Teacher

Job Description Master Teacher
- JNV team, Avanti Fellows Position Summary: The Master Teacher is the backbone of Avanti’s classroom responsible for the end-to-end operations for one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya school including teaching, inspiring, training and motivating students towards achieving their learning goals. We are looking of Teachers having 4-6 years of experience in Teaching(JEE Advance/NEET level) Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Following are the major responsibilities that could change as per demand of the dynamic work requirements. The role of a Master Teacher involves the following tasks, functions and responsibilities: 1. Classroom Teaching and Management
- Conduct Online/Offline classes
- Prepare for classroom sessions with Presentation Slides in advance and teach students for ~30 hours a week using Avanti’s unique pedagogy in which students discuss conceptual questions with peers and work collaboratively on problem sets/assignments
- Explains concepts with clarity in a creative & interesting way using real life examples.
- Actively monitor students’ progress, their classwork and homework to ensure that they are on track to achieving their learning goals
- Encourage self-discipline and punctuality in Avanti Classroom 2. Training
- Orient new hires about Avanti Pedagogy and introduce them to teaching process
- Conduct training sessions to new hires and help them improve in teaching skills and maintain the training notes 3. Mentoring, Career Guidance and Academic Support
- Build strong relationships with students through one-on-one interaction sessions, helping students overcome their problems - both academic and personal - in the process
- Debrief with students regularly on their test scores and classroom performance (both CBSE board and Avanti); suggesting ideas for improvement
- Enable students to chalk out their future career paths by providing them with information about different options available to them based on their strengths and interests 4. Parent Engagement
- Discuss student performance with their parents in person or over phone at least once a month.
- Conduct Parent Teacher Meetings(PTMs) in schools at least once every 3 months and share aggregate and individual reports on student performance with parents 5. Data Analysis
- Consistently collect and upload feedback about classroom and test performance on Avanti’s online learning management system
- Quarterly analyse students’ performance and track high/low performers; provide necessary support.
- Generate insights on reasons for poor student performance; devise solutions to address those problems 6. Additional Initiatives
- Create a healthy learning culture by working on initiatives like (but not limited to) arranging expert guest sessions, organizing field trips/excursions, planning scientific debates in the classroom, etc. Requirements:

- Basic proficiency in using computer software
- Full time degree in M.Sc./ B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech
- Passion for teaching & working in the Education Sector.
- Previous experience in teaching is a plus.
- Belief that all students can learn and achieve their goals
- Ability to connect with, inspire and motivate students
- i) inform product and program development, ii) rapidly test hypotheses and iterate program components, and iii) derive learnings to enable scaling of tested programs. These schools will be a pilot ground for both curricular and other programs focused on socio-emotional learning and study their effect on engagement and learning gains. Avanti’s Ghar Pe School Program: During COVID-19, Avanti has been coordinating a multi-state at-home learning intervention for low-income students called GharPeSchool. Avanti has also developed a new web-based platform that allows educators to add multiple-choice questions in the middle of any YouTube video to create a single learning item called a Plio. Organizational Culture: Avanti Fellows has a team of just over 60+ professionals led by Akshay Saxena and Vandana Goyal. The leadership team has a 50:50 gender split with professionals from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. In addition, the organization offers a plethora of personal and professional development opportunities, including participation in international events in the education space and connecting with experts in the industry. Avanti Fellows pioneered self-directed “peer-learning” in public schools in India and we have been relying on it in our day-to-day workday as well. The team closely works with each other on execution and iteration of programs, while offering autonomy in decision making to help fuel each teammate's growth.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Regular / Permanent

**Salary**: ₹100,000.00 - ₹600,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Paid sick time
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Performance bonus

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