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New Teaching Artist Opportunities

New Teaching Artist Opportunities

Want to share your talent and passion with children? Springboard to Learning has opportunities to add Teaching Artists to our roster for the 2023-2024 school year. Call 314-768-9670, or click below to learn about these opportunities:  2023-24 School Year Teaching...

Teaching Artist Opportunity: 2023-24 School Year

Teaching Artist Opportunity: 2023-24 School Year

Springboard to Learning will be starting a year-long, innovative journey with Southeast Middle School in the Hazelwood School District. We will have the opportunity to provide meaningful, memorable learning experiences for middle school students, and we need multiple...

Job Opening: Development Director

Job Opening: Development Director

Excited about children gaining a love of learning? Want to be part of a team of professionals who do great work and are kind to one another? If so, Springboard to Learning is for you!  Job Title: Development DirectorDepartment: DevelopmentReports to: Executive...

Black History Month Programming

Black History Month Programming

Celebrate Black History Month with a Springboard to Learning program! Learn the history of Black music, dance, and culture through the arts this February with one of our Teaching Artist-created programs: What do Jazz, Modern, West African and Hip Hop dance have in...

Springboard is Hiring!

Springboard is Hiring!

Excited about children gaining a love of learning? Want to be part of a team of professionals who do great work and are kind to one another? If so, Springboard to Learning is for you! We have one position open for applicants: Job Title: Development DirectorDepartment:...

Springboard to Learning Visits SSD Schools

Springboard to Learning Visits SSD Schools

(via Special School District of St. Louis County September 26, 2022) For the past eight years, students from across the District have anticipated a special visit from Springboard to Learning. The organization helps develop children’s abilities to create, collaborate,...

Springboard Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant

Springboard Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is supporting Arts & Learning Packs for under-resourced St. Louis students by awarding Springboard to Learning a $10,000 Challenge America grant. Arts & Learning Packs are at-home,...

Transform a Child’s World on Giving Tuesday!

Transform a Child’s World on Giving Tuesday!

Dandelions, sticks, wrapping paper tubes, and rubber bands… What do these items have in common? These rudimentary objects transform when the imagination of a child is applied. How is it that, as adults, we lose touch with that transformational imagination, forgetting...

Calling all Visual and Performing Artists!

Calling all Visual and Performing Artists!

Calling all Visual and Performing Artists! Springboard to Learning is looking to engage talented and passionate artists who are interested in working within St. Louis area schools and community venues. We are currently offering training to artists to teach our...

Springboard to Learning: A Year in Review

Springboard to Learning: A Year in Review

The 2020-2021 school year is bound to go down in history as one of the most challenging years for students, parents, and educators alike. With COVID-19 school closings, restrictions, and the pivot to online learning that followed, Springboard to Learning faced one of...

Springboard Celebrates 25 Years of WiseWrite

Springboard Celebrates 25 Years of WiseWrite

The silver anniversary of Springboard to Learning's longest-running program was always going to be special. But this year, the culmination of the WiseWrite Signature Residency has the potential to reach more viewers than ever before. "COVID has inspired a new format...

Introducing Springboard to Virtual Learning

Introducing Springboard to Virtual Learning

Springboard to Learning has expanded to online programming! Springboard to Virtual Learning is being developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to expand the reach and influence of our artists’ programming throughout Missouri and beyond, delivering...

Springboard and Operation Food Search distribute Arts Snacks

In partnership with Operation Food Search, Springboard to Learning delivered 4,000 Arts and Learning Snacks through the month of May to family meal sites across the St. Louis Public School (SLPS) District and the St. Louis County Library (SLCL) system. Arts and...

An Update on Springboard & COVID-19

An Update on Springboard & COVID-19

Click here to access resources for students & educators.Click here to access resources for teaching artists.Click here to offer your support. Dear Friends of Springboard to Learning,   Springboard continues to closely monitor the news surrounding COVID-19, and is...

IdeaBuilder students celebrate culmination at MADE

"I think my brain is growing!""You made me want to learn more and do better!""I hope some of us become real inventors when we grow up.""You taught me to never give up." These are just a few of the rave reviews received from students at Mann Elementary in the St. Louis...

Springboard Marketing Manager Interviewed on Classroom Matters

Springboard Marketing Manager Interviewed on Classroom Matters

Springboard to Learning Marketing/Development Manager Lauren Wiser recently appeared on episode #12 of the HEC-TV and Educate.Today podcast Classroom Matters, hosted by Kristy Houle.   Listen here: Episode #12: Transforming a Student’s Worldview: A Conversation with...

PNC Foundation Funds Wolf Trap Early Childhood Programming

On Tuesday, August 27th, Springboard to Learning was one of nine grant recipients in the St. Louis region to receive funding for early childhood programming from the PNC Foundation as part of the PNC Grow Up Great initiative. With support from the PNC Foundation,...

2019-2020 St. Louis TAI Applications Now Open

2019-2020 St. Louis TAI Applications Now Open

Applications are now open for the 2019-2020 St. Louis Teaching Artist Institute! The St. Louis Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) is a project of the Regional Arts Commission made possible by a major grant from Wells Fargo Advisors. Springboard to Learning and NCCJ St....

WiseWrite Festival Previewed on Fox 2

WiseWrite Festival Previewed on Fox 2

The 24th annual WiseWrite Festival is set for April 2 at the Repertory Theatre. Springboard to Learning Executive Director Cathy Hartmann previewed the event on Fox 2 with anchor Dan Gray. See the full clip here.

Luminaries for Learning: A Q&A with Board President Laura Rossmann

In her first year as Board President, Laura Rossmann has helped to chart Springboard to Learning's future as a leader in providing arts education in St. Louis-area schools. Her efforts toward the creation and further development of the "Luminaries for Learning"...