CUP’s intensive project-based curricula enable high school students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works through collaborative research and design. To find answers, students go beyond standard classroom learning and engage in active research, conduct site visits, and interview decision-makers and stakeholders. Students then collaborate with the teaching artist to produce innovative, engaging print or digital tools. These projects are taken up by neighborhood organizations and advocacy groups to educate others about the issue. 

Call for a teaching artist for a City Studies class | Topic: TBD | Brooklyn | BCAM

CUP is seeking a teaching artist to design and implement a 10-hour project for high school students at Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School (BCAM) in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

This project will be part of an English class and will investigate a neighborhood issue to be determined by CUP and the teaching artist, in collaboration with the school. Classes will occur between April 8 to 21, 2016. Classes on Mondays and Tuesdays will take place from 1:40pm to 2:30pm, with classes on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 12:55pm to 1:40pm. 

CUP teaching artist will work with CUP and BCAM staff to develop lesson plans, starting in March. Teaching artists are responsible for implementing the curriculum, teaching research skills, managing site visits and interviews, creating the final product, and assisting with a final presentation at the end of May or in early June.

The position pays a project stipend of $2,000. There is a separate budget for materials and other project costs.

Applications are due by Monday, February 15th, at 5pm.

Instructions for all teaching artist applicants:

Please submit a cover letter, a resume, a sample lesson plan, contact information for two references, and a work sample with up to five images of what you consider to be your strongest visual work (not your students’ work). Send materials via email to [email protected]

Please send all materials listed above as a single PDF. For audio or video work samples, please provide a link. Please use “[YourLastName_YourFirstName]Teaching_Artist_City Studies” as your email subject line and file name. Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered.

No calls please. 

Please address the following in your cover letter:

Why are you interested in this position?

What art, design, and digital media are you comfortable working in?

What topics might you be interested in taking on? (For past project examples, visit the City Studies page.)

What experience do you have working with high school students, and why do you want to work with high school students?

CUP is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ, and disabled candidates to apply.