Choral Director

Job Description

Please Apply Here: https://catholicschoolsphx.schoolspring.com/?jobid=5537568

General Job Description:
The teacher assists the Church and the school in the mission of evangelizing. The teacher contributes to fostering the Catholic School culture by serving as a witness to students and to the community. By bearing witness to Christ, His Church and the teachings of our Catholic faith, the teacher cooperates with Christ in the academic, spiritual, and social education of our high school students. The teacher leads, instructs, and utilizes effective pedagogy; obtains necessary academic certificates; and imparts a Catholic worldview through the curriculum. In addition to academic preparation, record-keeping and accountability, the teacher, as a member of a "house" within St. John Paul II Catholic High School, serves as a mentor and campus minister to students.

As part of the pedagogical goals of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Music and the Arts are an important part of the school's curriculum. With growing enrollment, we are looking for a music teacher who can teach and further develop 2-3 choirs, one of which provides liturgical music for school Masses. This teaching position could be full or part-time depending on the skills of the best candidates. In addition to choir, a full-time candidate will be potentially able to teach music theory, music history, guitar, and/or teach in another department.

Status: Full-time or Part-time
Reports to Assistant Principal of Academics

I. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Strives to achieve the goals of Catholic education:
-Establishes an atmosphere where students can encounter the living Christ
-Promotes and lives the gospel values and Catholic moral teaching
-Upholds the doctrinal teachings of the Catholic Church
-Forms students to have true freedom

Assumes responsibility for the leadership and management of the classes assigned:
-Provides a positive learning environment with understanding of inherent dignity of each person
-Organizes the classroom to facilitate student learning
-Supervises and provides for the safety, welfare, and care of the students while they are in school
-Works toward a creation of a Catholic community within the classroom and the entire school community
-Teaches in accordance with diocesan and local policies as well as appropriate state laws
-Develops and implements a daily and weekly schedule to effectively meet the goals of curriculum

Develops and implements the choral program according to philosophy of this Catholic High School:
-2 or 3 choir classes: Festival Choir, Chamber Choir and Beginning Choir
-Determines level of student achievement
-Demonstrates ability to choose age and skill appropriate repertoire, varying in genre
-Uses appropriate teaching strategies to meet individual student needs
-Uses a variety of instructional strategies
-Refers students for evaluation and consultation when necessary in collaboration with administration and parents

Maintains accurate records in all record keeping as required by the school:
-Maintains proper grading and/or reporting system for each student as required by the assistant principal

Establishes positive school community relationships:
-Communicates effectively with students and parents in accordance with the school's communication guidelines
-Demonstrates ability to collaborate with others in a Fine Arts department
-Is a positive influence, good representative, and proactive communicator
-Maintains cooperative relationships with all in the school community
-Cooperates with and helps promotes various curricular and co-curricular programs within the school
-Actively participates in school faculty meetings and in services
-Plans for, participates, and completes professional development to remain current with Kino and academic certifications:
-Participates in professional activities and joins appropriate professional organizations
-Attends diocesan sponsored in-services
-Attends and actively participates in school faculty meetings and in-services
-Actively participates in the process of continuous school improvement
-Maintains personal professional development records
-Performs any other job related tasks deemed necessary and/or assigned by the Principal or Assistant Principal

III. REQUIRED EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS

-Practicing Catholic who is joyfully faithful to the church's tradition and teaching
-Must hold a Bachelor's Degree in music or related field
-Possesses a love of music and the ability to implement and create a music program at our school
-Able to teach and lead a variety of music genres, including Catholic music, classical, contemporary choral music
-Thinks, plans and makes decisions with prudential judgement and right reason
-Communicates clearly
-Organized, creative and able to show initiative
-Knowledge and experience using good teaching techniques that work in a 85 minute class period
-Willing to make a public Profession of Faith
-Certifiable by the Arizona Department of Education as a teacher
-Meets Ministry Formation Certification as required by Diocesan policy
-Must complete the Safe Environment Training and fulfill other diocesan requirements
-AZ FBI Fingerprint clearance card required

Disclaimer
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate description of the future job responsibilities, school administration reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as circumstances change.

About the Employer

St. John Paul II Catholic High School is a new college-preparatory, co-ed high school, rooted in Jesus Christ. Opened August 2018, this liberal-arts high school offers a four-year philosophy program. Students receive excellent academic training while growing in their ability to think clearly about the ethical and cultural issues of our times. Led by the Dominican Sisters of Nashville, the faculty fosters an environment in which the Catholic faith is vibrant so that students can grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and will be motivated to take an ever more active role in His Church. Sports programs, service opportunities, daily prayer and a house system foster growth and a sense of family. Most importantly, Jesus Christ is the center of the school. He calls and we respond to Him.