Instructor of the Humanities / Social Sciences, Bard Sequence Program (Washington DC)
- Employer
- Bard Early College Network
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Aug 15, 2020
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, English & Literature, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
- Employment Level
- Non-Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Part Time
Bard Sequence Program at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public
Charter School (Washington, D.C.), SY ‘20-21
About the Bard Early Colleges and the Bard
Sequence
The Bard Early Colleges (BEC) are founded on the belief that many
high school–age students are eager and ready for the intellectual
challenges of a college education. The Bard Early Colleges act on
this belief by providing younger scholars with a tuition-free,
credit-bearing college course of study in the liberal arts
following the 9th and 10th grades. Students are taught by college
faculty in seminar classes and earn college credits up to an
associate in arts (A.A.) degree from Bard College, concurrently
with a high school diploma. Now in its second decade, the Bard
Early College network serves over 2,910 students in campuses in New
York City, New York; Newark, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana;
Cleveland, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington, DC.
Bard invites applications for a dynamic individual who seeks to
join a new initiative of the Bard Early Colleges – the Bard
Sequence – which will enter its second year in 2020-2021. Through
partnerships between Bard College and public high schools and
school systems, the Bard Sequence allows students in the 11th and
12th grades to take Bard College’s signature interdisciplinary
humanities Seminar Sequence on site at their schools, taught by an
instructor selected and trained by Bard. The Bard Sequence offers
students earlier exposure to college study and the opportunity to
earn 12 Bard College credits over four semesters. The Bard Sequence
currently runs programs in Orange, NJ and Brooklyn and the Bronx,
NY.
Key responsibilities:
The Bard Sequence is seeking an adjunct instructor to teach Bard
College’s signature humanities seminar course (“The Bard Sequence”)
to students enrolled at the Thurgood Marshall Academy (TMA) Public
Charter School in Washington, D.C., beginning in Fall 2020. TMA is
a public charter high school located in D.C.’s Anacostia
neighborhood. The school’s mission is to work intensively with
students through summer programs, added English and math
instruction, and a focus on legal knowledge and democracy to
prepare them for college. More info about TMA can be
found on their website.
The instructor will have access to curricular resources,
professional development, and a community of instructors teaching
the course. In SY 2020-21, the instructor will initially teach one
section of “First Year Seminar” to 11th graders.
Bard Sequence faculty are required to participate in pre-course
training and ongoing professional development to aid in the
teaching of the dual enrollment courses. This professional
development is overseen by the Director of the Bard Sequence and
the Bard Early Colleges, Bard College’s early college
division. Bard Sequence faculty report to the Director of the
Bard Sequence.
Position Requirements:
The successful applicant for this position will have a passion for
college access and expanding dual enrollment opportunities and be
excited to teach college classes to a diverse group of high
school-age students in Washington, D.C. A terminal degree in
a humanities or social sciences field is required (candidates who
are ABD will be considered)
Candidates with high school and college teaching experience are
preferred. Above all, the successful candidate will have experience
with and investment in working with first generation college
students or those otherwise at risk of not completing college. The
candidate must be flexible and adaptable in working through the
challenges associated with scaffolding rigorous programs for these
students.
Expected Start Date:
Start date is in 17 August 2020, to allow for participation in TMA
Teacher Academy and Sequence pre-semester training.
Location:
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School, located at 2427
Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020.
To Apply:
Please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, one-page
teaching statement, sample course syllabus, and the names and
contact information for three references through Interfolio.com
at: http://apply.interfolio.com/75362.
This appointment may be modified in the rare instance of financial
exigencies at the College.
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome
applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical
disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic
information.
Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and
reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment
practices, services, programs, and activities.
AA/EOE
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