Full-Time Faculty - Humanities /Social Sciences, Bard Sequence Program (Plainfield, NJ)

Description

Position Title: Full-Time Faculty - Humanities /Social Sciences, Bard Sequence Program (Plainfield, NJ)

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 3,300 students in campuses in New York City, New York; Newark, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington D.C.

Bard invites applications on a rolling basis for a dynamic individual who seeks to teach Bard Sequence Seminar at Plainfield High School. 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 “Great Books” 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 majority of Bard Sequence students are first generation college students. 

Description

The Bard Sequence instructor will be hired by Plainfield School District and salary/benefits will be determined by the salary guide of Plainfield Public Schools. The most recent contract for Plainfield Public Schools can be found here.

Key responsibilities:

The responsibility of a Bard Sequence faculty member is to teach Bard College’s signature humanities seminar course (“The Bard Sequence”) to students enrolled in high school at a partner public school. Instructors will have access to curricular resources, professional development, and a community of instructors teaching the course. Faculty will teach four sections of either Freshman or Sophomore seminar, or a combination of both.

As a Plainfield Public Schools employee, the faculty member will also have additional duties and responsibilities. In addition to teaching four sections of Bard Sequence Seminar, the faculty member will be expected to participate in one or more of the following as determined by the needs of Plainfield High School and the expertise of the faculty member:

• Teach an additional Plainfield High School class including all the course-specific responsibilities pursuant to Plainfield High School policy;
• Mentor and Tutor Students outside of teaching hours
• Additional duties as directed by Plainfield Public Schools               

Bard Sequence faculty is 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.

Criminal Background Checks:  Faculty member must provide a criminal history background check, with fingerprinting and that said check indicates that no criminal history record information exists on file in either the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the State Bureau of Identification which would disqualify said employee from employment.

Location: In person, Plainfield High School, 950 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060

Position Type: Full-Time Faculty in the Humanities

Expected Start Date:

The faculty member will be expected to start on and follow the Plainfield Public Schools academic calendar including all professional development days and faculty meetings. Although the academic calendar is not yet available, candidates should expect to begin in the Fall (September) and end in June. 

Salary: The Bard Sequence instructor will be hired by Plainfield School District and salary/benefits will be determined by the salary guide of Plainfield Public Schools. The most recent contract for Plainfield Public Schools can be found