Position Overview
The Instrumental Music instructor will be responsible for directing and conducting large and small ensembles at Lee College as well as teaching music courses to music majors and non-music majors, as assigned.
Faculty schedules vary by semester. Candidate may be required to teach evening, weekend, summer, online, hybrid, and/or distance education courses.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Teach freshmen and sophomore Instrumental Music courses, including Sophomore Music Theory, Sophomore Sight-Singing and Ear Training, Music Literature courses as well as the core curriculum course, American Music and Applied Music.
- Qualified applicants must be committed to student learning, integrating technology into the curriculum, and encouraging engaged scholars.
- Teach assigned classes in keeping with approved syllabi, outlines, and instructional materials.
- Maintain accurate student records in compliance with Lee College requirements.
- Submit required student reports to the Admissions & Records Office according to schedule.
- Direct, evaluate, and assess the learning experience of the students in accordance with adopted curricula and approved procedures.
- Provide counsel/guidance to students when there is a need.
- Serve as advisor to music majors and help sponsor Music Club activities, while also encouraging student participation in performances.
- All faculty members are required to be on campus thirty-five (35) hours per week and participate in professional development activities, department and college committees, commencement, and other activities as stated in the Faculty Workload and Responsibilities Policy.
- Faculty members may be required to teach evening, weekend, summer, online, hybrid, and dual credit classes at various campuses.
Additional Duties & Responsibilities
- Participate in campus-related committees as needed.
- Recruit for and promote the Instrumental Music program, as well as for the Visual and Performing Arts Division.
- Participate in professional development activities, both on-campus and off.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Master's (or higher) degree in a qualifying field or a Master's (or higher) degree with eighteen (18) graduate hours in a qualifying field
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior online teaching experience and certification
- Blackboard Learning Management System experience
Qualifying Fields:
- Music, Music Education, Music Composition, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Pedagogy, in a Music Subject, Music Conducting, Music Theory, Music Performance, Collaborative Performance
Lee College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.
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