Primary School Teacher (grades 3-5) (Urgent Search) - Urgent Hiring

We are on the lookout for an organized Primary School Teacher (grades 3-5) (Urgent Search) to join our awesome team at Apni Shala in Mumbai Maharashtra
Growing your career as a Full Time Primary School Teacher (grades 3-5) (Urgent Search) is an amazing opportunity to develop exceptional skills.
If you are strong in people management, creativity and have the right drive for the job, then apply for the position of Primary School Teacher (grades 3-5) (Urgent Search) at Apni Shala today!

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 1. ● Deep commitment to work towards wellbeing and SEL of students and other stakeholders in the education system 2. ● Ability to adapt and respond to difficult and uncertain circumstances 3. ● Spirit of collaboration and trust in working with and supporting a team 4. ● Inclination and openness to continuous learning, feedback and growth 5. ● Ability to engage with and solve for inequity and exclusion with compassion 6. ● Commitment to one’s own social emotional development and healing 7. ● Ability and willingness to step in for responsibilities above and beyond the assigned role ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ● Student learning - ○ Plan, design and develop experiences and activities that promote the academic, physical, - cognitive, social and emotional development of all the children - ○ Create a safe and caring environment for children that fosters learning - ○ Actively research and enrich facilitation/teaching skills through contemporary educational - practices - ○ Use varying instructional and pedagogical practices to meet different learning needs - ○ Effectively use mediums of art, drama, stories, games, etc. to engage children in learning - following the framework provided in the curriculum - ○ Establish effective classroom procedures (transitions) and help create an SEL-aligned - environment in the classroom/school - ○ Clearly articulating learning expectations for students ● Assessment - ○ Thoughtfully design and implement inclusive and differentiated facilitation of formative, - summative assessments of children's development cognitively, socially, emotionally, and - physically - ○ Continually monitor and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health - ○ Analyzing students learning growth and strategize differentiated support for learning and development of the students ● Caregiver engagement - ○ Participate in caregiver meetings with the social worker - ○ Plan and facilitate all caregiver-teacher conferences through the year to share the progress of the child’s learning and development - ○ Visit homes of students towards building relationships and understanding context of students and families ● Documentation and reporting ○ Document all classroom activities by regularly recording attendance, photographs, session proceedings, etc in formats/software provided ○ Create reports on the progress of students you work with ● Professional and administrative responsibilities - ○ Track and record all inventory with assistance from the helper and admin team at Apni Shala - ○ Ensure that space and resources in the class are used and maintained effectively - ○ Invite and engage volunteers assigned to the class - ○ Build meaningful relationships with various stakeholders for advancing organisational vision - ○ Co-plan and execute school-based events with the Khoj/Apni Shala team - ○ Attend all meetings with the school team and organizational level meetings - ○ Support and participate in continuations of students’ learning by substituting in the across - the school as per the need. - ○ Planning and making teaching resources as per the plans and the need of the learning - experiences for the students ● Self and Peer/Team Development - ○ Work towards personal and professional development (PD) goals of self and peers by - actively and particiatorganizational PDs and other relevant workshops/courses or reading - and researching on relevant themes, co-planning and collective work - ○ Facilitate supervision meetings with teaching interns aimed at building a practice of - reflection, personal and professional development - ○ Participate in supervision meetings facilitated by your supervisor aimed at building a - practice of reflection, personal and professional development - ○ Participate in review processes for the team and self - ○ Participate in practice-based resources (articles, videos, podcasts, etc) are produced by - Apni Shala team ● Organizational development - ○ Participate in resource mobilisation, fundraising, advocacy, communications, culture - building and other related activities as guided by the organisation ● Partnership and Relationship Development with Government Stakeholders - ○ Build healthy relationships with government staff in the school - ○ Work with the team to ensure government regulations and compliance requirements are - met in a timely manner QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - ● B.Ed/D.Ed or E.CC. ed degree - ● Well developed oral and written communication in English - ● Fluent conversational skills in Hindi and/or Marathi - ● Familiarity and practice or experience with variety of art techniques and approaches to teach or - facilitate the use of art - ● Ability to build and nurture relationships with young learners of 4 to 12 years of age - ● Fluency in using Microsoft office, Google Apps (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides) - ● Flexibility and ability to change as per contextual needs - ● Ability to plan and problem solve to make context informed decision in the interest of student wellbeing - and learning - ● Proficiency in using Zoom, Google meet or other online platforms for facilitating online learning

Benefits of working as a Primary School Teacher (grades 3-5) (Urgent Search) in Mumbai Maharashtra:

● Excellent benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package