Job Description / Duties

New Trier is seeking a dynamic, progressive leader to chair our Music and Theatre Department, staffed by 11 Music and Theatre Department teachers (including the Chair) and additional support staff members, including accompanists. The chair supervises teachers with leadership release time, who oversee their respective strands within the music and theatre program. This position also requires additional collaboration with 20 private music instructors that provide music instruction on site and serves as the liaison with New Trier Fine Arts Association. Department leadership is shared with the Department Coordinator who is located on the Northfield Campus.

Music program students demonstrate comprehensive musicianship through performance. Theatre program students use text, design, voice, movement, technology, and storytelling to reveal and connect with human emotion, motivation, and circumstances. These programs require analysis, critique, and performance. Both develop social-emotional competencies, creativity, critical thinking, consistent collaboration, and consideration of multiple perspectives. Performance classes provide intimate contact with these expressive qualities. In this context, performance is not an end in itself but a process-oriented collaborative effort.
It is the intent of the Music and Theatre program to help students develop their aesthetic potential, to give them an understanding of their own culture and the cultures of others, and to provide a unique vehicle for achieving excellence either alone or in collaboration with others. While some students will discover talents leading to careers in music and theatre, many will find that performing arts has the potential to enrich their lives through performance, study, and/or appreciation.
The Music and Theatre Department Chair will work with other stakeholders as a member of the Winnetka Campus Leadership Team.
Please see the detailed posting with a list of responsibilities and a link to our online application at https://tinyurl.com/2u77yz72.
Learn more about our Music and Theatre program at https://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/MusicandTheatre/
Position start date: August 16, 2021

Qualifications / Required Skills

- Hold or be eligible for the Illinois State Board of Education Professional Educator License with administrative endorsement, or out-of-state equivalen.t
- Hold or be eligible for the Illinois State Board of Education Qualified Evaluator.
- Minimum five years of experience as a Music/Theatre teacher at the secondary level.
Department leadership or other educational administrative experience preferred.
- Master's/advanced degree in Music, education, or equivalent.
- Extensive knowledge of content, curriculum, and best practices in assessment and instruction including the use of technology.
- Experience in effective staff supervision/evaluation.
- Demonstration of collaborative leadership..

Additional Information

The motto of New Trier High School is “to commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion, and lives to the service of humanity.” New Trier enrolls approximately 4,000 students on two campuses. The Northfield campus serves freshmen and the Winnetka campus serves sophomores, juniors and seniors. New Trier encourages student achievement through collaborative learning and supports student access to a wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular programs. The District encourages and actively supports professional growth and staff collaboration. Learn more about New Trier at www.newtrier.k12.il.us.

Apply online at http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/employment Please upload supporting application materials that you wish to have accompany your application (cover letter, resume, transcripts, recommendations, and/or credentials) online as we do not accept paper or email materials.

Salary: Commensurate with experience and consistent with faculty salary and benefits structure

Contact Information

Renee Zolaz
Director of Human Resources
New Trier High School
7 Happ Road
Northfield, IL 60093
zoladzr@nths.net

Employer Profile

The motto of New Trier High School is “to commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion, and lives to the service of humanity.” New Trier enrolls approximately 4,000 students on two campuses. The Northfield campus serves freshmen and the Winnetka campus serves sophomores, juniors and seniors. New Trier encourages student achievement through collaborative learning and supports student access to a wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular programs. The District encourages and actively supports professional growth and staff collaboration. Learn more about New Trier at www.newtrier.k12.il.us.