Location : Lawrenceville
Job Type : Part-Time
Job Number : Rider00146
Division : Academic Affairs
Department : Music Studies
Opening Date : 05 / 21 / 2025
FLSA : Exempt
Bargaining Unit : AAUP
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Position Overview
The Department of Music Studies (areas : Music Education, Composition, History, and Theory) at Rider University seeks an adjunct co-instructor in Music Education to teach a 4-credit course ME262 : Art of Teaching Music (ATM) II (Middle / Secondary General Music Education Methods) for the 2025 Fall Semester beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2025. This adjunct position is for a Music Education adjunct professor member who will teach the course as well as supervise Music Education students fulfilling their practicum assignments.
Fall 2025 Meeting Times :
Tuesdays 9 : 45 am - 11 : 15 am; Thursdays 9 : 45am - 12 : 30 pm
Course Description :
ME262 : Art of Teaching Music (ATM) II 4 Credits
Art of Teaching Music II (ATM II) is the second course in a comprehensive professional sequence (ATM I, II, III, IV, and Clinical Experience / Student Teaching) designed to prepare future music educators. This course will equip pre-service teachers with pedagogically sound approaches to instruct on the knowledge and skills associated with experiencing, creating, and responding to music in varied secondary school music settings (e.g., general music, technology, popular music ensembles).
Through course assignments, discussion, and clinical practice in varied school music education settings, course participants learn how to create meaningful music experiences that foster individual success, accountability, a sense of community, critical thinking, independence, and life-long engagement with music.
Consistent with tenets of constructivism and critical pedagogy, ATM II fosters a collaborative learning environment that is active, reflexive, and student-centered. The course will explore innovative ways to structure music learning experiences that are responsive to the diverse needs, backgrounds, and interests of secondary students. A significant focus will be placed on examining current thinking, research, and trends in secondary general music education. Furthermore, a substantial portion of this course will address core pedagogical skills - planning, teaching, assessing, and responding - through the practical and engaging framework of modern band.
Responsibilities :
Salary : $4,133.31 per course.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
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Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.
Rider University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
Adjunct Faculty Music • Lawrence Township, NJ, US