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Wednesday, September 23, 2026 · Updated as listings and source records change
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Arlington K-12 Music Teacher

Arlington School District

Arlington, OR, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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THIS POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED

The Position is for the 2026-27 School Year. This is a .6 FTE music position with an option of full-time if the candidate is interested taking on additional classes at the high school: yearbook class and student support class.

Title:                       Music Teacher (K-12)

Classification:       Licensed

Reports To:           Superintendent

Work Year:           175 Days/Year

Job Purpose Statement/s:

The Music teacher promotes and develops successful learning for students in al K-12 Music classes. The teacher also performs instructional and related duties as they pertain to the state and district standards in Music education. The Music teacher must perform duties in accordance with District Policies and terms of the teacher contract. The teacher also maintains a cooperative attitude with staff, parents and students            .

Job Qualifications & Licensure:

• BA/BS or higher degree (required) with a major in one or more of the following areas: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Reading, Music, Early Childhood Education, or similar.

• Valid Oregon Teaching License (Must meet Highly Qualified Requirements)

• Skills to motivate students, communicate with individuals from varied educational and cultural backgrounds, direct support personnel, evaluate performance.

• Knowledge of age appropriate teaching methods, state curriculum framework, education code, appropriate instructional subjects.

• Holds and maintains an appropriate license and endorsement(s) from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission in the State of Oregon; and displays a willingness to teach any qualified subject area. Must be able to provide nitration at assigned levels (Elementary, Middle and High School).

For a Complete Job Description, Please contact the District Office

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Arlington, OR, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

Arlington, OR, USA is evaluated with current OR 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.