SLAM Tampa K-12

Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM) is a public charter school for 6th through 12th grade students seeking careers in the Sports Leadership and Management industries. SLAM integrates national Common Core Standards and sports-related themes into a core curriculum of Mathematics, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies, SLAM prepares students for careers in Sports Medicine, Business, Marketing, Health, and Communications through electives coursework in the following career academies: Sports Medicine, Digital Television & Sports Media Production, Sports Marketing, Entertainment, & Management.

SLAM provides students with unique access to career mentors, athletes as role models, and executive internships through educational partnerships with local and national sports franchises. By fostering these and other long-term relationships, students at SLAM benefit from real world learning experiences within all facets of the sports industry.

The curriculum of SLAM Charter Middle/ High School is designed to serve students of all ability levels. Remedial students and students with special needs (e.g. LEP and ESE students) will have access to supervised study time and tutoring after school (and possibly on Saturday as well) to accelerate their progress. Students performing at grade level will have access to the full range of academic courses. Students who wish to pursue an advanced academic program will be provided with honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Enrollment courses.

All students at the school will be encouraged to maximize their academic potential by selecting a major. This major will be selected their eight grade through their Career and Research course. SLAM's course of study for all high school students will include: four years of each of the core academic courses (language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies); at least two years of foreign language, the required courses in performing and practical art, physical education and health/personal fitness, and additional sports themed academy electives to complete the 24 credits required to earn a high school diploma.