Preferred qualifications include: • 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; and. Preferred backgrounds may include band directors, percussion instructors, drumline technicians, music educators, performing musicians, college music students, teaching artists, marching band staff, and others with relevant instructional or performance experience.