Tune in for the Teaching Artist Substitute Initiative presented by Arts Ed Collaborative and the Creative Learning Network!

During the spring of 2021, the AEC team worked with a cohort of teaching artists to investigate what a teaching artist might need to know and do to work as a substitute teacher. This effort is supported by The Grable Foundation’s Tomorrow Campaign and addresses three regional challenges:

• A serious substitute teacher shortage experienced in school districts across the region
• Insufficient and inequitable access to arts learning opportunities with professional artists during the school day
• Instability within the teaching artist profession and need for better paying and longer-term employment opportunities

Benefits:

• Free training through the Guest Substitute Teacher Program hosted by Allegheny Intermediate Unit
• $300 stipend when training is complete to cover the cost of
• Clearances
• Physical
• Field Guide filled with lesson ideas and classroom strategies to support arts integration across creative disciplines and grade levels
• Get connected with a school district open to exploring news way to increase arts learning during the school day

Eligibility

• Must have a bachelor’s degree (any subject area)
• Must be a US Citizen
• Available for mandatory in-person training on Nov. 5th 1-5pm