English Teacher

Overview:

Founded in 2010, Ekya Schools is a chain of progressive K-12 schools in Bangalore, India offering Kindergarten & Montessori and Grades 1-12 affiliated to CBSE, ICSE and Cambridge IGCSE. With our in-house curriculum, students experience a rich learning journey designed to challenge, engage and excite.

Drawing on the legacy of the CMR Group of Institutions and the innovative, immersive methods of school systems around the world, the Ekya Schools were instituted with one aim – to teach children not just what to learn, but how to learn. Here, knowing how to learn is a skill in itself, and the key to creating lifelong learners with the means to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing world.

Role Purpose:

We believe teachers are integral to preparing students for the world. Teachers at Ekya Schools are responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing an approved curriculum in a learning environment that encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.

They tailor educational plans to help all students develop intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Teachers at Ekya should be passionate about the learning area they teach, their students, and their professional responsibilities, with a desire to make real connections based on mutual respect and trust. Above all, the goal is to cultivate a learning experience that is organized, meaningful, and enjoyable.

Roles & Responsibilities

Curriculum

• Adhering to international benchmarked curriculum standards in line with the educational needs and abilities of individuals and groups of students
• Making relevant connections between the learning area and to the current global scenario.
• Demonstrating knowledge of content and pedagogy in developing effective lesson plans.
• Identifying clear teaching objectives and specifying how they will be transacted in class.

Instruction

• Designing coherent instructions to engage students in independent thinking.
• Utilizing a wide variety of teaching techniques and tools to address different learners.
• Creating and distributing educational supports, including reading material, activities, sharing lessons in a comprehensive manner, using visual/audio accompaniments to facilitate interactive learning.
• Collaborating with the School Counselor, Coordinators, and Head of School in providing students with academic, non-academic and social support, as needed.
• Conducting remedial sessions for students as required.
• Ensuring students acquire and consolidate knowledge, skills, and understanding appropriate to the unit taught

Assessment

• Transacting student assessments as designed and approved by the curriculum team.
• Assess, record, and report on the development, progress, and behavior of students, issuing grades, progress reports, and report cards
• Assigning work, correcting and marking work carried out by his/her student
• Encouraging and monitoring the progress of individual students and use the information to adjust teaching strategies

Culture

• Creating a classroom culture that is welcoming, positive
• Managing student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures
• Maintaining discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school.
• Playing a full part in the life of the school community to support its vision and ethos of inclusion, raising aspirations and broadening horizons

Professional Practice

• Building knowledge by attending continuing professional development sessions as allocated and take responsibility for own professional development
• Communicate, cooperate, and consult with school staff, and parents/guardians in the students’ best interest
• To enhance and contribute to extra-curricular opportunities by organizing assemblies, trips, events, competitions, club events at school
• Plan, execute, and chaperone educational in-class, and outdoor activities and events ensuring their safety
• Drive outstanding student achievement for all students in the classroom and support colleagues in driving student achievement school-wide

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Morning shift

Work Location: In person