Job Opportunity for Associate, India & I Studies at Teach for India in Multiple Locations

Reporting to: Manager, Kids Education Revolution

Kids Education Revolution (KER) is a project that sits under the Innovation Cell at Teach For India. It was established in 2017 with the pursuit of reimagining education WITH children, not just within Teach For India’s program and classrooms, but also beyond Teach For India to explore the possibility of scaling principles that challenge the traditional education system. KER aims to learn and spread out a constantly evolving & growing understanding of an excellent education. 

The Phase 4 vision for the Kids Education Revolution is to build a movement of more than 20,000 student leaders who will reimagine education in partnership with their educators and a movement of 2 million people who will advocate and act collectively for educational equity, in partnership with other teams at Teach for India.

As an Associate, the role would entail effectively designing and implementing the ‘India & I’ Studies across schools within and beyond Teach for India. The ‘India & I’ Studies develop key 21st-century skills, the constitutional values of Liberty, Fraternity, Justice, and Equality and encourage action towards change to build future citizens today. 

Responsibilities

As an Associate at Kids Education Revolution

• Design, review, and revise ‘India & I’ lesson plans to ensure that they are meeting learning objectives and are age-appropriate
• Work in collaboration with a team of designers to design lesson plans for Grade 9 and 10 to ensure on time completion of deliverables, while maintaining high levels of excellence
• Design and execute training with educators towards the implementation of the studies across schools
• Provide ongoing feedback and classroom support to educators implementing the studies
• Support with monitoring, evaluation and documentation to assess the effectiveness and impact of the studies
• Support with identifying and securing partnerships across diverse stakeholders that will help scale the studies in more classrooms and schools
• Work closely with the team to design and execute powerful learning experiences for students and educators towards exploring the 3 Principles and 8Cs of KER

As an Associate at Teach For India 

• Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities
• Serving as an ambassador of the Teach For India brand and an advocate for our work and for educational equity in our country through both internal and external communication after committing time in our classrooms to understand our work more deeply
• Supporting with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building 

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• 0-3 years of professional experience in teaching/curriculum development/teacher training
• Strong lesson planning, content creation and facilitation skills
• Excellent communication (written and oral) skills
• Agility, creativity, and flexibility in thinking
• Critical thinking, problem-solving and the ability to think on your feet
• Strong goal orientation and ability to meet targets/deadlines
• Resilience and adaptability
• Experience of having planned and executed complex projects with multiple priorities in a college or work setting
• Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups
• Experiences of having taken initiative in the past