Returner: Manager - Site Director | SALA; Summer Arts Learning Academy

Overview

SUMMER ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (SALA) — SITE DIRECTOR - MANAGER

Reports to:

OST Director of Implementation, Arts for Learning Maryland

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. 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 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. We provide opportunities for students to develop powerfully articulate voices through art forms and honor their creative processes along the way. We create safe, brave learning environments for students to grow, make mistakes, and contribute to the community. We collaborate and reflect by learning from and with each other at every step of the process, cultivating positive relationships between all ages.

We encourage the development of critical thinking, problem solving, inquiry, imagination, and creativity, and provide multiple ways for students to demonstrate knowledge and mastery. We 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. We ensure that our students are known, loved, supported, celebrated, and valued.

SALA Site Director Manager

Job Description:

The SALA Site Director Manager role is designed to support specific program areas, ensuring that SALA goals are met. Position Managers are experienced, strong at people management, and provide mentorship and alignment to staff. They work in partnership with the SALA HQ Team to promote the program’s vision and mission.

Key Objective:

Provide support to Site Directors across sites to ensure SALA values and model are effectively implemented, and offer mentorship in people management and logistical planning.

Ideal Position Managers Have:

• A thorough understanding of the roles they supervise
• Key skills: successful people management, demonstrable logistical planning, classroom observation experience, clear and effective communication
• Excellent management skills: organizational and logistical planning, punctuality, ability to meet deadlines, timely communication, accountability
• Strong collaboration with SALA HQ Team, Site Directors, Site Admin teams, and educators
• Several years of SALA experience and strong program knowledge
• Ability to create inclusive environments that acknowledge and reflect all students’ identities
• Flexibility in a non-traditional learning environment with innovative ideas
• Willingness to use restorative practices for conflicts
• Understanding of biases and concepts of institutional and structural racism and its impact on public education policies
• Ability to have constructive conversations and provide feedback to Teachers, staff, parents, students, and partners
• Commitment to family partnerships and regular communication
• Willingness to use school office landlines or personal cell phones for contact with families
• Appreciation of arts integration
• Interest in arts integration and collaborative planning

Physical and Activity Requirements:

Please note:

SALA staff must…