Music Coordinator with (Teaching Responsibilities)
Based in Darlington
Music Coordinator (with Teaching Responsibilities)
16 hours / 2 days per week, 40 weeks per year term time
Actual salary £ 9,949.67 - £ 12,695.14
FTE Salary: £28,350.05 - £36,172.83
(starting salary depending on teaching qualifications and experience)
A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Music Coordinator with Teaching Responsibilities at Clervaux Garden school, to work with students with learning disabilities and complex needs.
We would be interested to speak with candidates who will be able:
- To plan and deliver music sessions to individuals or small groups of students according to their individual needs and learning requirements. A bespoke RMT music curriculum is available as a guide.
- To encourage students with the right aptitude to prepare and perform pieces of music, whether solo or as a group, at festivals and school or Trust performances.
- To be part of an ongoing assessment of students’ learning needs and to make reasonable adjustments as required, minimising barriers to learning and achievement.
- Work creatively with different musical styles and acoustic, unplugged instruments to meet the varied needs of our students.
- Positively role model behaviours and attitudes.
- Support students on their life journey by developing good rapport and giving appropriate challenges that build their self-confidence to participate in the cultural life of the community.
- To work alongside and to support teachers and teaching assistants to deliver music in the classroom.
- To prepare suitable music for seasonal festivals and performances and supervise rehearsals with students and staff.
- Collaborate with other teachers and therapists, including Speech and Language, Dance and Drama to coordinate cross-discipline learning sessions and experiences.
- Lead CPD to develop staff confidence and skill in singing and teaching music fundamentals.
- To maintain the instrument collection and the organisation of the music room
The position may suit recent graduates from music trainings including music therapy and world music’s.
Clervaux Garden School bridges Clow Beck on a 100-acre site near Darlington, farmed for over 800 years. Clervaux Garden School is on a part of the site originally designed as an eco-centre, closely connected to the land. Our pupils have opportunities to apply themselves to practical land and craft activities that support the curriculum areas identified in the Independent National School Standards.
Clervaux Garden School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
We invest heavily in our staff and your career, and we will provide excellent professional development opportunities and an interactive cross –trust induction to experience our unique curriculum from the students’ point of view. You will be fully trained in the following: safeguarding, Trust method of Practical Skills and Therapeutic Education, health & safety and CPI Safety Intervention Training. You will receive ongoing CPD in therapeutic music education and community music and will receive mentoring in the role.
Working at Clervaux is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;
- A comprehensive induction, extensive training and personal development with an opportunity to study a MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education
- Free car parking facilities
- A beautiful location
- Free lunches eaten as a team with the students
- Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme via Medicash
- Cycle to work scheme
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
