Volunteer Teaching Proposals

VOLUNTEER TEACHING PROPOSALS

Share your passion! Volunteer to teach for the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), a vibrant community of lifelong learners ages 55 and over. The ILR offers a wide variety of enriching non-credit programming. The ILR offers both a fall and spring semester. Each semester the ILR looks to grow its course offerings. The ILR currently offers courses in-person at BCC’s main campus in Paramus, NJ and online. Plans are in the works for courses to also be offered at BCC’s Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack, NJ. 

New course proposals may be submitted at any time using the ILR General Course Proposal Form: ILR General Course Proposal Formdownloadable PDF 

For questions, contact Mary Kate Mellow, ILR Program Supervisor at motoole-mellow@bergen.edu or (201) 879-3571. 

LEARN MORE

The ILR is program in Continuing Education and Workforce Development at Bergen Community College. ILR Courses are taught by ILR members, Bergen community college, professors, and experts from the larger community. ILR instructors receive a free membership and can take up to 5 courses during the semester in which they are teaching.

ILR instructors choose what topic they would like to teach and whether their course will be in-person or online. History, science, finance, studio art, current events, photography, art history, yoga, meditation, creative writing, board games, sports, choir, film, travel, politics, culture, crafts, and foreign language are some of the many areas ILR course cover.

The ILR works with its instructors to find a convenient time for their course to be offered. Depending on the instructor’s preference, a course may meet anywhere from one time to the entire semester. On average, an ILR course will meet 3 to 6 weeks during a semester and run 1 to 2 hours each meeting. The ILR also offers additional one-off bonus lectures throughout the semester.

The ILR is has both a fall and spring semester, with classes running Monday to Friday during the day. The ILR’s Fall semester starts in late September and runs into mid-December. Its spring semesters starts in late February and runs into early June. Join us! 

Please review the ILR catalogs on our Course Offerings and Registration webpage to get a better sense of the ILR’s offerings.

PROPOSE YOUR COURSE please allow 2 weeks for a response

GENERAL INTEREST: Interested volunteers can use the ILR’s General Course Proposal Form at any time to submit a new course idea. After downloading and filling out this form, email it to ILR@bergen.edu with “Course Proposal” in the email subject line. Please allow up to two weeks for a response.

SPECIFIC SEMESTER: To apply for an upcoming semester, please use the designated Online Course Proposal Form. This form will have specific dates for the upcoming semester. It is posted approximately one month in advance of the Course Proposal Deadline – starting in April for the fall semester and starting in October for the spring semester.

COURSE PROPOSAL DEADLINES: Deadlines will be posted on this website. The Course Proposal Deadline for the fall semester is approximately late May. The Course Proposal Deadline spring semester is approximately mid November.

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Contact the ILR

Main Number: (201) 447-7156

General Email: ilr@bergen.edu

Technology Building, TEC-116, Paramus Campus

400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652