[**[About Hartford Performs: [[Hartford Performs is an independent, nonprofit, art-education organization. [Working in partnership with school systems and artistic communities, Hartford Performs infuses and integrates arts and cultural experiences into teaching and learning in ways that enrich the student experience and improve outcomes across the curriculum. We bring teaching artists into Hartford Public School classrooms and students out to the regions cultural venues to give students creative new entry points into school curriculum. In the 2024-25 school year, we will deliver more than 3,000 program hours to more than 10,000 students in all 31 of Hartfords PreK-Grade 8 schools. We also provide family engagement events, and professional-learning workshops to Hartfords teachers and the independent teaching artists who deliver our programs.

[[Hartford Performs produces a great deal of programming with a very small and dedicated staff. All employees must be true believers in the mission; have a deep commitment to the values of diversity, equity and inclusion and the ability to embed those values in their work; and have a strong team mentality and exceptional organizational, time-management and communication skills.

[**[About the Program Manager position: [[This is a full-time (40 hours per week), exempt position, reporting to the Programming Director. The Program Manager ensures the successful implementation and delivery of Hartford Performs programs for students, educators and teaching artists, and supports the Programming Director in developing new programming in line with our strategic plan. This position also has lead responsibility for program-related communications to teaching artists, and for providing program-related content to the Advancement Director and Executive Director for communication to other external audiences. Our Program Manager actively manages a multitude of program details daily while maintaining productive relationships with our partners.

[[Key responsibilities:]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}

[[Student programs:]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}

• Manage the day-to-day details to ensure the successful delivery of student programs: assisting teachers in selecting programs, booking programs into the online system, facilitating communications among teaching artists and educators, troubleshooting glitches, monitoring program scheduling and completion, voucher review and timely payment to teaching artists, and accurate student numbers and teaching artist hours.
• Ensure successful delivery of programs.
• Maintain collaborative partnerships with schools, administrators and teaching artists.
• Proactively focus on ways to improve systems and processes for student success.
• Assist teaching artists in understanding and completing roles and responsibilities and requirements, making improvements to their programs, and navigating technology.
• Manage all aspects of the online platform for Hartford Performs digital programs.
• Conduct and document disciplined program observations to evaluate delivery and effectiveness.

[[Professional Learning Programs:]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{calibri",sans-serif"=""}

• Following goals outlined by the Programming Director, take the lead on implementing educational offerings and celebrations for Hartford Performs teaching artists.
• Coach teaching artists to maintain high standards of their roles and responsibilities and quality of program delivery.
• Identify and recruit diverse cohorts of potential new teaching artists, ensuring that they understand Hartford Performs goals and assisting them in meeting requirements as n eded.
• Supporting professional learning programs for educators as assigned.

<