. It’s almost as if the guitar was part of our furniture- he is always doing something with it."
- Excited parent