Description
Teach music concepts, performance skills, and appreciation to elementary students, fostering musical and social development.
- • Attend staff meetings and serve on music and school committees as required.
- • Establish and enforce rehearsal, classroom, and performance norms to maintain a safe, focused music environment.
- • Observe and evaluate students' musical performance, growth, behavior, and participation.
- • Prepare music room, instruments, scores, and digital resources for lessons and rehearsals.
- • Differentiate music instruction and materials to meet diverse abilities, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
- • Plan balanced lessons that integrate listening, performing, creating, and responding to music with guided exploration.
- • Teach individuals and ensembles using modeling, call-and-response, guided practice, and discussion.
- • Set and communicate clear musical learning objectives for lessons, units, rehearsals, and performances.
- • Assign and assess practice tasks, reflections, theory exercises, and rehearsal preparations.
- • Lead group singing, rhythm activities, and guided listening for whole classes or small groups.
- • Prepare, administer, and grade music assessments, performances, and theory assignments to gauge progress.
- • Confer with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators to address students' behavioral, academic, and performance concerns.
- • Meet with parents and guardians to review musical progress and prioritize practice supports or instrument needs.
- • Maintain accurate grades, attendance, repertoire logs, and performance records per school and district policies.
- • Prepare students for advanced music study by encouraging regular practice, ensemble skills, and perseverance with challenging pieces.
- • Advise students with musical interests or challenges, recommending ensembles, repertoire, and practice strategies.
- • Provide remediation or enrichment sessions for students needing extra support or advanced challenges.
- • Develop course outlines, repertoire plans, and pacing guides aligned to state music standards and school curricula.
- • Provide diverse instruments, manipulatives, and sound-making materials for exploration, composition, and improvisation.
- • Enforce school and district policies during music classes, rehearsals, and performances.
- • Collaborate with colleagues to coordinate cross-curricular music activities and align schedules.
- • Meet with special educators and related service providers to support individual students' musical participation and goals.
- • Use music technology, audio systems, notation software, and multimedia to enhance instruction and rehearsal.
- • Prepare lesson plans, rehearsal notes, and concert programs, providing documentation as requested.
- • Collaborate with staff and administrators to develop, evaluate, and improve the school's music program.
- • Prepare reports on student performance, inventory, concerts, and program activities as required.
- • Teach and monitor proper use, maintenance, and storage of instruments, sound equipment, and classroom materials.
- • Organize and lead activities that build musical, physical, cognitive, and social skills through games, movement, and song.
- • Attend music education workshops, conferences, and professional learning to improve pedagogy and musicianship.
- • Plan and supervise performances, field trips to concerts, guest artist visits, and other experiential music activities.
- • Organize and label scores and materials, and display student compositions, concert programs, and music-related projects.
- • Administer music aptitude or skills assessments and interpret results to identify strengths and needs.
- • Supervise, train, and assign tasks to accompanists, assistants, and volunteers.
- • Involve parent volunteers and older students to support rehearsals, concerts, and instrument demonstrations.
- • Perform school duties such as supervision, event chaperoning, and hallway or cafeteria monitoring as assigned.
- • Select, order, inventory, and maintain instruments, sheet music, equipment, and supplies.
- • Provide accommodations, adaptive instruments, and assistive technology to support students with disabilities in music activities.
- • Sponsor extracurricular music activities such as choir, band, orchestra, ukulele club, or music competitions.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
