SY 25-26 PART-TIME VIOLIN or VIOLA or CELLO TEACHING ARTIST Position Available In Suffolk, Massachusetts

Bridge Boston Charter School 435 Warren Street
Roxbury, MA 02119

Date Posted:

June 10, 2025

Region:

Eastern Massachusetts Category:

Education/Instruction Type:

Part-Time

SY 25-26 PART-TIME

VIOLIN or VIOLA or

CELLO TEACHING ARTIST

Description:

PART-TIME

VIOLIN or VIOLA or

CELLO TEACHING ARTIST

SY25-26 Please note: We are prioritizing applications from teaching artists with availability Wednesday mornings from 8:30

• 11:30am as well as availability Thursday and Friday from 12:00
• 3:30pm.

Please do not hesitate to contact Julie Davis with any questions: jdavisbridgebostoncs MISSION Bridge Boston Charter School students will thrive in a challenging, joyful, inclusive K1-8 public schoolmunity that values close partnerships with families, and a focus on the whole child. Our students will develop the skills necessary to excel academically in rigorous high schools, reach their individual potentials, and view themselves as creators of their own futures. Through full-service programming, Bridge Boston Charter School will work to remove the health and social obstacles that hinder student learning.

OVERVIEW

Bridge Boston Charter School is a tuition-free, K1-8 public school serving 335 students in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and the surroundingmunity

• many of whom have experienced social, emotional, and developmental barriers to learning.

Three core beliefs guide our work: Students do best in arigorous academic environment that teaches basic skills while still inspiring a love of learning.
Students thrive when a school plays an active role ineliminating barriers, working closely with families and partneranizations to meet each student’s social-emotional, health, and other critical needs.
Students will succeed when they live and learn in anurturingmunity w they are respected as individuals, w they are encouraged to explore the world around them, and w their efforts are fully supported.

ABOUT THE MUSIC PROGRAM

• The El Sistema-inspired music program is central to themunity at Bridge Boston.

As the school pursues high academic standards, it also maintains amitment to allow students to experience the arts, beauty, and joy. The music program strives to expose children in such ways. Every Bridge Boston student participates in our instrumental music program. Through frequent ensemble-based rehearsals, students learn not only how to play, listen to, and appreciate music; they also learn how to persevere through challenges, to hold themselves to high standards, and to achieve in ways that they may not have expected.

THE POSITION

Bridge Boston is seeking experienced and passionate string teaching artists. Working in collaboration with the Music Director, the individual(s) will be responsible for leading violin, viola, and/or cello orchestral sectionals and private lessons as well as assisting sections in full rehearsals in grades 3-8.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work collaboratively with music department team to ensure that individual instrumental curriculum are aligned with the music program’s vision and values,
Provide an engaging and dynamic lessons in the classroom conducive for learning,
Design and support regular school concerts and events to celebrate students’ musical aplishments and engage families and the schoolmunity,
Hold students accountable for meeting high behavioral expectations, while still working relentlessly to build positive relationships and implement restorative practices with young people,
Proactivelymunicate with our students’ families to ensure that they understand what their child is learning and how they can support their child’s academic growth and achievement.
Ad to and promote Bridge’s systems and policies for maintaining a positive and productive school culture.

Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s degree preferred
Experience leading and teaching group and/or ensemble-based music classes in an elementary or middle school
Knowledgeable in violin, viola, and/or cello pedagogies and teaching technique & repertoire
Excellentanizational skills, punctuality and reliability, and willingness to be a team player
Realmitment to to life-long learning

WHO IS A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER AT BRIDGE?

Here’s what we’ve seen from our most successful teachers at

Bridge:

Curiosity about student learning

• They are driven to use data, student work, and observations of learning to figure out how to give their student what they need to grow as scholars and as human beings.
  Love for the content
• They love the puzzle of figuring out how to make academic content engaging and accessible to all students.
  Cultural sensitivity and humility
• They know that strong relationships are the foundation of teaching and learning, and tfore recognize that t’s constant work to be done to build trust with all their students, families, and colleagues.
  Continuous learning
• They are reflective and inquisitive about what is and is not working for their students, and they’re open to learning and trying new things through professional development and coaching.
  Professionalism & Collaboration
• They understand that being a good teammate and role model is as important to
  our overall success as a school as being an effective instructor.
  Positivity
• Even when faced with extraordinary challenges, they work hard to stay open minded, strengths based, solutions oriented, and proactive.