Returner: Manager - Arts Integration Coach | SALA; Summer Arts Learning Academy

Returner:
Manager - Arts Integration Coach | SALA (Summer Arts for Learning Academy)

SUMMER ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (SALA)

ARTS INTEGRATION COACH - MANAGER

Reports to:

OST Director of Implementation, Arts for Learning Maryland

Baltimore City Schools’ Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA), operated by Arts for Learning Maryland, offers students an opportunity to imagine, create, and express who they are through the arts. This is an action-packed, full-day, five-week program (Monday - Thursday) that introduces students to a wide variety of art forms —from illustration and spoken word to percussion, drama, and dance. This gives students a chance to work alongside students from across the city and be taught by professional Artists.

Students’ work is celebrated through a student showcase on the final day of the program. Arts for Learning Maryland will host ten Academy sites throughout the city, locations TBD..

The mission of Arts for Learning Maryland’s PreK - 6th grade Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) is to provide students with an opportunity to spend summer learning from the best Teachers and Teaching Artists our state has to offer. Through a dynamic, creative, and supportive environment, students will explore math and literacy in a unique arts-integrated environment that allows them to develop socially and emotionally, expands their personal creative process, introduces them to different art forms taught by professional Artists, and allows them to experience math and literacy content from a different lens.

We...

• believe unwaveringly that ALL students can achieve high standards in and through the arts.
• provide opportunities for students to develop powerfully articulate voices through art forms and honor their creative processes along the way.
• create safe, brave learning environments for students to grow, make mistakes, and contribute to the community.
• collaborate and reflect by learning from and with each other at every step of the process, cultivating positive relationships between all ages.
• encourage the development of critical thinking, problem solving, inquiry, imagination, and creativity, and provide multiple ways for students to demonstrate knowledge and mastery.
• learn about, honor, and leverage the cultural knowledge, experiences, and frames of reference of our students and community to make learning more relevant and effective.
• ensure that our students are known, loved, supported, celebrated, and valued.

The Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) Position Managers were intentionally created to support specific roles within the program in order to ensure that program goals are met. Position Managers are experienced in their respective areas, they excel at managing people, and can provide mentorship, alignment and support to the staff under their care. Similarly, they work in partnership with the SALA HQ Team to promote and support the overall vision and mission of the program.

Although these Position Managers are expected to support with other aspects of the roles they directly supervise, their main objective for the summer is:

• Arts Integration Coach Manager: mentor AICs in their supervisory and coaching role to ensure that they are providing the required support to new and veteran teaching pairs in a scaffolded, supportive, and effective manner.

• A thorough understanding of the roles they supervise
• Key skills: successful people management, demonstrable logistical planning, vast classroom observation experience, clear and successful communication.
• Excellent management skills, including organizational and logistical planning, punctuality, ability to meet deadlines, timely and effective communication, and ability to demonstrate and require accountability.
• Strong inclination to collaborate and share ideas and work collaboratively with SALA HQ Team members, Site Directors, the rest of the Site Admin teams, and the educators in the positions they directly supervise.
• Several years of experience working with SALA, thus having a strong understanding of the…