Palm Desert Charter Middle School: Music Teacher - Choir

Desert Sands Unified School District · La Quinta · Riverside County

Salary: $65,880 – $136,822 per year

Closes: 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Job description and requirements

Requirements / Qualifications Single Subject Music Credential Required • Certificate Copy ((CBEST, NTE, PRAXIS, CSET, and/or MSAT)) • Copy of Transcript • Credential Copy • English Learner Authorization ((CLAD / BCLAD)) • Letter of Introduction • Letter(s) of Recommendation (3 Letters of Recommendation (signed and dated within the last 18 months)) • Resume Comments and Other Information Salary credit granted for 18 years of previous teaching experience. The experience must have been for three-fourths (3/4) of the school year in public school, accredited private school, VISTA or Peace Corps, with a valid teaching credential for the level of service. This can include one year of credit for military service. The Desert Sands Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, potential parental, family and/or marital status, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, in its educational program (s) or employment. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Dr. Joseph Hyde, Title IX Coordinator, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Rd, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8695, joseph.hyde@desertsands.us; Dr. Lisa McColl, Title IX Coordinator, Designee/Resolution and Compliance Officer, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Rd, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8695, lisa.mccoll@desertsands.us; Mr. Alpercy Bennett Jr., 504 Coordinator, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Road, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8652, alpercy.bennettjr@desertsands.us.
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Requirements / Qualifications

Single Subject Music Credential Required

  • Certificate Copy ((CBEST, NTE, PRAXIS, CSET, and/or MSAT))
  • Copy of Transcript
  • Credential Copy
  • English Learner Authorization ((CLAD / BCLAD))
  • Letter of Introduction
  • Letter(s) of Recommendation (3 Letters of Recommendation (signed and dated within the last 18 months))
  • Resume

Comments and Other Information

Salary credit granted for 18 years of previous teaching experience. The experience must have been for three-fourths (3/4) of the school year in public school, accredited private school, VISTA or Peace Corps, with a valid teaching credential for the level of service. This can include one year of credit for military service. The Desert Sands Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, potential parental, family and/or marital status, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, in its educational program (s) or employment. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Dr. Joseph Hyde, Title IX Coordinator, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Rd, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8695, joseph.hyde@desertsands.us; Dr. Lisa McColl, Title IX Coordinator, Designee/Resolution and Compliance Officer, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Rd, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8695, lisa.mccoll@desertsands.us; Mr. Alpercy Bennett Jr., 504 Coordinator, Desert Sands Unified School District, 47-950 Dune Palms Road, La Quinta, CA 92253 (760) 771-8652, alpercy.bennettjr@desertsands.us.

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Applications close in 9 days, on November 13, 2026.

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This posting appears on EdJoin. CA Public Jobs first observed it on November 4, 2026. It was last verified open on November 4, 2026.

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