Arts Integration Coach - ASALA (After School Arts for Learning Academy)

Seasonal Employment at Arts for Learning • Baltimore, MD

17h • $30 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

The Arts Integration Coach plays a critical role in ensuring high-quality, rigorous, and meaningful learning in both literacy and math at ASALA sites. Serving as the site’s arts integration specialist , the Coach supports teachers and teaching artists with collaborative planning, lesson development, classroom management, and observation. The Coach works across multiple sites and is an integral member of each Site Administration Team .

Requirements

• Ability to create inclusive environments that affirm students’ identities.
• Understanding of bias, systemic racism, and their impact on education.
• Passion for working with students and building meaningful relationships.
• Commitment to family engagement and communication.
• Current teaching certification (special education preferred).
• Strong expertise in an art form and general knowledge of literacy/math.
• Deep understanding of arts integration and co-teaching.
• Experience in coaching, PD facilitation, or instructional support.
• Flexibility, innovation, and a collaborative spirit.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Arts for Learning or similar arts-in-education communities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor use of instructional resources and reallocate as needed.
• Ensure timely submission of weekly instructional outlines.
• Track and document arts integration/co-teaching planning time.
• Support daily site operations, transitions, and logistics.
• Participate in student, family, and community events.
• Create a positive culture aligned with ASALA’s mission and values.
• Support completion of required documentation (attendance, surveys, rubrics, reports).
• Uphold all health and safety requirements (BCPSS, CDC, WHO, A4L).
• Facilitate and support PD prior to program launch.
• Guide teacher/artist planning during PD week.
• Conduct site readiness checks before the first day.
• Develop and maintain a weekly coaching schedule.
• Provide in-class observations and written feedback.
• Offer classroom coverage to allow peer observation.
• Co-teach as needed to model best practices.
• Hold weekly check-ins with teacher/artist pairs.
• Support creation of lessons that: Expand student knowledge of people, places, histories, and ideas. Advance understanding of power, equity, and anti-oppression. Align with standards and foster cross-class collaboration.
• Connect staff with resources and materials.
• Serve on the Observation Team to assess instruction.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students with disabilities and diverse learning styles, in partnership with special educators.
• Collaborate with service providers (SPED, ESOL, others).
• Integrate traditional and innovative instructional methods.
• Build strong, supportive relationships with students, staff, and families.
• Curate and display student work showcasing strong arts integration.
• Lead weekly staff meeting updates, shout-outs, and mini-workshops.
• Provide formal and informal feedback to staff and the ASALA Admin Team.
• Participate in weekly Academic Director calls for problem-solving and updates.

Benefits

• employees accrue Sick and Safe Leave at 1 hour per 30 hours worked, beginning on day one. Leave may be used for illness, preventive care, family care, parental leave, or issues related to domestic violence/assault.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed