Front
Office Staff
Part time positions are available for front office staff.
Applicants need to be proficient in Microsoft Office
Word and Excel Programs with ample experience in carrying
out the duties of a front office. We prefer applicants
with an up-beat, pleasant personality. To submit an
application, please follow the procedures listed on
the previous page.
Dance Instructors
Positions are available for dedicated Christian instructors
in numerous styles of dance; ballet, pre-ballet, pre-school
dance, step, tap, contemporary, lyrical, modern, jazz,
salsa and ballroom. Candidates should possess excellent
instructional and performance skills, as well as have
a passion for working with students of various age groups
and ability levels. Must have previous teaching experience
and good references. To submit an application, please
follow the procedures listed on the previous page.
Instrumental Instructors
Positions are available for dedicated Christian instrumental
instructors for all instruments. Also interested in
candidates with the ability to teach a worship band
or a drumline. Potential instructors should possess
excellent instructional and performance skills, as well
as have a passion for working with students of various
age groups and ability levels. Must have previous teaching
experience and good references. To submit an application,
please follow the procedures listed on the previous
page.
School
Background
Instruments
of Praise was founded in 1990. Our mission is P-R-A-I-S-E:
Preparing and Raising Artists of Integrity to Serve
in Excellence.
We
currently offer instruction in music and dance. Classes
and workshops are available for all ages, however, our
primary impact focus is youth, ages 13 – 18. We
strive to provide a God honoring, inspiring, instructional
environment with well organized administration.
Why
teach with us?
As
a teacher you can either instruct privately in your
own home or in the student’s home, or you can
teach in a music store or school – both have upsides
and downsides. If you teach in your home or student’s
home, the upside is that you can keep all of the money
you charge the student. Since you have no expenses like
rent, a receptionist or yellow page advertising, you
do not have to pay out a percentage for overhead costs.
There are also downsides of teaching in your home or
your student’s homes. It can be hard to keep your
schedule constantly full with new students. Getting
a full schedule can be difficult and expensive if you
have to run classified ads or small newspaper ads. Even
if you are a good, well-liked teacher, it can take a
long time for referrals and word-of-mouth to fill your
schedule. If you are driving to student’s houses
you also have to factor in the driving time between
locations which limits the amount of teaching you can
actually do.
The
other downside of teaching on your own can be the difficulty
in enforcing your attendance and payment policies. No
one likes being a collection agent. It can be difficult
to concentrate on your teaching while trying to keep
track of who owes money and making sure you are paid
on time. If you are teaching on your own, it can also
be difficult to enforce your teaching policies and have
your time respected. For example, if a student tells
you they won’t be attending their lesson for the
next two weeks, it can be difficult to still make them
pay for their lesson time. Many students will refuse
to pay for those missed lessons because they will think:
“I’m not getting my lesson so why should
I pay?”
Chances
are you can’t book another student in that lesson
time for just 2 weeks, so if you don’t charge
the student who is absent, you have just lost 2 weeks
of pay. If that scenario happens a couple of times per
month it can greatly reduce your earnings.
Now
let’s look at teaching at a music or dance school.
The downside is that you don’t get paid as much
per student. Teaching rates that in-home teachers and
music schools charge are usually pretty similar. So
the pay per student to the teacher is lower because
of rent, advertisement, receptionists and other expenses.
The upside is having a consistently full schedule of
students each day. Being paid a little less per student,
but having 10 or 11 students in a day will mean you
earn more overall. Another upside to teaching at our
school is that you do not have any collection hassles.
You only have to focus on the teaching.
In
summary, there are four good reasons to choose to teach
at our school:
1) A constant flow of new students to keep schedules
as full as possible
2) Extras are taken care of – your only responsibility
is to teach
3) Full-time administrative support to handle questions
and details
4) Your time is respected, and your are paid whether
or not students show up
