ESOL Teacher | SALA; Summer Arts Learning Academy

Overview

SUMMER ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (SALA)

ESOL 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, and ensure that our students are known, loved, supported, celebrated, and valued.

SALA ESOL Teacher

Job Description

The SALA ESOL Teacher is key to ensuring all ELL students receive a meaningful learning experience in a unique and creative learning environment. ESOL Teachers work hand in hand with SALA staff at their site to support ELL students within the Summer Arts for Learning Academy program. ESOL Teachers are expected to provide support both through one-on-one interactions with students and through full classroom support.

ESOL Teachers are responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to students and will support educators in meeting goals for specific students. ESOL Teachers should have knowledge of and a sensitivity to the developmental stages and well-being of ELL students. In addition to serving specific students, ESOL Teachers are expected to support all ELL students regardless of whether or not they receive ESOL services during the school year.

ESOL Teachers Must Have:

• Classroom experience within ESOL settings.
• A local or international certification in ESOL and/or ESL.
• 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 desire to fully integrate into a non-traditional learning environment where flexibility is strongly valued and where new and innovative ideas are not only cultivated but expected from all staff.
• Knowledge of federal laws protecting the educational services for students with disabilities.
• An ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers, and parents.
• An ability to attend and engage in all required trainings and program dates.
• A willingness to use either the school office landline or their personal cell phone (number blocking is acceptable) to contact parents as…