Upper School Music Teacher

To accomplish our mission, we as students, teachers, staff, parents, trustees, and friends are committed to understanding and living by five core values: Emotional Wellness, Physical Readiness, Intellectual Growth, Social Responsibility, and Moral Courage. Dunn is a community of educators and learners that is deeply dedicated to Whole Student Education, and so you will be involved with many facets of the Dunn School boarding and day programs such as classroom teaching, coaching, advising, and residential life. Opportunities (Responsibilities) Teach 5 sections of Instrumental and Vocal Music (level and specific courses to be determined) Teach Enrichment classes (approximately three times per year) Teach 1 Winter-Term course Teach 1 Mini-Term class (1 week) Coach 2 seasons of after-school athletics or activities Serve as a Student Advisor (4-6 students) Participate in our Residential Life Program Participate in the Dunn School Outdoor Education and Leadership Program Other opportunities and roles to be determined Core Competencies Instrumental and/or Vocal Music teaching experience (certification is not required) in a 9th- through 12th-grade educational environment Bachelor’s degree (Master's degree preferred) Growth mindset, flexibility, comfort with quick pace of change and openness to collaboration and experimentation Excellent writing skills Demonstrated ability to integrate technology in content delivery/skill development Demonstrable commitment to professional growth, openness to feedback and improvement, modeling lifelong learning of practice as well as subject area A sense of humor, a commitment to teaching the whole student, and a desire to help guide adolescents in their journey from childhood to young adulthood About Dunn School Dunn is a community centered on educating the whole student. For us, whole student education is not just a meaningless phrase, instead it captures all of what we try to do at Dunn in and out of the classroom. Our curriculum, co-curricular programs, advisory, evaluative systems, and pedagogical approach are measured by our core values, and this is how we know whole student education is more than just a phrase.