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IVEP Music Lessons Program - Clarinet Teacher - SY 26/27

Wellesley School District

Wellesley, MA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Job Goal: To provide private clarinet lessons to students in Wellesley Public Schools outside of school time on WPS school campuses.

Qualifications:

• Experience teaching clarinet lessons to students at various stages of development and experience

• Ability to play the clarinet at an advanced level

• Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed

• Successful completion of a Criminal Record Check (C.O.R.I.), Sexual Offender Record Check (S.O.R.I) and fingerprints

• Passion for working with children/students

• Basic knowledge of child growth and development

• Knowledge of basic behavioral strategies

• Knowledge of basic learning strategies

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Maintain a record of lesson schedules and complete timesheets in a timely and accurate manner

• Communication with students, families, and IVEP progragm coordinator

• Collaborate with WPS Performing Arts teachers where appropriate to ensure alignment in teaching practices and student learning goals.

• Ensure confidentiality regarding all personal information and educational records concerning students and their families.

• Maintain professional boundaries with students and their families.

Applicants for employment are considered without regard to age, physical, mental or psychiatric disability, genetics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status.

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Wellesley, MA, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-09-22

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Opportunity and Market

Wellesley, MA, USA is evaluated with current MA 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 August 2026; retrieved 2026-09-22.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective August 2026; retrieved 2026-09-22.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective August 2026; retrieved 2026-09-22.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-09-22; retrieved 2026-09-22.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-09-22; retrieved 2026-09-22.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-09-22; retrieved 2026-09-22.