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Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project "I, quite simply, have fallen in love with writing, The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project has given me the opportunity of a lifetime. "--Gail Leonard

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Now Seeking Community Education Instructors in STEM and Related DisciplinesInspire Curiosity. Share Knowledge. Expand Ac...
09/24/2026

Now Seeking Community Education Instructors in STEM and Related Disciplines

Inspire Curiosity. Share Knowledge. Expand Access to Learning.

Do you enjoy making science, technology, engineering, and mathematics accessible to others?

PAID TEACHING OPPORTUNITY — $3,500 PER 12-Week COURSE

The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) is seeking educators, professionals, and practitioners with expertise in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related disciplines to teach through our Community Education program in Alabama correctional facilities.

We are looking for instructors who can make STEM engaging through discussion, observation, practical applications, and place-based learning. Successful courses encourage curiosity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and scientific inquiry while making STEM concepts relevant and accessible to adult learners.

We are especially interested in educators who can connect STEM to Alabama's people, places, landscapes, industries, and natural environments. We strongly encourage courses that explore the state's ecology, geology, waterways, weather, wildlife, engineering, and mathematical concepts through local examples.

Example Course Topics

Practical Mathematics and Everyday Problem Solving

Introduction to Engineering

Engineering Design and Innovation

Ecology of Alabama

The Flora and Fauna of Alabama

Natural History of the Deep South

Alabama Rivers and Watersheds

Weather and Climate in the Southeast

Geology of Alabama

Forest Ecology and Conservation

Human Biology

Astronomy and the Night Sky

Scientific Observation and Inquiry

These are only examples—we welcome creative course proposals from educators across STEM and related disciplines.

Teaching with APAEP

Community Education classes are typically taught over a 12-week semester and meet once each week for approximately 2½ hours. Classes are discussion-based and designed for adult learners in correctional settings.

Because classroom technology is not available, instructors should be prepared to teach using photocopied materials, demonstrations, observation, discussion, and other adaptable teaching methods. We value courses that emphasize curiosity, exploration, and scientific thinking rather than specialized equipment or laboratory experiences.

Whether your background is in science, engineering, mathematics, environmental education, natural history, or another STEM-related field, we invite you to share your knowledge and help expand educational opportunities for incarcerated students across Alabama.

Join us in inspiring curiosity, encouraging lifelong learning, and making STEM education accessible to all.

Please contact [email protected]

When I See You Again - By: VP
09/18/2026

When I See You Again - By: VP

The Practice of Art Now Seeking Community Education Instructors in the Visual ArtsMake More With Less. Build a Practice....
09/14/2026

The Practice of Art

Now Seeking Community Education Instructors in the Visual Arts
Make More With Less. Build a Practice.

What can you teach with a drawing kit and a sketchpad?
The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) is seeking practicing artists and art educators to teach through our Community Education program in Alabama correctional facilities.

Through The Practice of Art, we are interested in courses that introduce students to foundational 2-D approaches while building skills they can continue practicing and developing independently.

We are looking for instructors interested in teaching more than a single project or technique. Strong courses help students develop ways of seeing, thinking, experimenting, problem-solving, and making—building a foundation that can support continued artistic growth beyond the classroom.

Working with limited materials is an important part of this approach. What can be discovered through line? What can be learned through repeated observation? How can value, composition, mark-making, or perspective become tools for developing ideas?

Make More With Less asks instructors to consider what is possible with the materials available and how foundational skills can open possibilities for continued creative practice.

Example Course Topics
Drawing Foundations
Observational Drawing
Mark-Making and Line
Portraiture
Composition and Visual Language
Value, Light, and Shadow
Perspective and Spatial Drawing
Experimental Drawing
Abstraction and Nonrepresentational Drawing
Developing a Personal Drawing Practice

These are only examples. We welcome creative course proposals from practicing artists and art educators interested in teaching foundational 2-D approaches and helping students develop sustainable artistic practices.

Teaching with APAEP
Community Education classes are typically taught over a 12-week semester and meet once each week for approximately 2½ hours. Classes are designed for adult learners in correctional settings.

Classroom technology and access to art materials are limited, so instructors should be prepared to work creatively and adapt their teaching to the materials available.

We are especially interested in courses that emphasize foundational skills, process, experimentation, observation, and creative problem-solving rather than projects dependent on specialized materials or equipment.

Our goal is not simply for students to complete a project during a course. We want students to develop artistic skills and approaches they can continue practicing, experimenting with, and building upon independently.

If you are a practicing artist or art educator interested in teaching the foundations of an artistic practice—and exploring how much can be accomplished with less—we would like to hear from you.

Teach Art with APAEP.
For more information, please get in touch with [email protected]

Magnificent Construction Crews of Men - By: LS
09/11/2026

Magnificent Construction Crews of Men - By: LS

Seeking Literature Instructors | Reading Unseen AmericaRead Deeply. Lead Discussion. Build Community Through Literature....
09/08/2026

Seeking Literature Instructors | Reading Unseen America
Read Deeply. Lead Discussion. Build Community Through Literature.

The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) is seeking literature instructors to teach through our Community Education program in Alabama correctional facilities during Spring 2027.
Through Reading Unseen America, instructors will lead literature-centered courses using works that explore rural American life, labor, economic hardship, community, place, and voices often outside dominant narratives of American literature.

Featured Texts
Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver
The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck
Burning Bright — Ron Rash

Possible Areas of Exploration
Rural American identity
Labor and economic hardship
Generational trauma and endurance
Community and belonging
Appalachia and representations of place
Documentary history and regional storytelling

These themes provide starting points rather than a prescribed approach. We are looking for instructors who can bring their own knowledge of literature, interpretation, and discussion into the classroom while creating space for students to engage seriously with the texts and with one another.

Who We Are Looking For
We are seeking literature instructors who have experience teaching adult learners, are comfortable facilitating discussion across different perspectives, are adaptable within structured classroom environments, and are organized, responsive, and dependable.
Above all, we are looking for instructors who approach APAEP students as students and learners first and who want to build thoughtful, rigorous classroom communities around literature.

Teaching with APAEP
Community Education classes are typically taught over a 12-week semester and meet once each week for approximately 2½ hours. Courses are taught inside Alabama correctional facilities and are designed for adult learners.

Because classroom technology is not available, instructors should be prepared to teach through the texts themselves, photocopied materials, writing activities, and sustained discussion.

APAEP provides instructor training and support throughout the semester, and instructors must complete required ADOC background clearance before teaching.

If you have a background in literature and want to create a classroom where students can read closely, exchange ideas, encounter different perspectives, and engage seriously with important works of American literature, we would like to hear from you.

Teach Literature with APAEP | Spring 2027

For more information, please get in touch with [email protected]

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Auburn University, AL
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