Primary Teacher (Community Schools)

Inventure Academy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teacher training

Curriculum support

Teaching materials access

Mentoring

Counselling support

Job summary

Inventure Academy seeks a Teacher - Educator for Primary Mathematics/EVS to join its team serving Government Schools. The role involves guiding around 30 students per class, delivering the prescribed curriculum, and building strong relationships with parents to support students’ dreams.

You will work in English-medium classrooms within government premises, with extra hours after school to support students who need it.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching mathematics or EVS to primary grades
• 1-4 years hands-on teaching experience
• Passion and commitment to transform lives through education
• Willingness to spend extra hours after school to support students

Responsibilities

• Teach the prescribed curriculum through effective pedagogical practices
• Design and execute lesson plans engaging students
• Create assessments that evaluate progress
• Vary teaching strategies to meet diverse learning needs
• Create a welcoming, nurturing environment encouraging participation
• Ensure class rules and norms are followed for safe learning
• Provide a positive environment to engage students in learning
• Build strong relationships with students, parents, community and school team
• Participate in professional development and training
• Attend school meetings and duties with efficiency
• Organize extracurricular activities and events
• Occasionally visit communities to stay connected with parents

Education

Math/EVS degree

Job description

Position: Teacher - Educator Primary (Mathematics/ EVS)

Our Vision, Mission, Core Values for Inventure Academy Community Schools

Inventure Academy strives bring in high quality, passionate and committed educators and a to transform teaching and learning experience for the students in the adopted Government schools (Inventure Community Schools).

Our Vision: To Build a Community of learners who are mindful of the impact of their choices on the environment and self.

Our Core Values: Empathy, Integrity, Resilience, Citizenship, Collaboration and Ownership.

Teachers play a central role in our mission of creating a safe, nurturing, learning environment for children coming from some of the most vulnerable sections of society.

The opportunity:

A unique opportunity to create high quality English medium classrooms in Government Schools and help children adapt quickly to new medium of learning at various grade levels. The content and methodology created for these classrooms if successfully deployed, will become a model for the state department to deploy similar high achievement English Medium classrooms across the state.

The role:

As a teacher at the school, you will be directly responsible for at least 30 children in a class. Your role will be to guide the students towards academic achievement while inculcating the core values aligned to the School Vision. You will create a safe environment of high achievement coupled with fun learning in the classrooms. You will develop strong relationships with the parent community to ensure that children are completely supported in their journey to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

Your role will include:

• Teaching the prescribed curriculum through effective pedagogical practices
• Designing and executing lesson plans that will engage students
• Designing assessments that thoughtfully evaluate student progress
• Varying teaching strategies and styles to meet different learning needs
• Creating a welcoming and nurturing environment where every child is encouraged to participate and engage without fear
• Ensuring class rules and norms are followed consistently by all students to create a safe and enabling environment for all learners
• Providing a positive environment to engage students in the learning process
• Establishing and maintaining a co-operative working relationships with students, parents, community and the school team
• Actively participating in network opportunities for professional development
• Attending and participating in all school training and meetings
• Meeting professional obligations through efficient work habits
• Actively organising all extra-curricular and celebratory activities and events in school
• Making occasional community visits to stay connected with parents

The challenge:

• You will work with children who have little or no exposure to English Language. Many might have had no formal schooling before entering your classroom. Therefore, you can expect a huge gap to grade.
• Children come from difficult backgrounds and face abuse and neglect at their homes. The problem is compounded with device addiction in many cases. This can result in behavioural issues at school. Teachers are expected to work closely with parents to address these problems.
• The English medium classrooms will be run independently by this team. However, this will run in Government School premises and within the Government policies and framework that will impose certain constraints.
• You must be willing to spend extra hours after school to help children who need additional support.

The Support

You will be provided with the following support:

• a safe teaching & learning environment for students and teachers
• any additional classroom resources to enable efficient transaction of lessons
• Intensive and ongoing teacher training as part of Inventure’s Professional Development program
• Curriculum design support and reviews
• Access to Inventure Academy’s teaching and Learning Materials that can be adopted for these classrooms as needed
• Class observation and feedback sessions for teachers to help improve effectiveness in teaching
• Mentoring and guidance by the Curriculum Lead and School Lead
• Guidance and mentoring for teachers to manage student behaviour related issues.
• Counselling support for students and parents in severe cases.

What you need for this Position

Experience:

• Candidates with relevant teaching experience and passion for working in these environments
• Most importantly passion and commitment to transform lives of these children through education

Knowledge/Skills:

• Strong content knowledge
• Love for children and learning
• Adaptability to new instructional approaches
• Flexibility to work extended hours for accommodating student needs during online classes
• Patience and capacity to solve problems
• Good planning and organizing skills
• Strong team player
• Self-motivated with strong work ethics to achieve school goals
• Openness to feedback and critical reflection
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English
• Working Knowledge of Hindi/Kannada will be most useful
• Ability to work with the team and willingness to support other team members as required

Education:

• Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Mathematics or EVS/related field.
• 1-4 years of hands on experience in teaching mathematics/ EVS to primary grades/English (primary experience is a plus)