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Employer Name: Bank Street College of Education Position Vacancy- Online Adjunct Instructor for EDUC 8342: Teaching Humanities: Curriculum, Methods and Assessment for Adolescents with Disabilities, 2 credits Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education, is looking for an Online Adjunct instructor for the following course to be taught Spring, 2026, online. This section will run specifically for students in our NYC Teaching Fellows Program. This course will be taught fully online, including a range of synchronous and asynchronous experiences. The course will be taught over fourteen sessions. Dates: January 20 2026 - May 5 2026 Course Day/Time: Tuesday 5:00-7:00 Deeply rooted in the philosophy that the humanities is central to adolescents' understanding the world that they inherit and inhabit, this course examines methods for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum and instructional strategies for adolescents with disabilities in English and social studies. This course uses a progressive and inquiry-based approach as a framework for teaching English language arts to adolescents with a wide range of abilities and challenges. Participants will use a sociopolitical lens as they study literature, primary and secondary sources, digital, multimodal and new literacies, as they develop reading and writing skills and strategies across genres. This course focuses on developing participants' skills in planning, instruction, and assessment to create meaningful access to the general education curriculum and in accordance with Common Core Standards. It emphasizes teacher collaboration to support the differentiation of instruction based on learner characteristics, learning environment, curriculum, and standards. An anti-bias and social justice orientation are woven throughout the course, with a focus on teacher and student advocacy and agency. Qualifications: - Master's degree in humanities, special education, and/or related field required. Doctorate preferred. - 5 or more years of teaching adolescents with disabilities from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. - Experience in public schools required. Experience with the NYCPS preferred. - Critical orientation to issues of access and equity for students with disabilities. - Experience teaching at the graduate level, preferred. Master's degree in special education, or related field, required. Compensation: - $4,276