Music, Band, and Grade 6/7 Teacher at Seymour Heights Elementary School

Start Date: September 8, 2026

End Date: March 31, 2027 or upon return of incumbent

FTE: 0.974

NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Seymour Heights prides itself on a positive community atmosphere. The Music/Band instructor is an important role within the school, working with all students from grades K-7 to collaborate around positive experiences for all learners.

This assignment includes 0.775 FTE Music, 0.119 FTE Band, and 0.08 FTE in a Grade 6/7 classroom.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

·           A Bachelor of Education Degree (Elementary) specializing in Music.

·           Successful experience teaching Music at the elementary level.

·           Successful experience teaching at the Intermediate level.

·           Orff Level 1

·           Choir experience

·           Piano

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS, ATTRIBUTES and EXPERIENCE

·           Strong commitment to excellence in teaching and demonstrated teaching ability.

·           Comprehensive understanding of curriculum coupled with demonstrated ability to interpret curriculum appropriately to accommodate individual differences.

·           Demonstrated ability to design and implement a variety of assessment practices to measure and monitor student progress effectively.

·           Demonstrated ability to organize for instruction to maximize student potential.

·           Confidence and proficiency in using instructional organizers, concepts, and strategies that actively engage all students in learning.

·           Knowledge and demonstrated ability to structure and organize instructional strategies to enhance academic learning time.

·           Practical knowledge of district initiatives in reading so that reading skills and strategies can be taught explicitly across the curriculum to insure reading success.

·           Strategies to identify learning difficulties early, understand obstacles to learning, and implement effective intervention to maximize academic success.

·           Knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant computer technologies to teaching and learning.

·           Excellent written and oral communication.

·           Evidence of personal initiative and strong work ethic.

·           Demonstrated successful and creative classroom experience.

·           Demonstrated ability to demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness to the needs and demands of the profession.

·           Willingness to be involved in professional development, with an ongoing commitment to learn and implement new methodologies and strategies.

·           Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with students, parents, and staff to enhance the school as a learning community.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

·           Possession of a BC Teaching Certificate

·           Membership in the BC Teacher Regulation Branch.

·           A member of the North Vancouver Teachers’ Association and the BC Teachers’ Federation.