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

2025–2026 AFTER SCHOOL ARTS FOR LEARNING ACADEMY (ASALA) ARTS INTEGRATION COACH

About Arts for Learning Maryland

Arts for Learning Maryland (formerly Young Audiences of Maryland) is devoted to enriching the lives and education of Maryland's youth through educational and culturally diverse arts programs. Through Arts for Learning, professional teaching artists from all disciplines partner with educators, schools, and school districts to provide on average over 560,000 hours of learning in, through, and about the arts to more than 155,000 Maryland students annually.

Arts for Learning is a mission-driven organization that values community, innovation, and passion. The staff, board, and teaching artists have a shared commitment to advance equity in the field of education by working tirelessly to generate opportunities for students to imagine, create, and realize their full potential through the arts.

About the After School Arts for Learning Academy (ASALA)

The After School Arts for Learning Academy (ASALA), operated by Arts for Learning Maryland (A4L) in partnership with Baltimore City Schools, offers students the opportunity to imagine, create, and express themselves through the arts.

This action-packed program runs four days a week, three hours per day . Students explore diverse art formsfrom illustration and spoken word to percussion, drama, and dancewhile also strengthening literacy and math skills through co-planned, arts-integrated instruction. Each site serves up to 156 students in groups of 26, taught by certified teachers and professional teaching artists.

Mission, Core Values, and Anti-Racist Practices :

ASALA's mission is to provide students with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn with outstanding teachers and teaching artists in a dynamic, creative, supportive, and student centered environment.

We are committed to :

Believing in the potential of all students to achieve through the arts.Honoring students' voices and creative processes.Creating safe, inclusive, and brave learning spaces.Cultivating strong relationships with students, families, and staff through a culture of learning, collaboration, and reflection.Encouraging critical thinking, problem solving, inquiry, imagination, and creativity through multiple pathways of teaching and learning.Knowing, honoring, and leveraging the cultural knowledge and lived experiences of students and communities.Ensuring every student is known, loved, supported, celebrated, and valued.Creating inclusive environments where all students' unique talents are discovered and cultivated, and where their identities are reflected all around them and matter through acknowledgement and affirmationConfronting biases and taking small, but consistent steps to eliminate systemic racism in education.Cultivating spaces where Black joy thrives.Engaging with families as true partners in the work. Position Overview

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 .

Key Responsibilities As a Site Admin Team Member 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). As an Arts Integration Coach

Professional Development

Facilitate and support PD prior to program launch.Guide teacher / artist planning during PD week.Conduct site readiness checks before the first day.

Mentoring & Coaching

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.

Instructional Support & Student Learning

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.

Additional Duties

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.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will demonstrate many of the following :

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. For Teachers : Current teaching certification (special education preferred). For Artists : 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.Experience with Arts for Learning or similar arts-in-education communities.Flexibility, innovation, and a collaborative spirit.

Required Dates & Hours

Training & Professional Development (Paid) :

Up to 10 hours of asynchronous training prior to PD week.In-person PD sessions before program launch.12 hours of race equity training during the program.

Program Hours (subject to site) :

Monday–Thursday, 2 : 30–5 : 45 PM.Coaches must be on-site before program start.Monthly Friday planning sessions, 4–7 PM.8 hours per week on-site support.30-minute weekly staff meeting.1 hour of planning per week.

Time Off

This is a grant-funded, temporary, part-time role and is not eligible for PTO. However, 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.

Compensation

This is a part-time, non-exempt, temporary position .

Instruction time : $40 / hour Meetings & planning : $30 / hourNot eligible for benefits To Apply

For consideration, please apply on our website, https : / / artsforlearningmd.org / . Please do not send applications that include headshots or photos of yourself. No phone calls or recruiters, please. All employees will be subject to a federal and state background check in accordance with state and federal law.

Arts for Learning Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and equitable workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, veteran status, and disability. All qualified applications will be given equal opportunity.

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