Adjunct double bass teacher to teach students of all ages and levels (beginner to advanced) at the Peabody Preparatory, a division of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
DUTIES: Teach private lessons and possibly bass group classes, primarily on Saturdays at the main campus but may expand to include teaching at branch campuses in Towson or Howard County. Opportunity to teach students from the Tuned-In program. Training and mentoring on the curriculum of the Tuned-In program will be tailored to the candidate's experience. Adjunct faculty positions consist of a teaching load that does not exceed 9.5 hours per week.
LOCATION: The Peabody Preparatory shares space with the Peabody Conservatory in downtown Baltimore and offers string instruction at three satellite branches in the communities of Frederick, Howard County, and Towson, MD. The Preparatory is more than 100 years old and has approximately 2,000 students studying all instruments, dance, theory, early childhood music, orchestra, and more. We embrace the novice as well as the serious student aspiring to a career in music.
COMPENSATION: Dependent upon experience.
START DATE: August 2024
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or equivalent experience and training preferred. Documented successful teaching experience required. Awareness of the broad mission of the Preparatory, and of the Tuned-In program, enacting social change through music.
Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.