TEACHING ARTIST REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION

Hourly, September to May

(applications accepted on a rolling basis)

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Founded in 2011, Austin Soundwaves seeks to make learning music accessible and equitable. Our vision is a world without barriers to music education. We serve over 700 students in grades K-12 across our school partnerships and community helping them achieve creative, social, and academic success.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Teaching Artists are skilled musicians and teachers responsible for teaching and leading lessons, sectionals, and group classes. The ideal candidate will also be a dynamic team player with a strong work ethic. Instructors will work to support organizational goals and to ensure the highest quality experience program-wide, helping make Austin Soundwaves a successful national model for collaborative music education.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead individual and group lesson teaching, including sectionals

  • Support 1-5 ensembles across multiple school sites

  • Ensure consistent, engaging, and effective pedagogy across partner schools

  • Assist program events, including concerts and workshops

  • Assist with select advocacy and fundraising events

  • Represent Austin Soundwaves within the community, within Texas, and around the United States

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A commitment to music as a vehicle for social change

  • Experience working with children from diverse ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds

  • A musical, and education background, including previous classroom experience, general or instrumental music teaching, or proficiency in 1 or more instruments/voice

    • A bachelor’s degree in music is highly desired, but not required

  • 2+ years private teaching and classroom lead teaching experience

  • Substantial and varied knowledge of music pedagogy

  • Accomplished instrumental musician

  • Advanced degrees in music or education preferred, but not required

  • Growth mindset

    • Fast learner with a natural curiosity

    • Desire to grow skills necessary for success

  • Excellent work ethic

    • Organized enough to not let things slip through the cracks

    • Detail-oriented with documentation, information, reporting, and giving/receiving instructions

    • Efficient with time and execution of “to do list”

  • A proven track record of reliability and consistency

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

    • Clear, concise, and complete correspondence over email and Slack

    • Comfortable in clear communication over Zoom, phone, or in-person

    • *Spanish language skills a plus

  • Preferred, but not required:

    • A commitment to music as a vehicle for social change

    • Experience working with families from diverse ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds

  • At the end of the day, possesses the grit to get the job done at a high level

    • Adaptability, creativity, persistence, and patience

    • Awareness of the organizational needs working with 25+ staff, 30+ partner school teachers and administrators, and 1,100+ students across the greater Austin area

APPLICATION

You will be required to submit via Google form the following:

  1. Required: Statement of interest in one of the following formats:

    • 45-second video pitch telling us why you’re a fit for this position

      • uploaded to YouTube and shared as an unlisted video link

    • 1-page cover letter telling us why you’re a fit for this position

      • uploaded as a PDF - please, no docx files

  2. Required: Resume (no more than two pages)

  3. Recommended: Up to three links to teaching and/or conducting videos (please limit to 10 minutes total)

Submit your application directly by clicking the button below:

(a Google account is required to submit this Google form)

Please direct any and all questions to info@austinsoundwaves.org.


STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

Austin Soundwaves is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its applicants, staff members, and families, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. People of diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

  

BENEFITS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Austin Soundwaves offers a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) and a modified open time off policy (OTOP) for all part-time staff. Employees must be based in Austin, TX and able to teach in person.