Teacher Associate

**Teacher Associate (PCMB), Avanti Fellows**

**Position Summary**:
The Teacher Associate will conduct classes and follow up on other academic tasks for 6-8 batches. Her/his role includes teaching, inspiring, doubt solving, and motivating students towards achieving their learning goals.

**Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:
**➔ Classroom Teaching and Management**
- Conduct remote classes on Zoom.
- Prepare for classroom sessions with presentation slides in advance and teach students.
- Explain concepts in a creative and engaging way using real life examples.
- 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 the Avanti Classroom.

**➔ Mentoring, Career Guidance and Academic Support**
- Build strong relationships with students through one-on-one interaction sessions, help students overcome their academic and personal issues.
- Regularly work with students to break down their academic workload into small achievable goals and track their progress on these goals.
- Debrief with students regularly on their test scores and classroom performance (both CBSE board and Avanti) and suggest ideas for improvement.
- Assist students in building their career trajectory based on their interests.

**➔ Parent Engagement**
- Discuss the student’s 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 with parents.

**➔ Data Analysis**
- Consistently collect and upload feedback about classroom and test performance on Avanti’s online learning management system.
- Quarterly analyze students’ performance and track high/low performers, while providing targeted support to the high/low performers.
- Generate insights on reasons for poor student performance and devise solutions to address those problems.

**➔ Special Projects**
- 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**:
**➔ Education**:B.Sc./M.Sc./ B.E./B.Tech

**➔ Skills**:

- Interpersonal skills, relationship building, and stakeholder management skills
- Effective communication skills, both spoken and written.
- A quiet room to conduct classes.
- Basic proficiency in using computer software and a laptop with uninterrupted internet connection and a minimum upload speed of 2 MBPS.
- Previous experience in teaching or content creation is a plus.

**➔ Personality traits**:

- Deeply care about education and have empathy towards students from low-income backgrounds and their teachers and parents.
- Ability to connect with, inspire and motivate students.
- Passion for teaching and working in the Education Sector.

**Salary**:Details will be discussed during individual interactions.

**Location: Tamil Nadu.**

**Reporting Structure: Reports to the Program Manager.**

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Internet reimbursement

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental Pay:

- Yearly bonus

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- Tamil (required)

**Location**:

- Chennai, Tamil Nadu (preferred)

Work Location: In person