the urban education semester (ues)
Bank Street College and Brown University share a commitment to fostering civic responsibility. Since 1987, their collaboration has presented the intensive and challenging experience, Urban Education Semester (UES).
> the program
Employing the powerful lens of urban public schools in New York City to examine a network of disciplines – urban studies, public policy, community development, system reform – UES uniquely combines a graduate-level, demanding course of theoretical study with hands-on, supervised fieldwork. Participants spend three days a week working in public policy or classroom placements, and in their evenings, take on a full semester of graduate-level study with the prestigious faculty of the Graduate School of Education at Bank Street College. Weekly group field trips and discussion group seminars; individual advising conferences; and monthly on-site visits by faculty advisors encourage participants to integrate their field placement experiences with the theoretical frameworks they examine in coursework.
Group living is a fundamental component of the UES experience – participants live together at the 92nd Street Y's de Hirsch Residence, located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, three blocks from Central Park and the Museum Mile.
Visit here: de Hirsch Residence for an online tour.
> quick links
UES Video – watch a fast-paced, fun, seven-minute overview of the program created by UES Fall '06 alum Graham Browne (thanks again, Graham!)
UES
Handbook
– pages of detailed information about the Urban Education Semester program, with lots of links you can follow to find out even more!
Application
procedures
Click here for the application – Applications are welcome any time right up until each semester's deadline. For Spring 2010, that deadline is November 2, 2009.)
UES Features - interviews, sample fieldwork placements, student profiles, and more (check back for updates!)
Graduate School of Education at Bank Street College