Visiting Teacher of Vocal Music
Belhaven Hill School
East Lothian
- £30 - £31.50 per hour
- New
- Salary:
- VMTs are self employed and invoice the School on a monthly basis according to lesson schedules
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 12 August 2024
Job overview
We are looking for an inspiring Visiting Music Teacher (VMT/Peripatetic) to join our thriving Music department to teach Vocals from September 2024.
Belhaven is fortunate to have a very distinctive atmosphere and ethos. A key part of that ethos is the focus on co-curricular breadth. Music, alongside Sport, Art and Drama, plays a key role in developing the confidence and humility of Belhaven’s pupils: they are challenged by the diversity of the opportunities on offer. It is central to the development plan of the School that the Music department remains ambitious and inclusive. As a Prep School, no one department can dominate, however, and so working closely alongside Sport, Art and Drama departments to ensure that the children are not overstretched is also an important consideration. A new classroom block, music school and art building have all been created since 2000, with the music school the most recent addition in 2007. This state-of-the-art facility, with its 8 individual practice rooms, recording studio and performance space benefits the local community, as well as Belhaven’s children, and its positive and inclusive management is a key part of the role.
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The successful candidate will:
- love to teach singing and will join our established team of peripatetic music teachers
- be a music teacher with the ability and passion to interest and inspire children of all ages
- encourage children to begin or continue their musical journey with individual and ensemble lessons
- have an excellent manner of communication with parents, colleagues and pupils alike and be kind and friendly to all.
The preferred candidate will have:
- Relevant music qualification(s).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in teaching music to pupils aged between 7-13, both boys and girls.
- An inspiring approach to teaching music, not based solely on exam repertoire.
- Performing experience.
- A sound understanding of technique, particularly with regard to young players.
- An ability to work as part of a team.
- An approachable and engaging manner with young people.
- An understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- An understanding of digital literacy.
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About Belhaven Hill School
Belhaven is a happy and thriving co-educational prep school with a warm and welcoming atmosphere and ethos. Pupils aged between 6 and 13 come from all over Scotland and the north of England and are joined by a small but important group of international pupils. Currently, approximately 60% of the school board whilst 40% attend daily. Founded in 1923 as a boys' boarding school, is has been genuinely co-ed since 1995. A significant majority of the children board for their last two or three years. Boarders stay at the school on a fortnightly cycle, where they go home every two weeks from Friday lunchtime until Sunday evening or Monday morning. 'Weekends in' therefore see the school full of children enjoying a range of activities, making friendships that last for a lifetime. Currently, the school is investing in an exciting Digital Education programme as well as continuing to exploit its enviable position on the East Lothian coastline via an expanded Outdoor Education curriculum. The encouragement to the children to have a go and to learn via experience is pervasive and creates confident young people, ready and eager for the next stage of their education.
The main school building is a handsome listed mansion, dating from 1760. Five large rooms and an additional storey were added in 1900 and there have been further extensions in recent years. Boys have their dormitories in the main building and there is a separate girls' house across the lawn: both are comfortable and welcoming. The main house has been undergoing a rolling programme of refurbishment and redecoration in recent years, enhancing dormitories and common rooms and creating a new library and computer room. A new classroom block, music school and art building have all been created since 2000. Many of the teaching staff live within the lovely grounds which extend to 20 acres, with accommodation in either the old stable block or the south lodge. There are fine playing fields, a small astroturf pitch, a sports hall, a heated outdoor swimming pool, grass tennis courts, a croquet lawn, putting green and children's gardens within the walled garden. Between the rear of the school and the sea is a golf club, of which the senior children can become members and play rounds in the evenings and at weekends.
The school is a charitable trust run by a Board of Governors. The Head reports to the Governors and attends meetings of the full Board and its sub-committees.
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