2025-2026 School Year: Elementary Music Teacher Job at Bricolage in New Orleans

2025-2026 School Year: Elementary Music Teacher

Bricolage Academy is a school with big goals: we aim to be the highest performing non-selective school in New Orleans.

There are many people who contribute to making Bricolage special - parents, administration, students and community members - but teachers are at the center of it all. Bricolage teachers must demonstrate a deep commitment to our mission of advancing educational equity by creating innovators who change the world.

Our teachers embody our organizational values and believe strongly in our mission. They are always trying to get better, have a deep love for children and approach everything with a joie de vivre.

Our teachers create the kind of classrooms that nobody ever wants to leave - where it’s fun to learn and you can almost see the discovery fireworks bouncing off the walls. We’re looking for others who approach their work like we do – balancing seriousness and diligence with warmth and levity.

DUTIES

Specifically, the early elementary music teacher at Bricolage is responsible for:

• creating a classroom experience where every child is a musician and learns about the fundamentals of music
• laying the foundation of learning and art for students in your class – ensuring every child is on track to living the life of their dreams
• creating a classroom culture where students:
  • share in its ownership
  • treat each other with empathy and act with integrity
  • learn how to be responsibly autonomous
• developing relationships with each student and their family

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Love for children
• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 2 years of experience as a music teacher

Preferred

• Louisiana teaching certificate
• Elementary grade level experience
• Success as a classroom teacher with a predominantly middle to high income student population and success as a classroom teacher with a predominately low income population
• Experience with one or more of the following: Responsive Classroom, Love & Logic, Restorative Justice

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Bricolage Academy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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