Adjunct Instructor - LEAD Processes of Supervision and Professional Development

Program: Future School Leaders Academy

Position Vacancy: Adjunct Instructor

Semester: Fall 2026

Course title: Processes of Supervision and Professional Development

Course number: LEAD 615

Credits: 3 credits

Day / Time: Thursdays

Modality: In-person at PNW BOCES, Yorktown Heights, NY

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.

Course

Description:

Designed for students who are preparing for supervisory roles or who are actively engaged in such roles, this course focuses on the objectives, functions, and evaluation of the supervisory experience within multicultural educational institutions. Organizational, cultural, and human variables that may facilitate or impede effective supervision are identified, and 100 strategies to maximize or minimize their impact are generated. Supervisory attitudes and skills aimed at increasing professional growth in individual and group supervision are synthesized from a variety of supervisory models, with particular attention given to the clinical supervision model.

Qualifications:

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

Compensation: $4,593