Position Rank and Title: Associate Director of Bands
School/Department Name: School of Music
Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule . See Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent employment benefits.
Target Start Date: August 19, 2024
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)
Position Description The SJSU School of Music is seeking an Associate Director Bands to help maintain the prominence of a nationally recognized and highly visible university band program. The Associate Director of Bands will serve as Director of the San José State University “Spartan Marching Band” and direct all Spartan Pep Band activities. The Associate Director of Bands will lead a large, vibrant, and highly successful major university athletic band program through successful recruitment, teaching, administration, and leadership.
Duties will also include working directly with the Director of Bands, SJSU Bands Support Staff, SJSU Athletics, and other faculty and staff members in the SJSU School of Music. Additional teaching assignments may include conducting the Symphonic Band, instruction in marching band techniques, other courses in music education, instrumental conducting, and/or applied instruction. This is an Academic Year, Visiting Faculty assignment.
The School of Music and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.
Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines , along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.
Required Qualifications - Completed doctoral degree preferred, ABD candidates will be considered. Terminal degree by time of appointment.
- Candidates must clearly demonstrate successful experience in leading marching and pep bands.
- Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience teaching at the middle/high school level preferred; experience working with collegiate athletic bands preferred.
Key Responsibilities - The Associate Director of Bands will serve as Director of the San José State University “Spartan Marching Band” and direct all Spartan Pep Band activities.
- Additional teaching assignments may include conducting the Symphonic Band, instruction in marching band techniques, other courses in music education, instrumental conducting, and/or applied instruction.
- The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
- Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS)
- The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity - in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation - through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
Other Duties Note that all San José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and CSU systemwide policy, some faculty duties may lead to designation as a Campus Security Authority (CSA). CSAs are required to complete Clery Act training and to immediately report Clery incidents to the institution.
Faculty employees must complete CSU employee training as assigned and required based on their role (e.g., Data Security, FERPA, Preventing Discrimination and Harassment, Title IX, Health and Safety). The President may recommend or require compliance with safety measures that decrease the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission or illness and allows the core mission and activities of the campus to continue.
Compensation Anticipated starting salary: Job Classification 2393: Visiting Faculty - AY: $5834 - $6667/monthly
Application Procedure Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:
- letter of interest
- curriculum vitae
- diversity statement
- statement of teaching interests/philosophy
- creative and scholarly plans
- three references with contact information
Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Fred Cohen, Director, School of Music: fred.cohen@sjsu.edu
Conditional Offer The work for this faculty position is located in the State of California and requires commuting to the campus. Employment is contingent upon US residence and proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. SJSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current employee who was conditionally offered the position.
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