Adjunct Faculty - EEDUC 5139: Learning Math in Early Childhood; Fall Semester 2026; Alternating In-person and

The Opportunity Lesley University's department of Teacher Education and Initial Licensure is seeking a highly qualified adjunct faculty member to teach: EEDUC 5139 - Learning Math in Early Childhood;
Fall Semester 2026. This course meets on Thursdays from 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm and alternates between in-person and remote, synchronous class modalities. Course

Description:

This course is designed to develop knowledge of content and pedagogy that is essential for teaching mathematics in schools. Assessment strategies, adaptations for special needs, and classroom management are all addressed. The concept of "big ideas", how they develop, and how they become represented is emphasized throughout the course.

• A Master’s degree in Math Education, Education, or a closely related field (required)
• PhD or Terminal degree (preferred)
• Relevant Massachusetts DESE license (or equivalent from another state)
• 5 or more years of successful teaching experience at the PreK-12 level
• Knowledge of and competence with basic tenets of social justice education
• Experience in constructivist, inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on student engagement

Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities. Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence  doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference.

Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.

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At our core, we are a caring and compassionate community bound together by our passion for improving the lives of others through education, mental health, and the arts. At Lesley, we believe actively advancing our own and all other’s potential leads to a just and humane world. Lesley is the only university in the country focused on advancing human potential through the life-time cultivation of professionals in education, mental health and the arts.

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