Position: Music Support Associate
Location: Los Angeles, California
Reports to: Principal/Assistant Principal
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Work Class: Classified
Capacity: Full-Time or Part-Time
Organization Overview
The mission of Citizens of the World Los Angeles (CWC LA) is to provide a socio-economically, culturally, and racially diverse community of students in Los Angeles with an intellectually challenging, experiential learning environment that develops each student's confidence, potential, and individual responsibility as citizens of the world. CWC schools:
● Service a socioeconomically, culturally, and racially diverse community;
● Develop students’ social and emotional skills to prepare them to become citizens of the world in an ever-changing future; and
● Promote academic rigor through a constructivist, project-based learning approach, to support and develop children’s natural intellectual curiosity
CWC LA has a Regional Support Office that supports all CWC LA schools. We work with our network partners at Citizens of the World Charter Schools, linking the schools in Los Angeles to CWC schools in other parts of the country.
Our core values are embraced by the entire community:
● Excellence: we demand lasting quality
● Diversity: we are better and stronger because of our differences
● Authenticity: we are our true selves in this work, and we are candid
● Community: we care deeply about people. We share and build partnerships. We celebrate, laugh, and seek joy, even in the tough times
● Change: we welcome the unknown, embracing the unexpected and new. We adapt to meet the ever-changing times. We find new ways.
Position Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic, skilled and creative Music Support Associate This individual will be an important part of our enrichment teaching support team, supporting our school in its ability to offer high-quality arts education to our student body.
The Music Support Associate is responsible for supporting instruction of general music with a program that is designed to develop music literacy for elementary students, centered around aural and reading skill development and focused on The National Music Standards of creating, performing, responding and connecting to music. The successful candidate must demonstrate a passion for supporting instruction of elementary music while understanding the important role music plays in both the social/emotional development and academic growth of the youngest learners within our school community. Familiarity with Orff, Kodaly and Conversational Solfege methods is preferred.
Responsibilities
The Music Support Associate’s job responsibilities include:
● Supporting teachers to develop curriculum and units of study
● Supporting teachers to assess student progress and achievement
● Participating in professional development activities, both internal (led by the principal, Lead Teachers and visiting experts) and external (visiting other schools, attending conferences, and engaging in best practice sharing with others in the charter school community, etc.)
● Participating as an active member of the community to provide stewardship of the school and adherence to its mission and guiding principles
● Maintaining a high-level of professionalism including meeting deadlines, and commitments to self, students, and the community.
● Conferring with TAs, teachers, school leaders, and other instructional personnel, external educational agencies, to aid in the development of robust, appropriate, educational programming and supports
● Supporting the facilitation of school-wide musical events
● Coordinating with other Music and Arts teachers to align on curriculum and co-develop exhibition opportunities
Skill/Traits/Qualifications
The ideal Music Support Associate will have:
● Experience working with elementary students and supporting music curriculum development for such grade levels
● Passion for music and high-level proficiency in playing guitar, keyboard/piano, or another instrument
● Familiarity with Kodaly or Conversational Solfege
● Experience working in a socio-economic, racial and culturally diverse classroom setting.
● Ability to effectively manage both small and large groups of students
● An exhibited ability to work with children in a caring and respectful manner in order to create a joyful, caring classroom environment where instructional time includes community building, conflict resolution, skill-building, and empowering students to be peacemakers and agents for positive social change
● Experience working with diverse populations, including English language learners and students with special needs
● Fluency in a second language (ideally Spanish or Korean) is preferred.
● Maturity, humility, strong work ethic, sense of humor, and a can-do attitude
● Personal investment in creating a classroom in which social emotional learning is the foundation of the culture
● Belief and willingness to ensure that all students can learn and achieve at high levels
● Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate to a diverse audience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWC) prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation,and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status, immigration status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. CWC requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to CWC Talent and Human Resources Department at talent-hr@cwclosangeles.org