We are looking for an experienced teacher for English Language for primary and secondary level. High level of proficiency in English Language, preferably with teaching experience in India. Experience with usage of content with first generation learners will be preferred.
Position is for Facilitator to build English Skills through Exposure in English for Classes 3 to 10. Children are largely first generation learners with no exposure to the English Speaking world. Building exposure in English is imperative to ensure that academically and in careers in future children can do well. The work would involve building English Skills in Listening, Speaking and Reading in children through various tools – Audio/ Visual, Group Discussion/ Activities/ Role Plays, Reading, Narrating.
Key Responsibilities
Focus on Listening, Speaking and Reading Skills in English.
The child is not comfortable with the English language, exposure needs to be built to enable the child to apply learning in daily life. This will enable the child to be able to learn the Language and retain interest to further academic and career development in the future.
The child’s learning is dependent on the facilitator being able to reach out to EACH CHILD, relating the engagement in the class to the Child’s life and observing the learnings demonstrated by the child at each STEP of the learning process. Lesson plans implementation would need to ensure that it is customised keeping the interest of the child.
· Focus on building exposure for Listening, Speaking and Reading Skills in English.
· Apply different tools as per a customised lesson plan, depending on the needs of the class/ child - Audio/ Visual, Group Discussion/ Activities/ Role Plays, Reading, Narrating.
· Learning process encourages the Child to be a Self-learner.
· Learning to focus on the child implanting learnings in Daily life.
Preparing Lesson Plans
Focus on Listening, Speaking and Reading Skills in English.
· Preparation of lesson plans for each class keeping in mind the child. Every child engages differently, and it is important that the learning be focused on the child applying the learning in regular life.
· Research/ Curate content through which the child can be exposed to English. Develop strong skills in Listening, Speaking and Reading in English through various tools applied in classrooms. – Audio/ Visual, Group Discussion/ Activities/ Role Plays, Reading, Narrating.
· Preparation of lesson plans customised to each specific classroom and child requirements.
· Organising materials for implementation of the lesson plans – Audio Visual Material/ Books/ other material.
· Ensure flexibility in lesson plans to address challenges and be able to respond to immediate situations in the classrooms.
Tracking Progress for EACH CHILD
· Understand progress of each child.
· Build the next steps, depending on where the child is in the learning process.
We have a child-wise tracking process, what and how the child has learnt defines the next steps in the engagement in the classroom. Each child would need to be tracked to understand how the content needs to be adjusted to ensure that every child learns.
· Meeting with Class teachers at regular intervals to build understanding of each child.
· Direct Interaction with Children in classrooms.
· Documentation of progress of each child and define next steps.
· Participating in Child-wise review process related meetings and identifying & tracking actions for both children and families.
· Curating/ Researching/ Changing content to focus on specific needs of children.
Qualifications
· Graduate and above in English.
· Minimum 10 years of teaching experience in English Language in primary and secondary levels.
· Has experience/ interest/ability to teach English through various methods/ tools – Audio/ Visual, Group Discussion/ Activities/ Role Plays, Reading, Narrating.
· Preferably with experience in the development sector or educational activities with children of low-income families.
· High proficiency in computer usage for research and content creation.
· Should be Delhi-NCR based preferably Noida.
· Ability to engage with children of different age groups and believes in connecting deeply with Children directly in Class.
· The person should be able to focus on detailing for each child. With strong ability and willingness for planning & documentation in detail for each child.
· Ability to work in groups and with diverse set of teachers and co-workers.
· Attitude towards learning, who has good organisation capabilities and is methodical in her / his approach, is able to work independently in a planned manner.
