First Music (Early Childhood Elementary) Teacher, part-time

Levine Music is a welcoming community where children and adults find lifelong inspiration and joy through learning, performing, listening to, and participating with others in music. Levine’s core values – excellence and opportunity – infuse everything we do. Our distinguished faculty offers a broad and well-rounded curriculum that provides a strong musical foundation for students of different ages, abilities, and interests. We strive to make Levine’s education available to everyone. Hundreds of students receive substantial scholarship assistance; many hundreds more receive free instruction through fully funded in-school programs.  

Position Summary:

We are pleased to announce a part-time early childhood teaching position in our First Music Department. We are looking for applicants prepared to join a team of mutually supportive and collaborative teachers committed to teaching at the highest level with a diversity of pedagogical approaches. Applicants should possess significant training in music, early childhood education, or music education and show evidence of a strong background in and commitment to teaching infants, toddlers, and young children. The ability to sing songs and lead group classes unaccompanied and in a range appropriate for the First Music Program is required. Applicants should be experienced teaching students with a broad range of abilities and backgrounds. 

The First Music teaching position requires teaching classes for children ages 4 month – 8 years.  There are 15 weekly classes which are 60 minutes each.   

These positions are located at the following Levine Music campuses:
Tuesday afternoons at DC Campus: NW
Saturdays at DC Campus: THEARC
Saturdays at DC Campus: NW or MD Campus: Silver Spring  

Salary:
Compensation will be awarded according to qualifications and experience. The hourly group teaching rates starts at $56.33.  

Apply:
Please submit letter of interest, resume and video links to performances or teaching via email to: 

A. Maria Williams
Director Human Resources
Levine Music
2801 Upton Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 686-8188
hrinstructor@levinemusic.org
www.levinemusic.org

Levine Music is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Levine Music’s employment policy is committed to anti-discrimination of employees or applicants based on sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law concerning any employment practices.   

 

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