About the Role
Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide drumline and marching percussion enrichment services for K–12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate drumline and marching percussion sessions
- Introduce students to rhythm, technique, ensemble performance, and musicianship through structured rehearsals
- Adapt instruction based on student experience levels, site requirements, available instruments, and program objectives
- Support students in developing percussion technique, ensemble skills, performance confidence, and musical expression through rehearsals and performance preparation
- Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment
- Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff
- Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session
- Follow applicable site safety, visitor, classroom, emergency, equipment, and student-protection procedures
Requirements
- At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
- Experience in drumline, marching percussion, concert percussion, music education, or related performing arts disciplines
- Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students
- Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills
- Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable
- Ability to demonstrate percussion techniques while fostering musicianship, teamwork, and student engagement
- Some assignments may require background-check authorization, fingerprinting, agency clearance, site-specific documentation, identification badges, or other compliance steps before services may begin
- Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process
Skills
- Drumline instruction
- Marching percussion instruction
- Rhythm
- Technique
- Ensemble performance
- Musicianship
- Percussion technique
- Ensemble skills
- Performance confidence
- Musical expression
- Communication
- Organization
- Classroom facilitation
- Teamwork
- Discipline
- Leadership
- Performance etiquette
Location
- On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment
Work Type
- Independent contractor
- In Person
- After school
Experience Level
- Varies by assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation
Education Level
- At least 60 college credits
Salary/Compensations
- $50+ per completed instructional service hour
- 50 - 100 USD Per hour
About the Company
- Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide drumline and marching percussion enrichment services for K–12 students.
- Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, available instruments, rehearsal space, and program objectives.
- Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, rehearsal resources, instructional materials, or program objectives.
- Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.
- Assignments may utilize school-provided percussion instruments, drumsticks, practice pads, sheet music, curriculum resources, rehearsal materials, lesson plans, and other instructional resources, where available.
- Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements.
- Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred.
- Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless otherwise stated in the accepted assignment terms or required by applicable law.
- Applicants selected to move forward may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete any required onboarding steps.
- Applying, interviewing, receiving an invitation to create a profile, creating a profile, or completing onboarding does not guarantee selection, placement, or future assignment opportunities.
- Potential assignments are subject to assignment fit, agreed compensation, completion of required onboarding, applicable background-check review, Fair Chance or pre-adverse action procedures where required, site-specific clearance requirements, and final written confirmation from Concorde Education.
Equal Opportunity
- Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.
