Reading Volunteer

Door Step School (DSS) was established in Mumbai, India in 1989 with the aim of addressing

literacy amongst the marginalized sections of society. The school provides education and

support to the often-forgotten children of pavement dwellers, slum dwellers and construction

site families. The school has since expanded to cover both Mumbai and Pune and has

reached over 25,000 children since inception. Many of these children are not enrolled in

school and have limited access to books and a place to study. Additionally, many children

(particularly girls) drop out of school to work or care for younger children. With neither

support nor resources at home some children also suffer from very low learning levels.

Door Step School is an NGO that has worked for the last 20 years to bring literacy and

education to children of various marginalized communities in Mumbai and Pune. To address

various associated issues, Door Step School runs a network of on-site centers with pre
- school (balwadi) programs; study centers with dedicated teachers to provide tuition support;
community/reference libraries to provide a broad array of study materials and non formal

education classes for working children remain children out of school. These programs are the

four pillars that deal with the problem of non enrollment, stagnation and wastage. Door Step

School has also expanded its activities to include computer classes in some of its locations.

DSS teachers will create close relationships with students and their families to provide the

students with a high caliber education that enables them to easily transition to formal schools.

Teachers will be responsible for recognizing gaps in a child’s education and developing and

implementing curriculum to develop a child’s intellectual and social skills.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:
1. Assist team leader/coordinator in developing community relations and encouraging

families to enroll their children in school.

2. Create and maintain an inviting learning environment.

3. Create lesson plans that engage students and develop their intellectual and social

skills.

4. Administrative responsibilities.

Specific Responsibilities:
1. Assist Team Leader/Coordinator in developing community relations and

encouraging families to enroll their children in school
- Assist team leader / coordinator with conducting a door to door community survey
- Identify new children to enroll
- Build rapport with parents through home visits and parents meetings
- Following up on irregular children in the class, ensuring high percentage of attendance

in class
- Collect community contributions.

Door Step School

2. Create and maintain an inviting learning environment
- Make optimum use of the classroom space
- Ensure that materials needed for class are requisitioned and received on time
- Ensure class is clean and materials needed for the day are prepared before class

begins
- Record attendance daily and employ methods by which to encourage high levels of

attendance
- Build a rapport with and amongst the children and create an environment where

children are encouraged to learn, share and express themselves
- Use democratic techniques of disciplining
- Write monthly reports that includes statistical data on student attendance and

performance, information on special events, interesting observations of children, case

studies and success stories

3. Create lesson plans that engage students and develop their intellectual and social

skills
- Use a variety of methods to ensure cooperative, effective and active learning that

builds rational, reflective and analytical thinking
- Develop curriculum and activities that:

- Builds vocabulary and develop language skills
- Builds social skills
- Encourages questioning and critical thinking
- Encourages student participation in the class
- Encourages observation of the physical and social environment
- Builds confidence and self esteem of the student
- Prepare tests and question papers to accurately measure student progress
- Conduct parent meetings wherein information on a student’s academic and non
- academic performance is shared
- Conduct ongoing assessments of the students and tailor curriculum to fill gaps when

needed

5. Administrative Responsibilities
- Conduct basic accounting duties for community contributions, petty cash, conveyance

reimbursements
- Keep stock registers

Required Competencies
- Able to use limited resources optimally
- Willing to employ a variety of teaching methods that make learning active, fun and

effective
- Able to accurately gauge areas in which students need improvement and develop

lessons to meet those needs including assigning work appropriately
- Comfortable working with diverse students who often come from difficult backgrounds
- Able to serve as a role model for children in the class

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: From ₹9,000.00 per month

**Language**:

- Marathi (preferred)

Work Location: In person