ESY Returner: Arts Integration Coach | SALA; Summer Arts Learning Academy

SUMMER ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (SALA) ESY ARTS INTEGRATION COACH (former Instructional Coach)

Reports to:

Arts Integrations Manager, Summer Arts for Learning Academy

Baltimore City Schools’ Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) ESY program, operated by Arts for Learning Maryland, offers students an opportunity to imagine, create, and express who they are through the arts. This is a full-day, five-week program (Monday - Thursday) that introduces students to an artist integrated program. Teaching artists, teachers and para educators will work together to offer ESY students an opportunity to engage in a program that integrates an artist into the ESY classrooms we serve.

ESY students have a wide variety of ability levels and needs for accommodation, so the ideal candidate will have experience with a variety of special education populations and a willingness to adapt as needed. Arts for Learning Maryland will host 10 Academy sites throughout the city, locations TBD.

• The mission of Arts for Learning Maryland’s 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 SALA Arts Integration Coach is the key to ensuring rigorous and meaningful learning at SALA ESY sites. They are considered the “arts integration specialists” in the building, and they are the first point of contact for content, collaborative planning, co‑teaching, arts integration, lesson plans (how to write them, how to submit them, what we are looking for), building classroom community, and reconducting observations (in partnership with the rest of the Site Admin Team).

Arts Integration Coaches will be placed at SALA ESY sites to support staff in planning and co‑teaching, as well as to encourage them to reflect on their work, for which a coaching attitude and a desire to build mentoring relationships is essential. For additional information on SALA ESY please view the following link:
Extended School Year (ESY) & SALA.

• A strong and demonstrable understanding of effective arts integration and co‑teaching.
• A desire to support educators in growing their knowledge of arts integration, mentoring new staff, and leveraging the expertise of veteran teachers and teaching artists to the site’s advantage.
• An ability to successfully partner with the rest of the site Admin Team in order to support all staff and students alike.
• Experience coaching, leading professional development, mentoring, and/or being part of an instructional support team in various contexts.
• Experience working with SALA/ESY, thus having a strong understanding of the program culture, logistics, and procedures, as well as all position…