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Teaching at teVelde Music Do you want the ultimate job? Are you the best at what you do? Is part of your dream to change lives every day? Do you want to be a part of a dynamic, supportive team, that really works together? teVelde teachers do it every day! I'm looking for teachers that love to play an instrument. I state it exactly that way, for a reason. I believe that there is a fundamental difference between a "teacher" and a "professional musician who teaches on the side". The very qualities that make a professional musician excellent at playing and performing, can be a huge liability in a teacher. Let me explain. Some Qualities of a Professional Level Musician:
In a professional, performing, "work" situation, these highly successful individuals need to push hard to succeed. In particular, music at the professional level requires a level of dedication and personal commitment to one-self that is rarely matched in any other profession. The professional musician must continually spend large amounts of time either practicing new material, performing, or promoting themselves. Qualities of an Excellent Teacher:
To be a successful teacher, one must study pedagogy including everything from early childhood to adolescent education. In addition, a good teacher has taken psychology and is a student of the human brain and how it learns. Every year, certified teachers are required to complete continuing education courses, designed to update them on all types of learners, and various topics related to teaching. Their whole lives are about communicating effectively to all types of students. I am by no means saying that all professional musicians make terrible teachers, but when I say, "I hire teachers who are musicians", I mean that I look for the teacher piece first. I am always looking for excellent teachers who have a special "gift" for communicating knowledge in any form. When that type of quality individual is also a trained musician, I know that I have a very special teacher at hand. I am proud to say that I have physicists, therapists, early childhood development, and psychology majors as a part of my team of music teachers. Of course, we also have music majors, and performing musicians, but, most importantly, each one of my teachers is first, fundamentally, foremost, and irreplaceably an excellent teacher. Are you one of those special people who has a gift for communicating and motivating others. Do you dream of a job that's so fun & rewarding, you can't believe you actually get paid to do it? There is a company that recognizes the gifts you have to share with the world, and treats it's teachers like the precious commodities that they are. When I hire a teacher, I want this to be the best job they will ever have. I hire with a long term, ten + year vision in mind, and reward my teachers with health insurance and a solid retirement plan. Where we are located: We are an existing music school with two existing locations that is going to be building another campus in San Luis Obispo. Our Grand Opening is scheduled for Mid-August, 2011. Training classes in our uniquely branded method will be held at our Arroyo Grande campus during June and July. We are planning on opening another school, in a Central Coast region, every six (6) months for the next three (3) years. New cities we will be opening in include: Atascadero, Paso Robles, Morro Bay, Nipomo, and Orcutt. What we are not looking for: We are not looking for average teachers. We are not looking for musicians who want to teach to make a little cash on the side. Teachers we are looking for: We want teachers with an "X-factor"... that special "something" that makes a teacher someone our students will think of and thank for the rest of their life. Think about that one teacher who changed the course of your life... the one whose name you write down when asked who your favorite teacher was. We only want the most dedicated, passionate, enthusiastic, motivated, skilled, creative, spontaneous, and fun teachers out there. If your dream is to be that one most memorable teacher, in every one of your student's lives, you may be exactly the teacher we are looking for. Teaching Opportunities Available: We need both trained music teachers, and student mentors for our new mentoring program, in the following areas: Pre-school: (Positions filled at this time. Candidates may submit resumes that we will keep on file in the event that our current teachers fill.)Must love to work with very young students (ages 2 1/2 to 6) as your primary favorite age group, and know you are good at it. Education and experience working with this age group is preferred. Must be willing to learn to teach a new method that teaches Perfect Absolute Pitch (AP). Experience and education relevant to working with children, ages 2-6 would be preferred. Early childhood education classes, as well as child psychology and special needs coursework a bonus. Therapist, Special Needs: (Positions filled at this time. Candidates may submit resumes that we will keep on file in the event that our current teachers fill.)Training in Music Therapy, pedagogy, working with special needs and/or learning disabilities (ADD, ADHD, Autism including Aspbergers, TBI, and Birth Defects). Must have education and experience working with these students, and thoroughly enjoy making a real difference in the life of a very special student. Must have a sunny, positive, gentle personality. This teacher will work with us to design a teaching room that is set up for an optimal environment for therapeutic lessons. Piano/Voice/Guitar: (Position filled at this time. Candidates may submit resumes that we will keep on file in the event that our current teachers fill.)Teachers whose ideal student is ages 6-18, along with some adult students. Must be flexible and willing to learn new teaching styles and methods. Must be willing to teach each student differently, based on each student's individual learning style. Training will be provided, and coursework in education and psychology a bonus. Teachers who can teach multiple instruments and/or voice preferred. Piano Teacher Specializing in Adult and Senior Learning: (Position filled at this time. Candidates may submit resumes that we will keep on file in the event that our current teachers fill.)Must love working with adults and senior citizens. Teaching adults music is an entirely different process than teaching children. We will train the right teacher to work specifically with adults and seniors. Experience and training related to teaching music to adults would be preferred, but we will train the right candidate. Knowledge of right/left brain function would be particularly helpful. General Qualifications: All applicants must have a track record of responsible employment. Must be truly motivated to make a difference in the lives of children. Coursework in: early childhood education, psychology, communications, special needs, as well as private or collegiate courses/degrees in music a plus. Undergraduate students in the fields of instrumental or vocal music and education would be considered, as well. Would consider setting up a co-op opportunity for a music or education students through Cal poly, Cuesta or Hancock. Knowledge of multiple instruments a plus. Knowledge of computer systems, sibeleus or other music notation software also will be valued. All teachers are required to take extensive theory, sight reading, and ear training tests both in general music knowledge, and in skills that are instrument specific. Applicants are required to prepare a short musical work, or a portion of a musical work, that demonstrates their proficiency on the instrument(s) they wish to teach. All teachers who are in the process of being considered for hire must pass a thorough background check, and must have a clean record.
