Job Title: Assistant Teacher Choral - Middle School
Reports to: Teacher or Principal
Receives Guidance From: Teacher, Principal
Job Purpose: To provide assistance in the instruction of basic skills and to assure each student the opportunity to take advantage of all available resources in the classroom.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Assist the Choir Director in planning and organizing choir rehearsals, including selecting and preparing musical repertoire.
- Help in conducting choir rehearsals, providing guidance on vocal technique, interpretation, and musical expression.
- Collaborate with the Choir Director to coordinate choir performances, including scheduling, venue arrangements, and logistics.
- Assist in coordinating rehearsals with accompanists, musicians, and other supporting personnel.
- Assist in providing musical instruction and vocal coaching to choir members.
- Help in teaching and reinforcing proper vocal techniques, musicianship skills, and choral blend.
- Support individual choir members in their musical growth and development.
- Assist with sectionals and individual vocal rehearsals as needed.
- Assist in maintaining choir-related administrative tasks, such as attendance tracking, member communication, and record keeping.
- Collaborate with the Choir Director in organizing and distributing music scores, rehearsal materials, and performance resources.
- Help in managing choir databases and maintaining accurate contact information for choir members.
- Assist in coordinating and organizing choir performances, concerts, competitions, and other choral events.
- Collaborate with the Choir Director in selecting repertoire and planning program sequences.
- Assist in coordinating logistics for performances, such as stage setup, audio equipment, and rehearsal scheduling.
- Support in coordinating auditions and recruitment efforts to maintain and expand the choir membership.
- Collaborate closely with the Choir Director to ensure effective communication and coordination with choir members, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders.
- Assist in facilitating regular communication channels, such as newsletters, emails, and social media platforms.
- Support the Choir Director in maintaining positive relationships with external organizations, venues, and community partners.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Regular, timely/dependable, in person attendance is an essential function of this position.
- Perform such other and not specifically enumerated duties as may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director or established by district policy, state, or federal guidelines.
- Read, understand, and abide by the Professional Educator Code of Conduct Policy, all other district policies and applicable procedures and protocols as established by LCS.
Extra attention given to candidates with
- Strong piano skills (including accompaniment preferred)
- Bachelor’s in music education or Experience in the music field
Qualifications: Education level: Associates degree or higher from an accredited college. Minimum of 48 hours of college credit from an accredited college or pass a Work Keys test as determined by the Mississippi Department of Education.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using equipment such as a keyboard and video display panel. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.
Note: This is not necessarily an all-inclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. The job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.
Terms of Employment: Salary, days and work year as established by the Lamar County School District Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Mississippi Department of Education and the Lamar County School Board policy on Evaluation of Employees.
