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Adjunct Faculty in Humanities (Sequence at SBCCHS, Bronx, NY)

Bard College · US

Description 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 ar...

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Description 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 to students at South Bronx Community Charter 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 hum...