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This is a teaching position for one of the music department’s core Music Education courses, Techniques and Methods of Woodwind Instruments (MUED 747/847). The course is staffed by five individual instructors, each with pedagogical experience in a specific woodwind instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon). Each instructor possesses expertise unique to their instrument and is an expert in their field. It is their responsibility to provide students with pedagogical information pertinent to their specific instrument specialty. This course functions to provide music education students with the tools necessary to teach in the public schools. Portions of this course help music education majors meet state teacher certification standards, including learning how to teach common beginning musical instruments and understanding their transpositions. This position does not represent essential staff.

Duties/Responsibilities

Instruction

• Deliver six-twelve, 50-minute lectures.

• Provide in-class feedback on instrumental playing and peer teaching.

• Administer in class assignments, written assignments, written tests, and playing exams.

• Be available for office hours outside of class.

• Model proper instrumental performance and pedagogy.

Class preparation

• Create an instrument specific syllabus.

• Prepare six-twelve, 50-minute lectures.

• Create an instrument specific unit in MyCourses with playing and reading assignments, pedagogical videos, etc.

• Respond to student email regarding course and its content.

Grading

• Grading of in-class assignments, written assignments, written tests, and playing exams.

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree with a proficiency in the performance and pedagogy of one of the five woodwind instruments.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency in the performance and pedagogy of one of the five woodwind instruments.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

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