Returner: Classroom Teacher | SALA (Summer Arts for Learning Academy)

## Description **SUMMER ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (SALA)** **CLASSROOM TEACHER** Reports to: Site Director, Summer Arts for Learning Academy **About the Summer Arts for Learning Academy:** 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— which 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. **Mission and Core Values:** 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. **SALA Classroom Teacher** ## **Job Description** The SALA grade level Classroom Teacher is key to ensuring rigorous and meaningful learning in both literacy and math at SALA sites. Classroom Teachers will be paired with a highly skilled Teaching Artist for the entire program (Monday - Thursday) to provide arts-integrated instruction daily. Together, they will co-plan and co-teach one class of arts-integrated math and one class of arts-integrated literacy to the same students each day. All Teachers are expected to lead a daily morning SQUAD session in partnership with their Artist. **Ideal Classroom Teachers Have:** - A current teaching certification; teachers with special education certifications are also encouraged to apply as a general Classroom Teacher. SALA does not have self-contained classrooms. - A willingness to be flexible in service to our SALA community. - A passion for students: an ability to build meaningful relationships, and a desire to “go above and beyond” to ensure each student’s success. - A strong interest (with experience preferred) in arts integration and co-teaching. - A willingness to use either the school office landline or their personal cell phone (number blocking is acceptable) to contact parents regularly. - An ability to attend and engage in all required training and program dates. - An ability to create inclusive environments where all students’ unique gifts and talents are discovered and cultivated, and where students’ identities (racial, cultural, social, gender, etc.) are acknowledged, af…