APPLY HERE: https://www.expressionsmusicacademy.com/new-teachers-wanted

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Expressions Music Academy is currently interviewing music instructors to teach these private lessons:

• Early Childhood Music
• Piano
• Voice
• Guitar/Ukulele/Bass
• Violin/Viola/Cello
• Drums
• Woodwinds
• Brass

Requirements:

• Preferably pursuing or obtained a university degree related to music or at least has received substantial training in your instrument
• Experience teaching private music lessons to children and adults
• Comfortable teaching a variety of styles and genres
• Planning to remain in the area and commit to this position for at least a few years

Since Expressions opened in September 2010, we have been growing at the rate of about 200 private students on average each year, so we are constantly on the lookout for highly competent instructors to join our community of schools in Metro Detroit and Metro DC.

WHY TEACH AT EXPRESSIONS?

A CONSTANT FLOW OF NEW STUDENTS TO KEEP SCHEDULES AS FULL AS POSSIBLE

Over the course of the year, students can move or quit. This can leave a teacher with gaps or holes in their schedule. At our schools, we spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing year-round to keep our teachers' schedules as full as possible. We are continually registering new students for our private music lessons even during typically slower registration months like June and July.

Our instructors across the board maintain schedules each day that are 80-95% full.

EXTRAS ARE TAKEN CARE OF – YOUR ONLY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TEACH

Our organized and friendly administrative and management staff handle all of the details. From scheduling to collecting fees to organizing recitals. These details are handled by our administrators, not the teacher. This means the teacher is free to focus on teaching and not get bogged down by administration or handling awkward situations in regard to tuition collection or scheduling. Driving all over town for a couple lessons, trying to remember who is months behind on tuition, and trying to protect your time against student cancellations with no pay are all problems of the past.

OUR TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYEES
Most music schools or stores hire their teachers as independent contractors to come and go. At Expressions, our teachers are part of our family, and so even if they only teach one day with us, they are classified as an employee, which provides many benefits in the case of seeking a car loan, home mortgage, or other applications which look more favorably upon a consistent employee job as opposed to a contractor position. Employee jobs are sometimes hard to come by for professional musicians, so we are proud to offer this benefit! Our teachers are conveniently paid via direct deposit every two weeks.

HEALTH INSURANCE, 401K, PTO BENEFITS PACKAGE AVAILABLE

We are disrupting the industry and leading the way in providing full-time, stable, secure employment positions for our qualifying private music teachers. We are very excited and proud to offer this opportunity to our incredible faculty. For our qualifying teachers (full-time at 34+ hours/week), we have an attractive complete benefits package available. This package includes:

• Full coverage health and dental insurance package (the same incredible package used by the CEO, CFO, COO, & all full-time employees at Expressions)
• 401k retirement plan with up to a 5% match
• 7 days of PTO per year
• 75% lifetime discount for yourself or a family or friend taking private lessons at Expressions
• “Senior” faculty title
• Option to select a private recital day just for you and your students at our facility
• Complementary subscription to “You Need a Budget” budgeting app
• Expressions “swag bag” gift at $150 value as a welcome to “Senior” full-time status :)

YOUR TIME IS RESPECTED AND YOU ARE PAID WHEN STUDENTS CANCEL LATE
Our teachers are paid when students do not provide 24-hour notice. Even when they DO provide 24-hour notice, we do our best to book a make-up lesson in that spot so that you are still paid. Our teachers are very comfortable knowing how much income they will make in any given month.

USE THE MATERIALS YOU LIKE BEST
There is no mandated school-wide curriculum or set of method books. Unlike many other music schools or stores, we are not looking to sell any merchandise or books. We trust our teachers at EMA to be experts in their fields, and encourage them to use the materials they think are best for each individual student.

STUDENT RECITALS
All recitals are completely organized and run by EMA staff and are offered twice yearly (Spring Season in May/June and Winter Season in November/December) for all students. We have a beautiful concert venue in Novi for our Detroit region and in Fairfax in our DC region, and our administrative team takes care of all logistics from helping students sign up to the physical set-up/breakdown, as well as everything involved with the post-recital reception.

COMFORTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ENVIRONMENT
We provide our teachers with a beautiful, comfortable, spacious teaching space. All of our locations are incredibly clean, new, and well-maintained with ample waiting room for all students, as well as large, comfortable teaching rooms. Plus, we have coffee, WIFI, and a teacher’s lounge for making copies, socializing, or taking breaks.

ALWAYS KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE WITH OUR ONLINE SCHEDULING SYSTEM
Access your updated schedule, absences, make-ups, etc. online through your teacher portal at all times. Our scheduling system is incredibly easy to navigate and allows teachers to always be kept up to date on their students and schedule from home or on-the-go or wherever you are. Plus every time a student cancels a lesson, enrolls, withdraws, or changes their schedule, you will immediately be sent an email and text notification and your portal schedule will be automatically updated.

MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS WITH OUR LEVEL UP PROGRAM
Our Level Up program and app is incredibly customizable for teachers and very motivating for students. The Level Up app help keep things organized and provides an easy way for parents to see their child’s progress. If you’ve ever wanted a way to inspire students to practice harder, make more progress, and get parents on board like never before, this is it! Our students remain in lessons longer and achieve higher because of this program, which is so flexible and easy for teachers to use.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR GIANT LIBRARY OF MUSIC
Finding repertoire at EMA is easy. All of our teachers have access to our huge library of sheet music and songbooks. The contents of the library can also be viewed through our Teacher Portal from home or wherever you are, meaning you won’t have to comb through stacks of books to find what you’re looking for.

NO NON-COMPETE CLAUSE

Our teachers don’t have to worry about any non-compete clause and most typically teach at several schools or their own private studio in addition to teaching at Expressions. We understand that musicians usually need to work several jobs in order to make a living and we support that wholeheartedly! So if you already teach at another school or plan to in the future, no matter where it’s located, we still welcome you to teach at EMA.

RESPECT AND APPRECIATION

Excellent teachers don’t grow on trees. We truly value and respect each one of our instructors. Feel free to ask for references from other current instructors. They love it here! To read testimonials from current EMA instructors, please visit our hiring page: https://www.expressionsmusicacademy.com/new-teachers-wanted

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TO APPLY:

Please go to this web page and click the APPLY NOW button:

https://www.expressionsmusicacademy.com/new-teachers-wanted

We personally respond to every submission via email within a week, and usually sooner.

Thank you so much for your time and interest!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $36.00 - $46.00 per hour

Expected hours: 6 – 36 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program

Compensation Package:

• Hourly pay

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work Location: Multiple locations