Adjunct Instructor - LEAD 603
Bank Street College of Education

JOB DESCRIPTION

Adjunct Instructor - LEAD 603

New York, NY, United States

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Available: Adjunct Instructor
Course Name: LEAD 603 School Change: The Transformational Leader

Future School Leaders Academy Adjunct Position

The Future School Leaders Academy program prepares educators for school and
district leadership roles in the Lower Hudson Valley region. Through a longstanding
partnership with Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, Bank Street College elicits
candidates with demonstrated outstanding leadership potential who have been
nominated by their Superintendents for the program. Candidates take courses primarily
on the BOCES campus in Yorktown Heights and do supervised fieldwork in their own
schools and districts.
Adjunct Instructor Position:
Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education, is looking for an adjunct to teach
for the following course in the Spring of 2025.

Course: LEAD 603: School Change: The Transformational Leader
Credits: 3 credits
Semester: Spring 2025
(Spring Term classes begin on Tuesday, January 21, 2025)
Day/time: Thursdays, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: In-person at PNW BOCES, Yorktown Heights, NY

Course Description:

Current school reform efforts emphasize vision, shared decision making, professional
autonomy, positive school structure, and restructuring. How are these concepts being
realized in current practice? What choices and constraints accompany the processes of
change and staff empowerment? In this course students examine the concepts which
face principals in enhancing the effectiveness of schools, as well as the competencies

of planning, joint decision making, problem solving, and negotiation. Course work
complements and is tailored to the Principals Institute internship experience.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree required; Doctorate preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a district leader/staff developer
• Successful previous experience with college/graduate school teaching preferred
• Experience with school reform practices and action research

Salary: $4470

Please submit an application online. Priority consideration will be given to candidates
who submit their application by October 15th.

The Future School Leaders Academy's Mission

The mission of the Future School Leaders Academy is to provide a powerful and
effective learning experience for all candidates. The goal of its leadership preparation is
to ignite transformative, socially responsible and ethical leaders who can create, model,
and sustain vital, dynamic, democratic, and caring school communities where everyone
is an achiever.

The Future School Leaders Academy's Purpose

The Future School Leaders Academy (FSLA) aims to increase the quality, diversity, and
size of the pool of candidates for leadership careers in the public schools and districts of
Putnam and Westchester counties. FSLA gives admissions priority to promising
educators who are instructionally effective or otherwise effective in supporting student
learning and show a capacity for ethical, responsible leadership. It encourages the
participation of districts with large minority populations in order to cultivate leadership
from within their schools.

FSLA provides dual certification in building and district educational leadership and is
collaboratively sponsored by Bank Street College, Putnam and Northern Westchester
BOCES (PNWBOCES), and local school districts. The program's quality is rooted in its
collaborative, hands-on approach to leadership preparation through the shared roles of
its sponsors in the development of each candidate and of the program as a whole.
Figure 1 reflects the multiple and inter-connected program layers and components of
the program.

The program addresses the leadership priorities of the region's unique district
conditions which include: high community expectations and parental involvement,
diverse student needs, diverse values and expectations about quality schooling, and
broad leadership expectations and responsibilities. Participating districts require leaders
who have the courage and capacity to balance competing expectations and demands
as they encourage social and civic responsibilities among students, staff and the
schools.

ABOUT US

Bank Street is a leader in education, a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom
practice, and a national advocate for children and their families.

Since its beginnings in 1916, Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding
how children learn and grow. From early childhood centers and schools to hospitals and
museums, Bank Street has built a national reputation on the simple fact that our
graduates know how to do the work that is right for children.

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.

ABOUT US

Bank Street is a leader in education, a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom practice, and a national advocate for children and their families.

Since its beginnings in 1916, Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding how children learn and grow. From early childhood centers and schools to hospitals and museums, Bank Street has built a national reputation on the simple fact that our graduates know how to do the work that is right for children.

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.