Graduate School Faculty Position: Leadership Programs
Start date: August 1, 2026
Salary range: Minimum Full-Time Starting Salary is $86,030

About Bank Street
Bank Street College was founded over 100 years ago in the tradition of progressive education and is committed to learner-centered education based on sound developmental principles. The master's programs integrate direct experience with children, teachers, and families; exploration and examination of theory and research; and observation and reflection. Our curriculum supports the development of intellectual curiosity grounded in a social justice orientation.

Position Overview
This is a full-time, faculty position for an instructor in Bank Street's Leadership Department. The focus of this position will be instruction and administrative support in the National Aspiring Principals Fellowship, Bank Street's partnership program with New Leaders.

New Leaders is a national nonprofit with a focus on increasing the number of underrepresented building leaders in public schools. Depending on the Leadership Department's needs, the individual hired for this position might teach and/or advise in other Bank Street leadership programs.

Candidates must have depth of experience teaching in K-12 and school building leadership, ideally in public school settings, as well as demonstrated depth of knowledge and experience with progressive pedagogies. Additional experience with district-level leadership is preferred.

Bank Street College is not a tenure-granting institution, nor does it have traditional professorial ranks. The position is eligible for a renewable 3-year contract pending a review period.

Program Support: 25%
- Partner Related Activities (partner with student success director, attend Capstone presentations, site visits): 10%
- Administrative: 15% (application review, support adjuncts, monitor compliance requirements, build program tools and resources)


Instructional Responsibilities 75%
Teaching: 5 courses: Fall, spring, and summer semesters

Courses in the Leadership Department run on a year round schedule from the end of August through the end of July, and instructors must be available to teach throughout this timeframe. One course is typically 15% of a faculty member's load. We are looking for expertise across at least 2-3 of the following content areas:
- Curriculum
- Supervision
- History of Urban Education
- School Culture and Community Relations
- Educational Research
- Adult Development

Additional Responsibilities
All full-time faculty must engage in service to the community through committee work and participation in program, department, and divisional meetings (which are a mix of in person and online meetings).

This position is primarily an online position but requires some in-person work at the College.

Skills required include:
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to build relationships and partnerships.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Strong organizational skills.

Qualifications:
- Masters in education, required
- Masters in leadership, preferred
- Certification in school building leadership
- Doctorate in education leadership or related field is preferred
- 5 or more years of school leadership experience in public school settings, preferred
- School district leadership experiences, preferred
- School district certification, preferred
- Experience working with NYCPS, preferred
- Experience teaching in higher education, preferred
- Some higher education administrative experience, preferred

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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