Position Vacancy—Adjunct Instructor for Human Development

Bank Street Graduate School of Education is looking for an adjunct instructor for summer 1 2024. This course will be taught on campus.

Dates: May 13 – June 27, 2024

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:15-9:00 PM

EDUC 502: Human Development, 3 credits 

Course Description

This course focuses on understanding, teaching, and meeting the needs of children and adolescents through emerging adulthood. The interactions between physical growth and social, emotional, and cognitive development will be an organizing focus in the course. Participants will analyze critically different developmental theories in relation to their own educational settings and experience. Participants explore the social and educational implications of a wide range of learning and behavioral variations in the context of family, school lives, community and society. Issues related to identity --self and other, dependence and autonomy, race, class, gender, language, religion, sexuality, power, ability, and disability -- will be recurring themes. Participants will investigate topics and issues through a combination of readings, observations, interviews, case studies and discussion.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education or related field required. Doctorate preferred.
• 5 or more years of experience in the field working directly with children from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds in educational contexts.
• Experience teaching at the graduate level, preferred.
• Adherence to College COVID-19 policies required.

Compensation:

• $4470