Job Description
Position Title: Onground Adjunct Course Instructor for EDUC 869: Supporting Early Language and Literacy for Children with Developmental Variations (Birth-8)
Division: Graduate School of Education
Course EDUC 869: Supporting Early Language and Literacy for Children with Developmental Variations (Birth-8), 2 credits
Term: Fall, Onground
Dates:
- September 9, 2026 – December 22, 2026
- Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm
This course examines communication, language, and literacy as they emerge in monolingual and multilingual children from infancy through early childhood. Participants examine how language, socialization, communicative competence, and literacy develop within, and are impacted by, children’s sociocultural contexts. Participants are introduced to communication disorders and other learning variations of the early years that affect language and literacy learning. Specific practices are identified to enhance the experience of young children who are receiving services in school as English language learners. Modifications and adaptations to support children with learning variations are explored.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver course content and materials aligned with the program curriculum.
- Grade and evaluate student performance in a timely manner, providing constructive feedback.
- Maintain open communication with students, including scheduled office hours or availability for consultation.
- Submit final grades and required course documentation (e.g., attendance records) by institutional deadlines.
- Collaborate with program faculty on course coordination and attend relevant program meetings, if necessary.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in early childhood special education, or related field, required, doctorate preferred.
- 5 or more years of teaching young children with disabilities, preferred.
- Experience in public schools, preferred.
- Critical orientation to issues of access and equity, preferred.
- Strong skills in communication, collaboration, and organization, preferred.
- Experience teaching at the graduate level, preferred.
Compensation:
$4,276
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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.
