Do you have experience teaching band or music in another state? Any advice or specific associate to connect with to find job postings in New Mexico, Colorado, or Massachusetts?
Re: Not all who wander
Posted by DesertJazz on 12/12/2024, 11:36 pm, in reply to "Not all who wander"
I grew up in NM and began my career there. New Mexico Music Educators Association has the best job board at the state level. There are far fewer jobs there compared to Texas, since it's rare to have our staff sizes there. Generally, the support is nowhere near what we have here with budgets. In all but a couple of situations you only play home football games, so you have some more free time there. Pay has improved the last ten years to where it's decent. You do pay social security and state income tax there, so that takes a chunk out of the paycheck.
If you have more specific questions, feel free to reach out to me. I've been gone eighteen years now, but I go back to a music camp there to teach each summer and still have some connections.
Check "SchoolSpring" for mass postings. For bigger cities like Worcester or Boston check out their district specific websites. Massmea.org also often has job postings from districts involved in our state organization.
Every year there are a handful of part time positions from certain districts to teach a specific area (band, brass, woodwind, strings) that I imagine could be a good way to get an initial position and then scope out where you want to end up.
