Instructor of Humanities - Durham

Agency North Carolina School of Science , Math Division Job  Classification Title Instructor (NS)
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GradeFLATRATEAbout UsNorth Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) a constituent of the University of North Carolina System, is a world-class public high school with statewide reach empowering academically talented students from every corner of the state to design their own future. We offer our Residential high school program in Durham and Morganton for juniors and seniors, our Online supplementary honors program, and individual virtual daytime Connect courses in partnership with local high schools, all tuition free.

Our wide array of summer offerings for rising fifth- through 12th-graders includes free opportunities for in-state students alongside paid options for students from anywhere in the world. Specializing in science, technology, engineering, and math and embracing the fine arts and humanities, NCSSM has become the model for 18 such specialized schools around the globe since its founding in 1980. For more information visit ncssm.edu

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of Work CLASSIFICATION

TITLE:

Instructor

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Instructor of Humanities-Durham DEPARTMENT:
Extended Learning POSITION NUMBER:

POSITION LOCATION:

Durham, NC Campus POSTING DATE: 10/2/2026

CLOSING DATE:
Open Until Filled POSITION TYPE:
Temporary, 10-month, up to 12.5 hours per week/course, including up to 5.8 hours of live per week/course, synchronous teaching via studio or Zoom, Monday through Friday.

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Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences HIRING SALARY RANGE :
Commensurate with education and experience.

NCSSM and the Division of Extended Learning foster an environment of collaboration across departments and divisions and support community-engaged service and research.

Description of Duties :

We seek a temporary, part-time instructor with a background in the social sciences to teach one or more introductory high school courses in the Connect program.

Spring Semester
- Contract Period:
January 15, 2027 - May 19, 2027

Honors 21st Century Media Studies
- Monday-Friday - 10:00 AM - 11:10 AMThe 21st Century Media Studies course is an interdisciplinary cultural studies course in which students examine and interpret the ways various media modes influence us. Students study media theory, analyze cultural and historical contexts, the aesthetics of a variety of formats, examine how forms have shifted, and investigate the relationship between media and reality, ways that media influences and changes our culture, and how responses to media change over time.

The course considers a variety of critical approaches that include: cultural, psychoanalytic, feminist, and others. Through these approaches, students contemplate issues and problems considering such aspects as: technology, representations of reality, human meaning, identity politics, economics, self/other dynamics, gender/race/ethnicity, and community/belonging. This lens of analysis reverberates both within and outside of America.

The NCSSM Connect program offers live, synchronous virtual courses taught by NCSSM faculty to students in their local high schools across North Carolina. During class, Connect instructors use group activities and cutting-edge instructional technology to facilitate active participation, project-based learning, and cross-site collaboration with students from around the state. Students can interact with others from the mountains to the coast. Our NCSSM Connect program allows smaller, rural schools to offer AP and honors-level courses that may otherwise be unavailable.

The position reports to the Director of Instructional Leadership and is responsible for providing instruction for an NCSSM Connect distance-education humanities course via Zoom or other interactive videoconferencing platforms. Using a combination of a pre-developed curriculum, digital assets, and instructor-developed materials, the instructor will deliver the course live (synchronously) at one or more sites in North Carolina. Daily broadcasts will be seventy minutes long.

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