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Music Teacher Job Description

Teaches individuals or groups instrumental or vocal music in public or private school.
Plans daily classroom work based on teaching outline prepared for course of study to meet curriculum requirements.
Evaluates students' interests, aptitudes, temperament, and individual characteristics to determine suitable instrument for beginner.
Sings or plays instrument to demonstrate musical scales, tones, and rhythm.
Conducts group rehearsals and instructs and coaches members in their individual parts, in fundamentals of musicianship, and ensemble performance.
Leads orchestra and choral groups in regular and special performances for school program, community activities, concerts, and festivals.
Meets with parents of student to resolve student problem.

Sample Music Teacher Resume Template

Contact information

In this section you have to include your Name, current home address, Mobile telephone number, Landline telephone number and your personal email address which is currently used.

Full name
Present and permanent addresses
Telephone numbers
Email address

Professional or career objective

Your objective is the one that clearly underlines your aims and aspirations in that profession. For example a Teaching Graduate will have to write an objective which is concise and precisely speaks about his role that he wants to play in the Organization.

Sample Objective for Music Teacher

Highly knowledgeable, creative and resourceful Music Teacher with o experience in developing students' interest in and appreciating music through teaching theory, history and practical skills.

Career Achievements

If you have any major Career Achievements or any Appreciation then this is the section where they should be listed. For Example a Music Teacher can add his/her career achievements like,

Instructs students in music theory, harmony, score and sight reading, composition, music appreciation, and provides individual or group vocal and instrumental lessons using technical knowledge, aesthetic appreciation, and prescribed teaching techniques.
Leads orchestra and choral groups in regular and special performances for school program, community activities, concerts, and festivals.
Trained students to participate in inter school music talent hunt judged by Anu Malik and Ismile Darbar; our participant was runner up.
Received numerous letters of recommendation, and appreciation from students, parents, school management and music lovers.

Experience

Previous work experience plays an important role while applying for a Job and hence it should be well presented in the resume. Most of the questions during your resume will be related to the previous job that you had and hence you should be well prepared for it. You should begin with putting the name of the organization that you worked for, the duration of your work and the post or the designation at which you were working. After this, you can effectively place points in a bulleted format that talk about the responsibilities and the achievements that you may have achieved during your stay at the previous organization. The work experience of an experienced Music Teacher applying for a job would look like,

Music Teacher
Galaxy Music School, Bangalore 2004 - Present

Develop students' interest in and appreciation of music through teaching theory, history and practical skills.
Develop course plan and teaching program in line with local syllabuses and the National Statements and Profiles.
Undertake general teaching tasks.
Develop individual student skills in computer-designed music.
Illustrate basic musical concepts (e.g. time and rhythm) for students through activities such as playing recorded music or playing an instrument in class accompanied by students design creative activities to allow students to experience different musical styles, interpret musical scores and compose their own music teach music theory, history, harmony, counterpoint, form and analysis.
Arrange for and timetable regular visits by instrumental teachers.
Provide aural training through the performance of music, talks, discussion, use of audiovisual equipment, practical music and written assignments.

Music Teacher
Army School, Hyderabad, 2000- 2004

Introduce individual students to particular instruments and assess students' needs in regard to instrumental training.
Arrange for and timetable regular visits by instrumental teachers.
Set up and conduct school choirs and orchestras, concert bands, rock bands and jazz ensembles.
Organize student concerts and invite visiting musicians to schools for concerts and performance classes.
Organize the repair, servicing and replacement of instruments and equipment.
Introduce and develop individual student skills in computer-designed music.
Music training through the performance of music, talks, discussion, use of audiovisual equipment, practical music and written assignments.
Trained students to participate in inter school music talent hunt judged by Anu Malik and Ismile Darbar; our participant was runner up.

Education and Certification:

The academic details need to be mentioned in a tabulated format with respect to the degrees or the courses that the candidate would have undertaken in the past. The latest degree or course comes first followed by the last completed course and hence forth going backwards. For example a Music Teacher who has completed post graduation or graduation course is applying for a Job or to a company or an organization then his/her details would be like,

Honors

If you have won any competitions national or international then they could also be highlighted here. For example a Music Teacher could lay stress on any exams that he may have given or any seminars or conferences attended. If you are a part of any honorary society or any nonprofit organization then that could also be added here. The honors and the activities section of a Music Teacher would look like,

Performed solo and group musical events.
Judged Voice of Hyderabad, 2007.
Received "Sangeet Samman", by Kala Bhavan Bangalore in 2006.

References:

The References are generally required so that your present employer can gauge you through the eyes of the people who you were associated with or have worked for. So your teachers or college professors' details could be placed here. Or your past employer who you would have worked under can also be used as a reference. Ensure that the people whose names you enter know you well and do inform them that you are placing their names as reference because many companies call to confirm. For example the references section of a Music Teacher could also look like, Mr.Ganesh Doshi Principal Hindustan High School, Kolkata ganeshdoshi@iiijjkk.com

Salary Range of a Project :

The average salary received is approximately Rs. 7000 per month. This works out to an annual pay package of 1.00 Lakhs to 1.50 Lakhs per annum CTC.
The salary from an American perspective works out to be $5600 per Month.

Note: This salary may be variable and it may change from organization to organization.

Frequently asked Music Teacher Interview Question

What are the most important or worthwhile qualifications of a good teacher?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?
Describe your student teaching successes and failures?
Describe a good lesson, explain why it was good.
How would you go about planning a lesson?
How would you individualize a curriculum for students at various levels?
How would you identify special needs of students?
What methods do you use for classroom management? Describe one difficult incident with a student, and how you handled it.
Are you a team player? If so, please give me an example.
What was the last educational book you read?

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