Lecturer in Education (Action Research for Teacher Leaders)

Brandeis University•Waltham, MA

8d•$6,573•Remote

About The Position

Brandeis University Education Program seeks to hire a part-time lecturer to teach ED 285 Action Research for Teacher Leaders ONLINE in Fall 2026 as part of a Masters Degree program in Teacher Leadership. This course is taught in the Fall semester of a hybrid program that involves in-person study on the Brandeis campus during two summers and online learning during the intervening school year. The purpose of the course is to introduce teacher leaders to action/practitioner research as a form of professional development and a tool for studying their own practice as teachers and teacher leaders. The course lays a conceptual and practical foundation in action/practitioner research and supports students in transforming a problem of practice related to their teaching into a researchable question. ED 285 includes both synchronous and asynchronous learning and is followed by a Spring semester course in which students do a study of their work as facilitators of teacher learning in their schools.

Requirements

Advanced degree in education.
Experience teaching action/practitioner research to teachers in a preservice or professional development program.
Familiarity with Jewish day schools is helpful but not required.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Jewish day schools.

Responsibilities

Teach ED 285 Action Research for Teacher Leaders ONLINE in Fall 2026.
Introduce teacher leaders to action/practitioner research as a form of professional development and a tool for studying their own practice.
Lay a conceptual and practical foundation in action/practitioner research.
Support students in transforming a problem of practice related to their teaching into a researchable question.
Facilitate both synchronous and asynchronous learning for the course.