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Long Term Substitute - Elementary Music Teacher K-3

Charter Oak Unified

CA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Job Summary

This is an exceptional opportunity to inspire the next generation through the power of music education. The Elementary Music Teacher serves as an instructional leader, fostering students' musical growth, creativity, and appreciation for the performing arts. This position provides high-quality instrumental music instruction to elementary students, primarily in grades K-3, at multiple school sites. The teacher develops and implements engaging, standards-based lessons that build fundamental instrumental skills, encourage artistic expression, and cultivate a lifelong appreciation for music. In addition to classroom instruction, the teacher coordinates and directs student performances and other musical activities that enrich the educational experience and strengthen school and community engagement.

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Requirements / Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS/PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Single Subject Music credential, or Multiple Subject credential with at least 12 lower or 6 upper division semester units in Music

Please include the following with your application:

• Credential Copy (Single Subject: Music credential/ OR Multiple Subject Credential with 12 semester units in Music)

• Letter of Introduction

• Letter(s) of Recommendation (One (1) current letters (within one year))

• Resume

Comments and Other Information

Charter Oak Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment, and bullying in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital or parental status, medical condition, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, retaliation, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws respectively.

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CA, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

CA, USA is evaluated with current CA labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The source listing identifies a state or region but not a city; city-level statistics are therefore unavailable. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.