About us:
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
REPORTS TO/TERM:
• Principal
• This is a Full-Time 10-month position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop a comprehensive Award-Winning Arts Program encompassing Grades 5-12 to include, but not limited to, Concert
Band, Marching Band, Beginning Band, Orchestra, Drumline, Choir, Jazz, Theater, and Drama
• Direct and Organize Plays, Performances, and Concerts.
• Create K-12 “Feeder Program” for the Arts fostering excitement, enthusiasm and generating community interest in the Arts.
• Lead students to State Band and Vocal Competitions developing confidence and building student self-esteem.
• Meet with parents and community to promote programs, generate interest, and display student work and talent.
• Teach and actively plan sequentially for concert bands grades 6-12 (6th grade beginning band, 7th grade Intermediate, 8th grade advanced, 9-12 High School Concert Band).
• Teach one music history or music theory course to high school students
• Other extracurricular activities may include jazz band and pep band, Orchestra performances, Choir performances,
Plays/Drama Nights
Requirements
Requirements:
• Must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from an accredited university
• Possess an Indiana Music Teaching License
• Knowledge in wind, percussion, and orchestra pedagogy
• Knowledge of Marching Band techniques
• Knowledge of Orchestra techniques
• Knowledge of Choir/Vocal techniques
• Knowledge of Theater and Drama techniques
• Ability to work with additional staff members and music colleagues
• Organized and good communication skill
Welcome to GEO Academies, where innovation meets educational excellence. We're dedicated to transforming students' educational journeys by implementing leading-edge methods that empower students to complete not only their high school diploma at rates higher than state-average, but to also earn an associate's or bachelor's degree while still in high school.
GEO has built a student-personalized, content-rich K-12 educational framework that provides a skill-based approach to learning. Operating a network of eight charter schools in Indiana and Louisiana, we set the stage for a seamless, debt-free and successful transition into college and beyond for 3,800 predominantly African-American and low-income students.
By providing an accelerated pathway to college, beginning in kindergarten, GEO schools hope to break the poverty cycle prevalent in the families and communities of the students we serve.
