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Friday, August 28, 2026 · Updated as listings and source records change
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Sponsor - Head Choir

Joplin High School

Joplin, MO, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Position:                     Sponsor - Choir Director

Term:                          Supplemental

Location:                    Joplin High School

Classification:            Certified/ Exempt

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, required

• Valid Missouri Teaching Certificate, required

Reports to:                  Principal

Code:                          002-1411-6131-1050-00000-1-000

Job Number:               1684

General Expectations

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.

• Supports the value of education.

• Become familiar with, enforce, and follow all applicable Board policies and regulations, administrative procedures, other directions given by district administrators and supervisors, and state and federal laws.

• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.

• Obey all safety rules, including rules protecting the safety and welfare of students.

• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.

• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.

• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required.

• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.

• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.

• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.

• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.

• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.

• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.

• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.

• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed to complete job duties.

• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply to job duties.

Essential Functions:

• Provide instruction to students

• Create and implement a classroom disciplinary plan

• Create lesson plans and activities to implement and supplement instruction

• Participate in building, grade level and subject area committees

• Participate in professional development activities

• Maintain accurate student records including attendance, grades and discipline

• Complete and submit forms and required reports in a timely manner

• Communicate regularly with parents regarding progress and other educational concerns

• Report suspected abuse, neglect, discrimination and harassments as directed by Board policy

• Prepare lesson plans for use by a substitute teacher

• Carry out all other duties that are required

Physical Demands

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

• Speak and hear in an environment where numerous conversations and activities may be taking place simultaneously

• Move around the classroom

• Read handwritten or printed material

Attendance

Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position.

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Conditions and Environment

The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active.  Occasionally the individual will be required to work outdoors for short periods of time to perform such tasks as performances.  Ability to lift 25 pounds.

Note:  The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.  Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

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Joplin, MO, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-28

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Opportunity and Market

Joplin, MO, USA is evaluated with current MO labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [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 July 2026; retrieved 2026-08-28.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective July 2026; retrieved 2026-08-28.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective July 2026; retrieved 2026-08-28.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-28; retrieved 2026-08-28.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-28; retrieved 2026-08-28.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-28; retrieved 2026-08-28.