From our friends at NJPAC - a job opening for Orff teachers in the Newark area. See below:
Orff Teacher Job Description
Position: Orff Teaching Artist
NJPAC "Orff in Your Neighborhood" Program
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is looking for an early childhood music teacher with a background in Orff Schulwerk to teach in a new program that will engage students between the ages of 3-7 years old, throughout the Newark community as part of Mayor Baraka’s Centers of Hope Initiative.
Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree in Music or Music Education
· Demonstrated ability to sing in tune and have basic keyboard skills
· Experience in classroom management
· Demonstrated ability to lesson plan and
· Demonstrated experience or desire to work in an urban setting
· Orff training, experience or certification
· Minimum 2-3 years of teaching early childhood music
· Strong communication skills, written and verbal
· Ability to travel to community sites in Newark, NJ
· Participate in professional development
Hourly rate commensurate with experience
Starting date: April 14, 2015
No phone calls please.
Email your resume to: [email protected]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
NJPAC is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey—where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day.
Since opening night, NJPAC has attracted nearly 9 million visitors and reached more than a million Newark and New Jersey children with innovative arts education programs. The free outdoor Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City concert series brings thousands out to downtown Newark every week in the summertime. NJPAC hosted visits from two U.S. Presidents and the Dalai Lama, is home to the annual TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival and the biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and provided the backdrop for several feature films and television shows, including the blockbuster competition America’s Got Talent.
Position: Orff Teaching Artist
NJPAC "Orff in Your Neighborhood" Program
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is looking for an early childhood music teacher with a background in Orff Schulwerk to teach in a new program that will engage students between the ages of 3-7 years old, throughout the Newark community as part of Mayor Baraka’s Centers of Hope Initiative.
Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree in Music or Music Education
· Demonstrated ability to sing in tune and have basic keyboard skills
· Experience in classroom management
· Demonstrated ability to lesson plan and
· Demonstrated experience or desire to work in an urban setting
· Orff training, experience or certification
· Minimum 2-3 years of teaching early childhood music
· Strong communication skills, written and verbal
· Ability to travel to community sites in Newark, NJ
· Participate in professional development
Hourly rate commensurate with experience
Starting date: April 14, 2015
No phone calls please.
Email your resume to: [email protected]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
NJPAC is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey—where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day.
Since opening night, NJPAC has attracted nearly 9 million visitors and reached more than a million Newark and New Jersey children with innovative arts education programs. The free outdoor Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City concert series brings thousands out to downtown Newark every week in the summertime. NJPAC hosted visits from two U.S. Presidents and the Dalai Lama, is home to the annual TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival and the biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and provided the backdrop for several feature films and television shows, including the blockbuster competition America’s Got Talent.