HIRING PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
Community Music School in Battle Creek and Hastings offers private instruction in most band and orchestra instruments, piano, voice, and guitar, Music First classes based on Gordon Music Learning Theory, and Kindermusik. CMS hires based on resume, interview, performance, and sample lesson. Prospective faculty with at least the following qualifications may submit resumes at any time:

Bachelor’s degree in music
Proficiency and continuing performance on major instrument(s)
Three years teaching experience
Two professional references available for contact by the CMS

CURRENT HIRING NEEDS [as of March 28, 2008]
oboe [Battle Creek]
guitar[Hastings]

Prospective Faculty FAQ's

• What is the current rate of pay?
o $10 each for the 20-minute lessons, and $25/hr for all other lessons. The IRS gets its cut, which benefits the faculty, as they do not pay self-employment tax in this income. Pay is biweekly.

• Are there opportunities for students and faculty to perform?
o Each CMS site offers monthly Spotlight Recitals as well as a Fall Festival and a Share-A-Thon in the spring. Students are encouraged to perform often to improve their skills. Faculty are expected to perform to keep up their skills, though it need not be at the CMS. CMS recitals are for CMS students and faculty only, unless the visiting performer is an accompanist or part of an ensemble.

• Will I be evaluated?
o Teacher evaluations are done by the CMS Director within the first year of employment and afterwards as needed. CMS families also evaluate their teachers once a year. The Director is available by comment card, email, and phone to discuss concerns about and with faculty.

• When can I start?
o It is sometimes hard to get started in your teaching studio if you live out of town and have a high minimum number of students you require to make the trip. Our business is a demand business, and even names on a waitlist do not guarantee students.

• Can I teach at any CMS site?
o When hired for CMS, you are welcome to teach in any site without another interview, if the need for your services arises.

• Are faculty paid for missed lessons?
o If a faculty misses a lesson, it must be made up. Faculty are paid for the missed lesson when it is made up. If a student cancels, the faculty is paid when the lesson was scheduled, and are expected to make up one such student-canceled lesson per semester per student. If a student simply does not show up, the faculty is paid and the lesson is not made up. There are make up weeks at the end of Fall and Winter semesters, and other times can be arranged as well.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Resumes may be sent to:

Community Music School
P.O. Box 1613
Battle Creek, MI 49016
Attn: Nancy D. Brown, Director

For more information:
269.963.1911 ext 2502
nbrown@musiccenterscmi.com