Hybrid Secondary Band, 0.4 FTE at West Ottawa Public Schools

Position:                      Secondary Band 0.4 FTE
Posting Dates:             August 7, 2025 – Until Filled
Reports To:                 West Ottawa High School & Secondary Schools Principals
Beginning:                   August 2025
                                                          
Qualifications:

• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate Required
• Must be highly qualified to teach Music (JQ or JX) required
• High School and/or Middle School Band teaching experience preferred
• Track record of ability to recruit students into the band program and retain at the high level preferred
• Relational skills that reach students from a diverse demographic background
• Experience working with English Language Learners preferred

• Provide band instruction at the 6^th -12^th grade level for a variety of ensembles (All classes are team taught.)
• Team teach an after school Middle School jazz band (meets weekly)
• Develop positive relationships with students and parents.
• Represent the district with professionalism at all times and in all performances
• Exhibit excellent classroom management
• Work as a professional team member in collaboration with the other secondary level teachers and colleagues
• Coordinate performances throughout the school year
• Perform at the high level at band festivals
• Help host District Band Festivals

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.
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