Culver Academies seek to hire an accomplished and enthusiastic educator to teach instrumental music to guide and grow our distinctive band program in a student-centered environment beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. This role requires not only strong musicianship and teaching ability but also someone with the heart, flexibility, and charisma to connect with our unique student body and inspire them through music, discipline, and tradition.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Teach and mentor a diverse range of instrumental music students, from beginners with little to no musical background to advanced musicians in an ensemble setting.
• Collaborate in leading the Culver Military Academy Band, a 70-member brotherhood that performs in parades, ceremonies, and other campus traditions.
• Collaborate in the rethinking and revitalization of Culver’s beginning band program, balancing tradition with innovation.
• Maintain a non-competitive marching band focus while bringing clarity, attention to detail, and pride to rehearsals, performances, and routines.
• Recruit, mentor, and support student musicians, including through scholarship opportunities and outreach efforts.
• Collaborate with Fine Arts colleagues in team teaching courses & ensembles, curriculum development, performances, and departmental initiatives.
• Support Culver’s boarding school environment by supervising, advising, and mentoring students beyond the classroom.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND QUALITIES:
• Minimum of 3 years of high school level teaching and conducting experience preferred, with demonstrated excellence.
• Expertise in brass or woodwinds is preferred; all instrumental backgrounds considered.
• Knowledge of or experience with marching/military band traditions preferred.
• Experience in program-building and recruitment a plus.
• Understanding of the boarding school environment and willingness to invest in students’ lives beyond the classroom.
• Growth mindset & flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing needs of the program and student body.
• Dynamic and charismatic presence: Skilled at motivating teenagers and connecting with them authentically.
• Servant-leader approach: Compassionate, positive, and deeply committed to students’ personal and musical growth.
• Attention to detail and discipline: Ability to maintain high standards in routines, rehearsal structure, and physical environment (e.g., clean rehearsal spaces).
• Team player: Collaborative spirit to work within the Fine Arts Department and across campus.
• Special heart for this work: A deep calling to work with high school students in a setting where relationships matter as much as results.
The successful candidate will work closely with several other colleagues in a department of full-time and part-time instructors. Culver’s music program is expansive and diverse. We seek not only to maintain the quality and scope of the program but also to adjust offerings to meet educational goals as well as student needs and interests.
Our students have high expectations for their education and demand that their teachers be positive, energetic, motivating, and supremely compassionate examples of a servant leader in all that they do. Since Culver is a secondary-level boarding school, supervisory and mentoring opportunities outside music with students are expected, as designated by the department chair, Dean of Faculty, and Head of School.
Culver Academies places a premium on a teaching and learning culture in which faculty routinely talk about practice, observe each other in the practice of teaching, create curriculum together, and teach each other what they know about teaching and learning. Professional development is available for all instructors and is born from goals set by individual teachers and goals established within the fine arts department. Opportunities include traditional off-campus workshops and conferences, graduate work, research with students or colleagues, faculty-developed curriculum projects, and regularly scheduled on-campus forums for learning support, educational technology, disciplinary expertise, and culture.
Successful candidates will have a commitment to fostering belonging and inclusion in concert with our student-generated Diversity Statement. Interested candidates who find themselves aligned with Culver’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of the Commitments of a Culver Educator should express interest by clicking the Apply Now button to complete an employment application.
