Southwest Baltimore Charter School

SBCS provides an engaging arts-infused curriculum with an emphasis on developing student thinking, creativity, and leadership. SBCS focuses on the whole child, recognizing the importance of character education. We work to instill six Habits of Scholarship: autonomy, empathy, integrity, perseverance, quality, and responsibility. We strive to meet the social-emotional needs of children while helping them achieve academic excellence. SBCS is a teacher-led school where staff committees work with the administrative team to develop and implement many school wide decisions. Collaboration, consensus decision-making and dialogue are essential practices in our school. We seek employees who can thrive in a collective leadership environment. All staff members are members of a learning community. We work together on behalf of students to improve the school's program, share expertise, build knowledge in our disciplines, and model collaborative learning. Staff culture is characterized by trust and respectful collegiality. Teachers focus on solutions free of judgment, blame, and defensiveness and support each other in improving their practice. School leaders, teachers, and students join together in a school culture characterized by self-discipline, compassion, collaboration, and joy in learning. All applicants for all positions must understand and embrace SBCS's approach to learning and leading, which is rooted in the tenets of EL Education (EL).