Organization: Gyan Prakash Foundation
Position: Education Specialist – Teacher Capacity Building
No. of vacancies: 02
Reporting to: Head – Special Focused Districts
Location: Nandurbar & Parbhani, Maharashtra
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
Educational Qualification: Post Graduation in Education domain
Experience: 4 – 6 years in Teacher Education
Skills required:
— Excellent communication in Marathi & English (Both verbal & written)
— Comprehensive knowledge of current education scenario in the state, the successes and challenges
— Conviction for Child-centric education and understanding of its practices
— Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a multiple line management environment.
— Ability to plan and think strategically.
— Excellent co-ordination and motivation skills.
— Demonstrable commitment to quality of education program.
Profile Overview: Education Specialist is a key position for providing technical expertise to the Education system in the district. Education Specialist in Teacher Capacity Building willing be working at cluster, block and district level for inputs on pedagogy, classroom processes and assessments.
Education Specialist in Teacher Capacity Building shall report to the Program Director & Head SFD, and work collaboratively with District & block education department, the block manager & program coordinators appointed by GPF in selected block of the district.
This is a unique opportunity to social development professionals to be part of the organization that is striving to make long-lasting impact on quality of education in elementary education sector in the country and has the will and vision for use of technology for transforming quality of education in rural government schools.
Roles and Responsibilities:
— Develop processes that accelerate the transformation of the school at classroom, school and cluster level.
— Build capacities of GPF team to drive the school transformation process.
— Provide support to the government officials and teachers at the cluster, block and district level to promote alignment on an understanding of education and teaching-learning processes.
— Develop organizational knowledge base on implementation of child-centric pedagogy and implementation of Principles of Learning.
— Explore use of technology and other strategies for enhancing teacher motivation and learning.
Interested candidate may send their updated resume at gpfrecruitment@gmail.com
Last date to apply: 30 October 2016
About Gyan Prakash Foundation:
Gyan Prakash Foundation (GPF) is a registered non-profit organization which exists to bring joy of learning to children in rural India. We aim to impact quality of elementary education in government schools by working in alignment with the education policies and programs of the state and central government.
We are thriving to develop innovative, sustainable and replicable solutions towards child learning and assessment, teacher capacity building, educational leadership of the officials, SMC Effectiveness and community participation. We believe that the universal principles of learning are the foundation of any teaching learning process. The role of the school is to provide opportunities to children to explore, experiment, discover and learn.
After demonstrating the efficacy of our approach towards school transformation in Pune district, we are venturing into Special Focus Districts (SFDs) identified for priority attention by Government of India based on marginalization and backwardness on social and education indicators. This 4 to 7 year program is scheduled to begin in July 2016 in partnership with Government of Maharashtra and a renowned Corporate Foundation.
The objective of the program in SFDs is to ensure 100% enrollment of children in school, regular attendance and attainment of prescribed learning achievement by 100% students.
Gyan Prakash is led by an eminent Board of Trustees that is fully committed to transforming the education landscape of Maharashtra.
