Minneapolis Public Schools
Teacher, Music Therapy - (2025 - 2026) (.3 FTE) Job Details | Minneapolis Public
Minneapolis Public Schools, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
The Music Therapy Specialist Position will develop and implement music therapy programming to ensure student progress toward team‑identified individual strengths, needs, and goals of students. The role creates an educational program and a classroom environment that is identity affirming, encourages learning and growth, and is based on a commitment that all children can learn utilizing music‑based interventions.
Essential Functions
Create music‑based lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful, interesting, and identity affirming.
Assess students’ developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction that meets those needs.
Identify individualized instructional priorities in indicated domains—general academic curriculum, functional academic skills, communication and social skills, social and behavioral development, recreation and leisure skills, functional and community living skills, and pre‑vocational/vocational skills—in collaboration with team members.
Collaborate with peers to develop, plan, and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students.
Adapt and/or modify curricula and instruction drawn from the general academic curriculum in collaboration with specialist teachers, as appropriate.
Use multiple forms of assessment and data collection procedures (e.g., percent correct, event recording, interval recording, latency measures, prompt recording, or other objective data) to regularly assess student learning.
Implement Behavior Intervention Plans representing best practice, including assessment of motivations for challenging behavior, proactive behavior management techniques, and application of state‑regulated procedures as required by statutes and district directives.
Maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders, including parents, colleagues, supervisors, special education assistants, and other district employees.
Facilitate positive interactions among students, teachers, peers, and other adults.
Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team, and individual professional development.
Participate in site‑based management and shared decision making.
Minimum Qualifications
Music Therapy Degree from an accredited university.
Board certification in music therapy (MT‑BC).
Successfully completed an internship or has experience working in an urban, multicultural education setting.
Demonstrates continued professional development through coursework, research, peer collaboration, and/or job‑embedded staff development.
License and Certification Requirements Board certification in music therapy (MT‑BC).
Salary 39 week – Teacher Salary Schedule, MFT local 59.
Physical Demands and Working Environment Work is performed in a standard classroom environment that requires occasional lifting of items such as file boxes or heavier material with assistance, frequent lifting and carrying of light objects, and a significant degree of walking or standing. This position may require frequent driving and transitioning between school buildings.
Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Minneapolis Public Schools strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. The school will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender or gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, age, family care leave status, veteran status, or any other protected class. We are committed to diversity as a core value and as essential to our goal of putting children first and making them college‑ready.
Final candidates may be invited to interview with a committee. Final appointment to this position will be contingent upon passing a criminal background check.
Posting Notes Posting Notes: | No Established Closing Date | Special Ed Program 3 (10000968) | Davis Center (0001) | Teaching
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Essential Functions
Create music‑based lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful, interesting, and identity affirming.
Assess students’ developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction that meets those needs.
Identify individualized instructional priorities in indicated domains—general academic curriculum, functional academic skills, communication and social skills, social and behavioral development, recreation and leisure skills, functional and community living skills, and pre‑vocational/vocational skills—in collaboration with team members.
Collaborate with peers to develop, plan, and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students.
Adapt and/or modify curricula and instruction drawn from the general academic curriculum in collaboration with specialist teachers, as appropriate.
Use multiple forms of assessment and data collection procedures (e.g., percent correct, event recording, interval recording, latency measures, prompt recording, or other objective data) to regularly assess student learning.
Implement Behavior Intervention Plans representing best practice, including assessment of motivations for challenging behavior, proactive behavior management techniques, and application of state‑regulated procedures as required by statutes and district directives.
Maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders, including parents, colleagues, supervisors, special education assistants, and other district employees.
Facilitate positive interactions among students, teachers, peers, and other adults.
Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team, and individual professional development.
Participate in site‑based management and shared decision making.
Minimum Qualifications
Music Therapy Degree from an accredited university.
Board certification in music therapy (MT‑BC).
Successfully completed an internship or has experience working in an urban, multicultural education setting.
Demonstrates continued professional development through coursework, research, peer collaboration, and/or job‑embedded staff development.
License and Certification Requirements Board certification in music therapy (MT‑BC).
Salary 39 week – Teacher Salary Schedule, MFT local 59.
Physical Demands and Working Environment Work is performed in a standard classroom environment that requires occasional lifting of items such as file boxes or heavier material with assistance, frequent lifting and carrying of light objects, and a significant degree of walking or standing. This position may require frequent driving and transitioning between school buildings.
Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Minneapolis Public Schools strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. The school will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender or gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, age, family care leave status, veteran status, or any other protected class. We are committed to diversity as a core value and as essential to our goal of putting children first and making them college‑ready.
Final candidates may be invited to interview with a committee. Final appointment to this position will be contingent upon passing a criminal background check.
Posting Notes Posting Notes: | No Established Closing Date | Special Ed Program 3 (10000968) | Davis Center (0001) | Teaching
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