SCHOOL: Visual and Performing Arts
DEPARTMENT: Music
TENURE STATUS: 1 year visiting position
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-time, 10 months
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Department of Music at Seton Hill University invites applications for a one year position for Assistant Professor of Music-- Music Education, beginning in August 2026.
Responsibilities include serving as coordinator of music education, supervision of student teaching, and teaching and/or oversight of the music education curriculum. The candidate will have other duties as determined by the qualifications of the candidate and the needs of the program.
Requirements include a Ph.D. in Music Education. Consideration will be given to a candidate with an M.M and advanced study in music education and significant experience in instrumental conducting. Preference will be given to a candidate with at least three years experience teaching in the public schools. Prior experience developing and coordinating music education curriculum is preferred as is evidence of an ongoing record of professional activities in the discipline and successful experience teaching at the college level. A commitment to recruitment and developing relationships with area music educators and to teaching within the context of a liberal arts education is required. Interest in administration is preferred. This is a full-time (10 month) position with a 4/4 course load.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:
- Teaching and advising
- Demonstration of content expertise in appropriate area
- Effective design of instructional and assessment procedures
- Effective delivery of instruction
- Responsive to feedback
- Effective advises students toward meeting curricular requirements and developing career directions
- Demonstrates curricular leadership
- Integrates Setonian mission and values into teaching.
- Scholarship and Professional Activities
- Actively pursues ongoing professional development
- Active participation in advancing the discipline
- Employs a scholarly approach to pedagogy
- Service to the University
- Engages in positive collegial interactions
- Contributes to the university community, supporting a vibrant campus and the university mission
- Participates in co-curricular activities with students
- Models a commitment to the Setonian mission of transforming the world through support of mission initiatives or service to the community
- Acts in a leadership capacity to make significant contributions to support institutional structures and advance the mission of the university.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in Music Education.
- Consideration will be given to a candidate with an M.M and advanced study in music education and significant experience in instrumental conducting.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Administrative and departmental leadership experience
- Three years experience teaching in the public schools.
- Prior experience developing and coordinating music education curriculum
- Recruitment experience
Required applicant materials include: Cover Letter, CV/Resume, a statement of teaching philosophy, transcripts (copies acceptable for application) and three references. References should be submitted to [email protected]. All finalists will be required to submit a Reflection Statement to Seton Hill’s Mission. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
The Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center, completed in 2009, contains complete facilities for music, including the Carol Reichgut Concert Hall, noted for its excellent acoustics.