Position Vacancy—Adjunct Instructor for Arts Workshop for Teachers (Grades N – 6)

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 17, 2024

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:15-8:45 PM

EDUC 590: Arts Workshop for Teachers (Grades N – 6), 2 credits 

Course Description

This studio course stresses the relationship of expression in arts and crafts to aspects of teaching and learning in other areas. Students develop approaches for discovering the use and origins of materials as well as their role in the curriculum. The course helps teachers develop a basic art program in their classrooms. Studio experiences include painting, collage, clay work, printmaking, and such crafts as puppet making, dyeing, and weaving. Readings and class discussion deal with the development of art curricula using child development as a base. Students study children’s art through slides and children’s actual work.

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:

• $4161