Guitar Teacher

**GUITAR TEACHER NEEDED**
- Are you looking to join a community of like-minded music teachers, who are passionate and dedicated about music education?
- Do you share a love for classical music and the instrument you play?
- Do you have a desire and interest to work with young people and children?

If yes, the Cantabile School of Music may be the perfect community for you.

Our school is currently seeking a passionate and dedicated **Guitar Teacher **to join our growing team of music educators.

The Cantabile School of Music is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and motivational music education, serving over 300 students across two locations in the suburbs of Glen Waverley and Mount Waverley.

We believe in a healthy way to deliver music education, and our aim is to create a musical community that is active, caring and supportive. We believe students thrive in musical ability not only in their private music lessons, but even more as a community.

**Benefits for Our Teachers**
- We take care of your administrative needs - including scheduling, billing, marketing, make up lessons and other policies - so that you don’t have to This leaves your focus devoted to your teaching of the students.
- Safety and Hygiene - our facilities and instruments are professionally and regularly cleaned to ensure the school is a safe and hygienic place to work in.
- Our Online Management System - this is an online portal we provide access for our teachers. This keeps you organised with your schedule, teaching resources and any other communication between the school, students and parents.
- Professional Development and Support - a vital part of working at our school is the community we provide. We make sure that you never feel alone in your teaching career and that you always feel supported.
- Performance Opportunities - although we provide a variety of performance opportunities for our students, we also provide opportunities for our teachers to perform as well. Many of our teachers are professional performers or studying music courses, and find these opportunities helpful to build their performance experience.
- Full-time or part-time opportunities
- Privacy Protection - all teachers’ personal information are kept private and confidential. You will never be asked to reveal your contact information to any of our students and parents.

**Qualification Needed**:

- Tertiary qualifications in music or music qualification to an advanced level in your instrument (e.g Grade 8 AMEB or equivalent)
- Experience with the AMEB syllabus (ABRSM or experience with other examination boards are desirable but not necessary)
- Holds a working with children’s check
- Drivers license (desirable)

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- To deliver high quality tuition to students ages 6 to 12 years at a beginner level
- Be able to prepare students for music examinations such as the AMEB
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with students, parents and other teachers
- Able to participate in our workshops, concerts and masterclasses
- A minimum of 12 months commitment is required

**Qualities Needed**:

- A warm and approachable personality towards young children and parents
- Applicant should be responsible, well organised and punctual to lessons
- Ability to collaborate with other teachers and staff
- Have an open mind to exploring and adopting different teaching methods and pedagogy, to better themselves as a music educator

**Teachers with more availability will be considered favourable**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Subcontract

**Salary**: $35.00 - $45.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
All COVID-Safe Procedures followed. All staff and teachers are required to be fully vaccinated when working on-site.

Licence/Certification:

- Working with Children Check (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)