Job Opportunity for Literacy Facilitator, Literacy field at Room to Read in New Delhi

Position Overview:

The Literacy Facilitator (LF) will be responsible for supporting and coaching teachers, librarians, mentor teacher, aanganwari worker and principals in the literacy program schools or Baalwatika to help them adopt to new ways of working with children that increase the children’s literacy skills and habit of reading. They will report to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate and will not have any direct reports. This position is based at project location (District/Block/Mandal/ Cluster).

Duties & Responsibilities:

Program Understanding:

• Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read’s Literacy program design.
• Support literacy program intervention across assigned project schools and ensure adherence to the program design.
• Provide reflective feedback on program design and implementation (especially with respect to progress towards outcomes) and demonstrate a solution-oriented approach.
• Serve as a technical resource to the schools in language development, literacy skills and reading.
• Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read’s Baalwatika Pilot project design.
• Support Baalwatika intervention across assigned project schools/ Aanganwari and ensure adherence to the program design.
• Serve as a technical resource to the schools/ Aanganwari in language development, emergent literacy skills.

School or Aanganwari visits:

• Undertake school visits with government resource person at cluster levels every day, except for days when on official travel and leave.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate, and coach Grade 1 and 2 teachers in delivering the
  instructional component of the Literacy Program.
• Conduct informal assessment of at least 5 children during every school visit and discuss with teachers and share report to supervisors.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate, and coach teachers and librarians in the implementation of the model library period, reading activities and library management practices.
• Support teachers in conducting ongoing student tracking assessments and planning corrective action.
• Regularly collect data related to program quality.
• Supports school librarian in the initial set up of the library, including book delivery, levelling and classification system, check-out system, setting up furniture, and creating a library period timetable.
• Regularly provide the principals/ Headmasters an update on progress and coach them on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of literacy outcomes within the school.
• Participate in school level teacher meeting, literacy events, parent meeting and other
  community activities.
• Undertake Aanganwari visits with government resource person at cluster levels every day, except for days when on official travel and leave.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach Baalwatika worker/mentor teachers in delivering the instructional component of the Baalwatika Project.
• Conduct informal assessment of at least 5 children during every Baalwatika visit and discuss with Baalwatika worker/mentor teacher and share report to supervisors.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach Baalwatika worker/mentor teachers in the implementation of the Baalwatika class.
• Support Baalwatika worker/mentor teachers in conducting ongoing student tracking assessments and plan corrective action.
• Supports Baalwatika pilot project in the initial set up of the room, including book delivery, levelling, and classification system, setting up furniture, renovation etc.
• Regularly provide the principals/ Headmasters an update on progress and coach them on ways to support Baalwatika worker/mentor teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of Baalwatika outcomes within the Aanganwari.

Training, Workshop and Meeting:

• Participate and facilitate in regular teacher, librarian and Baalwatika worker/mentor teacher’s trainings (both Centre based, and school based) related to the Literacy program (Instruction, library activities and management)
• Participate in development of materials, training modules and other technical resources as required.
• Attend professional development training and workshop at block/district/state/National level, as required.
• Attend review meetings at block/district/state within RtR and with government stakeholder, as required, and complete all programmatic reports on a timely manner.
• Participate in monthly review meetings with PEEOs at school level.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation:

• Compile and analyse ongoing reading skill assessments data conducted by school and plan school wise corrective action in discussion with supervisors.
• Tracks and reports library monitoring data to ensure timely and accurate reporting to
  stakeholders.
• Conducts ongoing planning, documentation, and reporting.
• Write monthly reports to supervisor including progress data of CICO and status of student reading skill, in a template provided by RtR.
• Documents best practices and lessons learned and shares with the Literacy program team.
• Closely track and documentation of Baalwatika progress under the emergent literacy.
• Collaborates with Principal, and community to develop sustainability plan for managing literacy program components and acquiring resources (instruction materials, stationery and new books) after Room to Read’s support ends.
• Reports to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate
• Supports in donor visits, and in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education / social sciences or equivalent
• Minimum 2- 3 years of relevant experience in development projects, preferably in education
• Teaching experience at primary level preferred
• Strong knowledge about education in general and language and reading practices and approaches.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player
• Critical thinking and analytical skills

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read is a child-safe organization.

Location(s)

India – Uttar Pradesh