College Station School District Job Description
Job Title:	Head Band Director  Middle School	Reports to:	Campus Principal and Director of Fine Arts
Wage Status:	Exempt	Department/Campus:	Assigned Campus
Pay Grade:	Teacher Pay Scale	Days	197

 

Primary Purpose:

Provide Middle School band instruction to band students.

 

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university

Certification: Valid Texas teaching certificate

 

Special Knowledge/Skills:

Knowledge of overall operations of a beginning school band program

Knowledge of band literature and technique to help develop beginner and middle school band students.

 

Experience

 Preferred: Degree and 3 years professional industry experience

 

Responsibilities and Duties

 

Intermediate School:

• Develop and plan curriculum for Middle School band students, fully integrating the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
• Assist cluster band staff with performance requirements, enforcement of academic requirements and verification of eligibility
• Effectively communicate with band staff, parents and co-workers
• Maintain professional and appropriate relationships with students, staff and community
• Maintain a current inventory of school instruments and equipment
• Actively participate in professional organizations such as TMEA
• Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities
• Apply and enforce student discipline in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct for CSISD
• Actively recruit incoming band students each year

High School:

• Be available to assist the high school directors for summer band.

Middle School:

• Direct and teach middle school band.
• Direct middle school instrument interviews in the spring and all concerts.
• Conduct ongoing assessments of student achievement through formal and informal testing.

 

Equipment used:

Personal or laptop computer, printer, copier, fax machine, calculator, telephone, electronic mobile devices, projector, video display monitor and related coaching equipment

 

Working Conditions:

Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress

Work with frequent interruptions

Work with frequent deadlines

 

 Physical Demands:

 Frequent lifting, carrying 15-44 pounds: sitting, standing, walking, kneeling, long days, sometimes as long as 18 hours. Frequent district and occasional statewide travel

 

Environmental Demands:

Exposure to outdoor and indoor work: exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather.

 

Working Conditions:

Physical Demands /Mental Demands/ Environmental Factors:

The working conditions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

 

Regularly sit, talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; frequent repetitive hand motions; prolonged use of computer; occasionally lift and/or move up to 10-50 pounds; may be required to lift students, control behavior; move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom equipment; frequent, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling. Occasionally required to stand, walk reach with hands and arms; vision abilities include close vision; and color vision, regularly work with frequent interruptions, maintain emotional control under stress; the noise level is usually moderate.  The employee may spend long hours in intense concentration which requires attention to detail.  There are a number of deadlines associated with this position, which may cause significant stress.  The employee must also deal with a wide variety of people on various issues.

 

 

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.