AddressPOSITION SUMMARY:
Job Title: Language (Hindi)Teacher - Primary
Location: Based in Mumbai (may require limited travel outside
Mumbai)
Employment Type: Full time, 6 days a week, 7 am to 3:00 pm Reporting
to: Leadership team, Khoj
ABOUT APNI SHALA
Apni Shala was co-founded in 2013, and has been working towards building social and
emotional competencies among individuals to constructively engage with society and have a
harmonious coexistence. We are working towards a 3-fold mission:
- creating promotive and preventive mental health programs in partnership with schools
- offering professional development opportunities to teachers, educators and mental
health professionals
- running a research-based school that integrates academic, and social and emotional
competency development.
Apni Shala’s Social Emotional Learning (SEL) approach is informed by Collaborative of
Academic Social and Emotional Learning Framework(CASEL, USA), Narrative Practices, Diversity
& Inclusion, Constructivist Learning Theory, and Mindfulness. In the last ten years, Apni Shala has
worked with over 11000 students. Our work is aimed at students, teachers, and caregivers in the
ecosystem. Apni Shala is funded by grants and donations from individuals and institutions. We
strongly believe that each team member’s passions fuel the organisation’s growth and direction
. Personal and professional development of our staff is therefore important to us at Apni Shala,
and it forms a major part of every team member's journey with the organization.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Deep commitment to work towards wellbeing and SEL of students and other stakeholders
in the education system
- Ability to adapt and respond to difficult and uncertain circumstances
- Spirit of collaboration and trust in working with and supporting a team
- Inclination and openness to continuous learning, feedback and growth
- Ability to engage with and solve for inequity and exclusion with compassion
Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai – 400 024
Registered under Maharashtra Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)
- Commitment to one’s own social emotional development and healing
- Ability and willingness to step in for responsibilities above and beyond the assigned role
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Student learning
academic, physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of 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 language 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
- Plan and facilitate all caregiver-teacher conferences through the year to share
the progress of the child’s learning and development
- Need-based visits to homes of students towards building relationships and
understanding context of students and families
Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai – 400 024
Registered under Maharashtra Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)
- Documentation and reporting
session proceedings, etc in formats/software provided
- Create reports on the progress of students you work with
- Professional and administrative responsibilities
- Engage volunteers assigned to the class
- Build meaningful relationships with various stakeholders for advancing
organizational 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
- Planning and making teaching resources as per the plans and
the need of the learning experiences for the students
- Self and Peer/Team Development
peers by actively and participate in organizational 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
Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai – 400 024
Registered under Maharashtra Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)
- 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 degree
- Fluency in reading, writing and speaking Hindi & Marathi
- Fluency in reading and understanding English
- 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)
- Proficiency in using Zoom, Google meet or other online platforms for facilitating online
learning
- Flexibility and ability to change as per contextual needs
- Ability to plan and problem solve to make context informed decision in the interest if
student wellbeing and learning
APPLY NOW
Send your resume and cover letter by email to hr@apnishala.org with a copy to
prasad.teli@apnishala.org. Please mention “Application for the position of Primary
Language teacher” in your subject line. In your cover letter, do tell us why you would like to
work with Apni Shala in this role.
Address: 61/C, 1st Floor, Kamgar Nagar, S. G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E), Mumbai – 400 024
Registered under Maharashtra Public Trust Act No. E-29950(M)
