Nine-month, non-tenure-track appointment beginning August 1, 2024. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in elementary/general music methods and additional undergraduate and graduate courses in areas of expertise. Supervise graduate-level research. Coordinate field experience courses and supervise elementary and middle school music student teachers/interns. Salary and fringe benefits are competitive and commensurate with rank and experience.
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The University of Tennessee College of Music offers a comprehensive professional music program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The College has approximately 60 faculty members and approximately 350 music majors.
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state's flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy, and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility. Knoxville's cultural resources include a symphony orchestra, an opera company, a professional jazz orchestra, theatrical productions, ballet and modern dance, art galleries, and museums. Within an hour's drive is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with its scenic beauty and wide variety of recreational activities, plants, and wildlife. The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who can contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University.
Required:
Doctorate or ABD in Music Education. Successful teaching experience in K-12 schools. Training/experience with the basic instructional methodologies of elementary/general music (e.g., Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze).
Preferred:
Successful teaching experience in higher education; expertise in multicultural music education, qualitative research, and/or music education technology.
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