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Position Vacancy-Online Adjunct Instructor for EDUC 564R: Language, Literature and Emergent Literacy in the Primary Grades

Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education, is looking for an Adjunct Instructor for the following course to be taught Summer 1, 2026, online.

EDUC 564R: Language, Literature and Emergent Literacy in the Primary Grades
(3 credits)

Dates: May 11, 2026 - June 15, 2026

This course is scheduled to run Monday and Wednesday, 5:15 - 9:00 pm, online.
Day and time are subject to change.

Course Description
This course examines the role of literature in children's lives. Participants develop criteria for selecting literature for children, considering factors including but not limited to child development, aesthetics, language, and culture, as well as children's interests and curiosities. Through active engagement with books, artifacts, and ideas, participants gain an understanding of the role of literature in language development in children's primary and new languages. Participants will examine ways to use literature from a wide range of genres and perspectives for reading aloud, honoring and stimulating children's storytelling, and for deepening learning across content areas.

A Bank Street adjunct is responsible for:
- 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 education or related field required. Doctorate preferred.
- 5 or more years of experience teaching reading and writing to children in grades K-3rd.
- Experience working in public schools and with children from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds preferred.
- Experience teaching at the graduate level, preferred.
- Experience teaching online, preferred.


Compensation:
- $4,593

About Bank Street College of Education

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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