West Point Grey Academy is seeking a Junior School Music Teacher beginning August 25, 2025. This is a full-time position, eligible for benefits. 

Great schools have great faculty, and WPGA has exceptional teachers and staff who are dedicated to shaping lives of inquiry, action and joy.

West Point Grey Academy teachers and staff focus on the individual child, the whole person, and a balanced life. They give each student transformative learning experiences rooted in inquiry, shaped by action, and celebrated with joy.

Our Junior School Music Teachers are valued members of our Junior School community who, with the support of school leadership and teaching teams, provide future-focused, engaging program delivery and a warm, supportive learning environment to their classroom of learners. The Junior School Music Teacher has a passion for music education, a collaborative spirit, and thrives on helping students grow in their enjoyment, appreciation, and performance of music through a variety of planned music experiences. 

All WPGA Faculty:

• Embrace a growth mindset, are child-centred, and support a wholistic education model.
• Provide future-focused programs and personalized learning experiences.
• Provide and plan for inspirational learning environments that facilitate innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.
• Strengthen our relationship to each other and to our local and global communities with a positive school culture, partnerships, and service to others.
• Inspire joy in learning.

In your first year at WPGA, you’ll be directly involved in:

Teaching 

• Preparing and delivering engaging, future-focused lesson plans and interactive learning activities/materials that follow BC curriculum guidelines.
• Skillfully exploring the merging of traditional approaches with 21st-century best practices in music education for K-7 students.
• Utilizing training in Kodaly and/or Orff-Schelwerk methods to promote a chid-development approach to building sequence and skills in music education for younger students.
• Meaningfully integrating digital skills and technology into curriculum and assessment to enhance student learning (laptop and other technology resources provided).
• Differentiating learning to address all needs in the class.
• Utilizing a variety of assessment methods to perpetuate growth and demonstrate learning, including student reflection, student-led conferences, learning updates, and summaries.
• Integrating curriculum and helping students make positive connections.
• Creating a positive learning environment that helps each child achieve their personal best.
• Giving students opportunities to try new things and grow in developing their confidence. 

Co-Curricular Involvement

• Modelling and promoting our core values and high standards of behaviour in and out of the classroom.
• Participating in school life and co-curricular activities such as co-curricular music ensembles and coaching teams.

Growing as a Professional

• Actively participating in faculty meetings.
• Seeking opportunities for collaboration.
• Participating in professional development by reading professional literature and attending courses, seminars, and other professional-development opportunities.

About You

I understand that…

• Our students are at the core of our decision making.
• Current practices and research guide our school programs.
• We work alongside each other with an inclusive spirit that reflects diversity and equity.
• A sense of belonging and relationships is integral to our environment.
• We encourage others and are collaborative.
• We are passionate about teaching and learning, and excellence in our program organization and delivery. 

I am able to…

• Create safe, positive learning environments.
• Make intentional plans for learning that include conceptual understandings, competencies, and character development.
• Understand the broader curriculum in order to plan meaningful sequences of learning.
• Utilize my B.Ed. speciality in Music Education and experience teaching primary students to share my passion for music education with my students and bring expertise to curricular and co-curricular learning.
• Communicate effectively through clear, direct and supportive written, verbal, and digital skills.
• Contribute to a climate of joy at the school through positivity, enthusiasm, a sense of humour and fun.
• Collaborate with all partners (families, administration, teachers, counselling team and community service providers) to maximise positive learning outcomes for students. 

I am becoming more…

• Able to anticipate need and communicate proactively with key stakeholders including parents, teachers and principals.
• Attuned to the root causes of behaviour.
• Open-hearted and open-minded, but still value critical thinking to make sense of complex issues.
• Aware of how to care for myself and others so that my presence adds to the health of my community.

In my work, I want to …

• Work alongside other talented professionals, passionate about making a better world one student at a time.
• Feel connected, be part of a values-centred community and have fun!

About Us

Founded in 1996, West Point Grey Academy is an independent co-educational day school in Vancouver, British Columbia. Set on 18 acres with sweeping views of English Bay and the North Shore mountains, we offer future-focused programs to 940 students in junior kindergarten to grade 12. WPGA’s educational philosophy is to develop the whole child, who, guided by creative, dedicated teachers and supported by our inclusive, vibrant community, is nurtured to achieve his or her full potential — academically, emotionally, physically and socially. 

Our Process

At West Point Grey Academy, we cherish diversity in our staff and our greater community. We are committed to minimizing bias in our recruitment process as part of our commitment to strengthen inclusion, diversity and equity across all areas of the school.

Candidates are asked to complete their application by November 25, 2024 @ 4:00 pm Pacific Time. 

1. Screening

You will be asked to submit your resume and provide thoughtful responses to few scenario-based questions. Your responses to the questions should outline how you demonstrate the About You section. It will also illustrate how you imagine your first year in the role. We will screen candidate responses based on the alignment with the knowledge, competencies and character required for this position. The intent is to minimize bias in the first assessment stage. Only after these responses have been assessed will we review your resume. Please be concise in your responses.

You can answer the questions on the form provided, or submit your responses on a single document and upload the file. Please note that all responses will be reviewed for AI-generated content.

2. Initial Conversation (30 minutes)

Successful candidates selected move forward in the process and will be contacted to arrange an informal conversation. On this call, you can ask us questions about the school and the role. 

3. Authentic Belonging Interview (60 minutes)

If successful, you will progress to a final interview where we will discuss the school and how you see yourself as a member of our community. 

If you require accommodations to participate fully in our application process, please email [email protected].