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Band Assistant - Percussion Instructor - Abingdon H.S.

Abingdon High School

Abingdon, VA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Abingdon High
705 Thompson Dr, Abingdon VA 24210Matched to the National Center for Education Statistics school directory · NCES school ID 510390001736.

Resumen de posición: El Instructor de Percusión Banca Marching coordina con el Director de Percusión para la progresión musical y visual del conjunto delantero y secciones de batería. Este papel especializado se centra en la enseñanza de la técnica integral de percusión, la limpieza de arreglos rítmicos complejos, la implementación de técnicas uniformes de marcha/jugación, e integración de la sección cohesivamente en el conjunto completo de campo. Dependiendo de las calificaciones, el instructor de percusión trabajará con una o una combinación de: línea plana, línea de bajo, carril de tambor completo y conjunto frontal.

Funciones y responsabilidades esenciales:

Las expectativas mínimas de rendimiento incluyen, pero no se limitan a, las siguientes funciones/tazas:

• Gestión del ensayo: Ejecutar secciones y subsecciones de percusión eficientes. Diseccione y limpie los arreglos de música desafiante, dirija las discrepancias de tiempo y asegure la precisión rítmica y articulación.

• Coordinación visual: Instruir y perfeccionar técnicas de marcha específicas de percusión, carruaje de instrumentos, coreografía corporal, ejecución de taladros y coordinación de altura de palo/mallet en relación con dinámicas.

• Logística & Mantenimiento: Asiste al Director de Percusión en el ajuste, mantenimiento y reparación regular de todo el equipo de percusión. Consulte los procedimientos de carga, tránsito y configuración de campo en todos los eventos.

• Integración de conjunto: Coordinar estrechamente con el personal de banda para la transición de la sección de percusión sin problemas de ensayos aislados en los circuitos de campo de todo tipo.

• Otros deberes que pueden ser asignados por el Director de Banda/Director.

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Abingdon High Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

Abingdon High is evaluated with current VA 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 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.