Literacy Facilitator, Literacy Field

ROOM TO READ UK LIMITED; Telangana; Vor Ort; INR 350.000 - 600.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Thirteenth month bonus

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Zusammenfassung

Room to Read UK Limited is seeking a Literacy Facilitator based in India to coach teachers, librarians, and principals in evidence-based literacy practices. The role focuses on improving children's reading skills and fostering a reading culture within project schools, reporting to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate.

You will regularly visit schools, observe classrooms, mentor Grade 1 and 2 teachers, and support library setup and student assessments, while contributing to ongoing program

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in education or social sciences or equivalent.
• 2–3 years of relevant development experience, preferably in education.
• Teaching experience at primary level is preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Support literacy program intervention across assigned schools and ensure alignment with program design.
• Coach teachers, librarians, and principals in language development, literacy skills, and reading.
• Conduct school visits, observe and demonstrate instructional components, and provide feedback.
• Collect data on program quality and student reading progress; report to supervisors.
• Assist in library setup, including book delivery, levelling, and library timetable creation.
• Prepare monthly reports and contribute to donor-facing materials as required.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Teaching experience

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in education / social sciences

Jobbeschreibung

Location: India - Telangana

Time type: Full time

World Change Starts with Educated Children

World Change Starts with Educated Children

IMPORTANT: All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located. Room to Read is not able to provide sponsorship.

Position Overview:

The Literacy Facilitator (LF) will be responsible for supporting and coaching teachers, librarians, and principals in the literacy program schools to help them adopt to new ways of working with children that increase the children's literacy skills and habit of reading. They will report to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate and will not have any direct reports. This position is based at project location (District/Mandal/ Cluster).

Responsibilities:

Program Understanding:

• Develop a thorough understanding of Room to Read's Literacy program design.
• Support literacy program intervention across assigned project schools and ensure adherence to the program design.
• Provide reflective feedback on program design and implementation (especially with respect to progress towards outcomes) and demonstrate a solution-oriented approach.
• Serve as a technical resource to the schools in the area of language development, literacy skills and reading.

School Visits:

• Undertake school visits with government resource person at cluster levels every day, except for days when on official travel and leave.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach Grade 1 and 2 teachers in delivering the instructional component of the Literacy Program.
• Conduct informal assessment of at least 5 children during every school visit and discuss with teachers and share report to supervisors.
• Regularly observe, demonstrate and coach teachers and librarians in the implementation of the model library period, reading activities and library management practices.
• Support teachers in conducting ongoing student tracking assessments and plan corrective action.
• Regularly collect data related to program quality.
• Supports school librarian in the initial set up of the library, including book delivery, levelling and classification system, check-out system, setting up furniture, and creating a library period timetable.
• Regularly provide the principals/ Headmasters an update on progress and coach them on ways to support teachers and ensure longer term sustainability of literacy outcomes within the school.
• Participate in school level teacher meeting, literacy events, parent meeting and other community activities.

Training, Workshop and Meeting:

• Participate and facilitate in regular teacher and librarian trainings (both centre based, and school based) related to the Literacy program (Instruction, library activities and management).
• Participate in development of materials, training modules and other technical resources as required.
• Attend professional development training and workshops at mandal/district/state/national level, as required.
• Attend review meetings at mandal/district/state within RtR and with government stakeholder, as required, and complete all programmatic reports on a timely manner.
• Participate in monthly review meetings with CRCs at school level.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation:

• Tracks and reports library monitoring data to ensure timely and accurate reporting to stakeholders.
• Conducts ongoing planning, documentation, and reporting.
• Write monthly reports to supervisor including progress data of CICO and status of student reading skill, in a template provided by RtR.
• Documents best practices and lessons learned and shares with the Literacy program team.
• Collaborates with Principal, and community to develop sustainability plan for managing literacy program components and acquiring resources (instruction materials, stationery and new books) after Room to Read's support ends.
• Reports to the Literacy Program Officer/Associate.
• Supports in donor visits, and in any other activities which may be required to be undertaken to fulfil the objectives of the organization.
• Compile and analyse ongoing reading skill assessments data conducted by school and plan school wise corrective action in discussion with supervisors.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in education / social sciences or equivalent.
• Minimum 2- 3 years of relevant experience in development projects, preferably in education.
• Teaching experience at primary level preferred.
• Strong knowledge about education in general and language and reading practices and approaches in particular.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills.

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include a thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is changing, transforming the lives of millions of children in developing countries on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read is a child-safe organization

Child Protection Principles

Child Protection Principles

• Room to Read has zero tolerance for child abuse and exploitation.
• All children should be treated with respect and dignity.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Principles

Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Principles

• Room to Read has zero tolerance for adult sexual exploitation and abuse.
• All adults should be treated with respect and dignity.

About Room to Read:

Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children,

Learn more at www.roomtoread.org.