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PMU261H1 Intro to Piano Teaching Methods

Date Posted: 05/30/2025
Req ID: 31638
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

PMU261H1 Introduction to Piano Teaching Methods

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Course Description: An introduction to historical keyboard technique treatises, as well as beginning and intermediate level learning theories and teaching methods.

Class Schedule: Wednesdays 1-3pm in the Fall term

September to December 2025

Salary: $6,481.66

Estimated Course Enrollment: 20

TA support: none

Qualifications: Doctoral degree in piano performance and pedagogy. Extensive experience teaching private and group piano lessons to children and adults at the beginner to intermediate levels. Teacher training experience preferred.

Duties: Define course objectives and materials; provide clear guidelines on course requirements and regulations; teach classes as scheduled; administer and evaluate student assignments; prepare and submit final grade in accordance with policy. Maintain reasonable hours of student consultation outside scheduled class hours.

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Closing Date: 06/20/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

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