The quality of school education available to students from low-income communities across India is abysmal. Their chances of attending college, or building a career are significantly lower than their high-income peers, condemning them to a life without voice or choice. iTeach was born in 2015 to challenge this status quo and create a level playing field for ALL children. - Role Summary
The Associate Manager Curriculum Projects will work on the execution of ongoing network-wide initiatives towards strengthening and innovating pedagogy, training, and student experiences. They will deliver on these priorities as a part of the Curriculum, Assessments, and Training (CAT) team. - Responsibilities - Blended Learning Labs - Program Management
- Lead and execute the blended learning initiative across the network.
- Continued work on the strengthening of the current literacy initiative, in order to provide personalised learning experiences to students so that rapid bridging of learning gaps takes place. This includes field support, design improvements, training, and data management.
- Co-designing and executing a blended program for Math remediation.
- Co-designing and executing a blended honours program for high-performing students. - Network-Wide Ongoing Projects
- Execute the recent teacher training program, Dare to Teach, for year one teachers in Mumbai.
- Manage program partnerships for the network of schools, enriching student experiences through external offerings by experts and organizations. This includes establishing partnerships, evaluating programs, building terms and conditions, presenting offerings to schools, establishing MoUs, and collecting feedback on the effectiveness of programs.
- Running the yearlong onboarding workshop for mid-year teacher joinees, to enable a smooth induction into their jobs. - Support on all CAT Projects
- Successfully co-execute (along with the CAT team) the All Staff Induction team in Pune and Mumbai to deliver a high-impact beginning-of-year boot camp for all staff.
- Contribute to curriculum development work, as per the team’s set projects.
- Organize teaching and learning materials so as to enable seamless usage across schools.
- Support the design and delivery of the central assessments, which include the design and release process for middle and secondary schools across multiple cycles each academic year. - Prerequisites
- Required: Bachelor’s degree / Master’s degree with exceptional performance as a teacher for 2-4 years.
- Preferred: 1-2 years of project management experience. Taking a significant piece of work from conceptualization to execution, with appropriate backward planning.
- Location: Pune (willingness to spend 30-40% time in Navi Mumbai).