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

Seasonal Employment at Arts for Learning • Baltimore, MD

15h • $50 - $50

About The Position

Baltimore City Schools’ Summer Arts for Learning Academy (SALA) ESY program, operated by Arts for Learning Maryland, offers students an opportunity to imagine, create, and express who they are through the arts. This is a full-day, five-week program (Monday - Thursday) that introduces students to an artist integrated program. Teaching artists, teachers and paraeducators will work together to offer ESY students an opportunity to engage in a program that integrates an artist into the ESY classrooms we serve. ESY students have a wide variety of ability levels and needs for accommodation, so the ideal candidate will have experience with a variety of special education populations and/or a willingness to adapt as needed. Arts for Learning Maryland will host 10 Academy sites throughout the city, locations TBD. 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. The Physical Education (PE) Teacher is a key component of the success of the Academy as they lead the movement portion of the day, called Fitness and Fun. During that time, PE Teachers are required to plan, lead, and supervise a series of structured, age-appropriate physical activities each day of the program for all grades PreK through 6th. ESY students will vary in their adaptability needs, so experience with special needs populations is preferred. PE Teachers may also be required to organize additional sports and physical education events on-site within and throughout the program.

Requirements

• Strong collaboration, mentorship, and leadership skills.
• Ability to plan and deliver structured physical activities that are safe and age-appropriate for a variety of ages.
• Currently active or working towards certification in Physical Education; or extensive experience working with children in physical education capacity (e.g. coaching)
• Experience working in Public Schools settings, or leading large numbers of students.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent and timely communication skills.
• Understanding and appreciation of arts integration.
• Staff working in SALA will need to be able to stand, walk, and be active throughout the entire duration of the program day.
• They will need to be able to keep up with and supervise students within and outside the classroom, for example, during Fitness and Fun time and field trips.
• Staff will also need to be able to lift up to 20lbs on occasion when setting up and breaking down classroom and/or preparing for performances and other events.
• Bending, kneeling, and climbing stairs are also frequently needed during SALA.

Nice To Haves

• ESY students will vary in their adaptability needs, so experience with special needs populations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise structured physical activity time for all students daily (4 - 6 sessions throughout the day with different grade-level students).
• Work collaboratively with the other site PE Teacher.
• Ensure that the mission and core values of the program are present at all times.
• Ensure a positive exercise culture and climate through shared playground/classroom/gym norms.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for time-off in the form of Sick & Safe leave.
• Sick and Safe Leave is accrued at a rate of one hour for every thirty hours worked and begins accruing on day one of employment.
• Employees may use the leave in increments of 1 hour or greater.
• Employees will be paid at their current regular rate for each accrued Sick and Safe Leave hour used.

What This Job Offers

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