[Hiring] Adjunct Instructor LEAD 9461 - Leading Critical Issues and Instruction @Bank Street College of Education

Role Description

The Leadership in Mathematics Education Online program is designed for teachers, academic coaches, or administrators who want to become school leaders with a deeper understanding of mathematics. This unique program combines opportunities to learn more mathematics, enhance mathematics pedagogy, delve deeply into professional development issues, and learn a full range of essential school leadership skills from anywhere in the country. During this program, students engage in intensive course work in:

• Adult development
• Action research
• Mathematics
• Mathematics leadership
• School building leadership

Students are expected to assume a range of leadership responsibilities with an emphasis on professional development in mathematics.

This course is an extension of LEAD945. During the summer semesters, the cohort meets for weekly Advisement seminars that include readings that offer students the opportunity to integrate theory with practice in this evolving professional learning community.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in leadership, preferred
• Successful previous experience with college / graduate school teaching, preferred
• Experience with school reform practices and action research, preferred
• 5 or more years of school leadership experience in early childhood settings, preferred
• Certification in school building leadership, preferred

Benefits

• Compensation: $2,914

Company Description

Bank Street is a leader in education, a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom practice, and a national advocate for children and their families. Since its beginnings in 1916, Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding how children learn and grow. From early childhood centers and schools to hospitals and museums, Bank Street has built a national reputation on the simple fact that our graduates know how to do the work that is right for children.

At Bank Street’s Graduate School of Education, students are trained in a model that combines the study of human development, learning theory, and sustained clinical placement to promote significant development as a teacher prior to graduation. Our children’s programs—Bank Street School for Children, Family Center, Bank Street Head Start, and Liberty LEADS—foster children’s development in the broadest sense by providing diverse opportunities for social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. The Bank Street Education Center disrupts inequity through system-level change to help design better educational experiences for both children and adults. The College further supports and influences positive outcomes for children every day through professional development programs, research projects, and other key efforts engaging educators, intermediary organizations, and government officials at the district, state, and federal levels.