Springboard Learning Lecturer, 2026-2027

Position Title:SLPS Springboard Learning Lecturer

Payroll/Personnel Type:10 Month

Job #:9206

Reports to
:

Springboard Partner Specialist

Shift Length:5

Hours a Day

Union Eligibility:Not Eligible

Springboard to Learning programs use the arts to reinforce curricular topics, introduce new concepts, and expose area students to various artistic disciplines. Professional artists are selected for the roster on the basis of artistic merit, educational effectiveness, and the ability to communicate with young people.

• Conduct8-14 weekresidencies, one day a week per school assignment
• Develop programs, curriculum, and lesson plansor;be trained in the curriculum of one of Springboard’s pre-existing Signature Programs
• Work in classrooms of up to 30 students to explore topics in greater depth through several sequential, workshop-stylesessions
• Plans projects and customizes curriculum in collaboration with teachers; length and number of sessions with students and other details vary by teacher andtheme
• Examples of program themes include:
• African percussion
• Improv theatre techniques
• Creating art using fractions and ratios
• Song writing
• Various genres of dance
• Puppetry and storytelling
• Cultures of the World
• Connect an art or humanity with at least one tested subject area, including English Language Arts, Math, Science, or Social Studies

• Writing and/or adapting curriculum
• Effective demonstration of a visual or performing art
• Execution of classroom pedagogy
• Collaborates with othereducators

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a visual or performing art
• Minimum of 3 years of experience educating children, either professionally or as a volunteer

• Minimum of 60 semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited, academic degree-granting,collegeor university
• Teaching Artist has substitute teacher certification or career certification with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondar yEducation

• Must be physically able tooperatea motor vehicle
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the humanbody
• Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree

• Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment
• Very limitedor no exposure to physical risk

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.

Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding thispositionandadditionaldutiesmay be assigned.

In connection with hiring for this position the district shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteranstatusor national origin.