Franchising Opportunities: teVelde Music has grown 300% per year, for the last three years. Every day I go to work, I still can't believe I get paid to do what I do. Even more moving for me is when I hear teachers that I have hired, in a school that I started, saying the same thing. I can't even describe the feeling I get when we have a concert, and I realize that 200 parents and students are experiencing the love of creating music because of my "idea" to start a school of music, just 15 years ago. It wasn't always this way. Starting a business is hard, and I believe starting a music school is even harder. 98% of new businesses go out of business in the first year, and 50% of the 2% that remain, go out of business the second year. That means only 1% of new businesses make it past year 2! The numbers for musicians starting a music school are much worse. The vision and dream, that made the musician want to learn music in the first place, just isn't enough to sustain a business through the real challenges of advertising, money problems, client conflicts, and just plain tedium of the management side of things. I spent the first 12 years of teVelde Music learning what works, and, just as importantly, what doesn't work. Thousands of dollars and countless hours were spent learning the lessons that has made this business venture into the hugely successful company we are today. In the last three years, in the worst economy we've seen in our lifetimes, we are growing at 300% per year! Even more importantly, I know why and how we're doing it. At the same time, I don't have the desire or the energy to own more than a few schools myself. That's where the energy of another dynamic, passionate, and smart business person comes in. There is absolutely no reason why I should be the only one that has the opportunity to be hugely successful owning a music school! I believe the teVelde business formula for success can be used in any demographic, and any geographic area. The fundamental business principles are the same. I have documented all of my processes and procedures, and what I offer to a potential franchisee is all of this knowledge, plus the human support to implement it to create what I believe will be other, hugely successful, music schools. Every week, I get e-mail from across the country asking if I know of any school that teaches our Absolute Pitch (TAP) method. Parents are devastated when I tell them that, at this time, there is just not a teacher in their area. Not only is there a huge demand for the TAP training, but for amazing music schools in general. It is very difficult for people to find a really good music teacher, that has the support from a school that makes sure they have the very best chances for success with their students. It is almost impossible to find a music school that has teachers trained to work with children under the ages of 6, which are the optimal ages for starting a musical education! These schools are desperately needed, and students out there need more people who are willing to stand up and create them! If you have a vision of yourself owning your own successful school, but you don't want to go through the enormous pain and effort it takes to start from the ground level, (or under the ground, which is what it felt like for me for many years!), there is a way to minimize the risk, and maximize the enormous benefits of owning your own business. This is exactly why franchising was created. But instead of buying a franchise in McDonald's, which takes very little talent, and doesn't have a positive effect on very many lives, (and isn't very much fun either!), YOU could own a business that changes lives every day. You could help re-educate the world in how much of a difference music can make for them on a daily basis. You can educate parents on the importance of starting a musical education early in a child's life, and you can send a musician out to a convalescent home to entertain the elderly. You can hire a teacher to start a children's choir, or create a band program for your community. In short, you could make a real living while doing a job that never feels like work. You could be a candidate for a teVelde franchise if:
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Holly Simmons Instructor
Molly Dobbs, Student
Jenna Zoblisien, Student
Vivian Meyer, Student, with Bonnie teVelde
Christopher Taylor, Student
Vivian Meyer, Student
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teVelde Music, Inc.
(805) 474-1224 San Luis Obispo Campus: (805) 543-1064 |