Gaffney High School - Choral Director

JOB TITLE: CHORAL DIRECTOR

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Under limited supervision, employs classroom management techniques that result in an atmosphere for teaching/learning in which students can know what they are expected to do. Gives instruction to the students in the areas assigned by the principal. Reports to the Principal.  

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in music education

• South Carolina Music Education Certification

   

Position Summary

Cherokee County School District is seeking a certified Choral Director to deliver high-quality, standards-based general music instruction for students in grades 9-12 while leading and supporting a comprehensive school arts program. This role includes instructional, performance, leadership, and grant-related responsibilities designed to strengthen arts education, promote arts integration across the curriculum, and enhance school-wide cultural programming. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide standards-based general music instruction for students in grades 9-12, including planning, assessment, and monitoring of student progress.
• Plan and implement music instruction aligned with South Carolina music standards, including formative and summative assessments.
• Prepare students for multiple in-school, after-school, and community outreach performances throughout the school year.
• Coordinate and participate in school and community performance events representing the assigned school.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

Standards

1. Classroom Management
   1. The teacher begins the class promptly.
   2. The teacher communicates to students those behaviors expected of them, or there is evidence that expected behaviors have been communicated.
   3. Student exhibit classroom behaviors, which allow for maximum on-task behavior from all participants in the lesson.

   4. Inappropriate behaviors receive immediate and appropriate teacher intervention.

       

2. Materials

               a. The teacher chooses appropriate materials and/or equipment for teaching a lesson.
               b. The teacher handles efficiently the materials and/or equipment in the classroom setting.

Planning for Instruction - Plan effectively with respect to establishing teaching strategies, which allow the attainment, by the students, of the lesson's behavioral objective.

• The teacher utilizes a clinical approach to teaching. (Adequate diagnosis and prescription of evidence by students' learning.)
• The teacher uses Lesson Plan Format, as appropriate.
• The behavioral objective for the lesson is appropriate for the learners.

Teaching the Lesson - Recognizes student differences in needs, abilities, and interests and imparts instruction so that these differences are met.

• Tells the student exactly what is to be learned in the lesson.
• Tells the student the purpose of the learning and makes it meaningful to their lives.
• Relates the learning from the lesson being taught to previous learnings and verbalizes transfer for the students.
• Students are told how they will be accountable for demonstrating proficiency in the learning.
• Gives students information about the learning.
• Demonstrates sound, up-to-date knowledge of the subject matter being taught.
• Checks periodically throughout the lesson for the students' understanding of the objective.
• Provides practice experiences for the students of the appropriate number and variety to insure mastery of the objective.
• Carefully monitors the guided practice for experience to insure that students get immediate feedback as to the correctness of their performance.
• Demonstrates knowledge of reinforcement theory throughout the lesson.
• Each aspect of the lesson gives evidence of the teacher's attention to maintaining a classroom climate conducive to learning (Feeling Tone).
• The activities of the lesson demonstrate the teacher's desire to include the interests of the students in the classroom.
• Encourages, praises, and/or acknowledges student effort appropriately.
• Manages instruction in such a way that each student shows some measure of success.
• There is evidence that practice is scheduled in such a manner as to guarantee retention of