Position: Education Specialist

Organization: NGO/Social Services

Location: Orissa

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Role Description

Capacity Building of Facilitators, Teachers and Govt. Stakeholders

❖  Holding the vision of building a state led mode, plan and execute the capacity building model for Odisha as a state.

❖ Organise and facilitate training/workshops for the facilitators who are in charge of mentoring and demonstrating the programme for the teachers to be able to implement it.

❖ Lead the state content task force by ensuring development and adherence of the state curriculum implementation plan.

❖ Organise and facilitate trainings/workshops for the teachers for them to be able to delivery session on the areas of self, gender, career and computational thinking

❖ Develop an educational leadership model for different stakeholders - state, district, schools - blended learning approach.

❖ Developing a strategy for building a pool of master trainers in the state education department who will take the program approach forward. Facilitate their capacity building process.

❖ Facilitate scaling up the 21st century teacher capacity building course and installing it within the teacher capacity building plan of the state of Odisha.

❖ Build a strategy for e-tutors which is led by both Quest and the state education department of Odisha

❖ Build and facilitate tech-enabled support systems for teachers - chatbots, online courses etc.

❖ Build the processes of collecting feedback and use data to understand content and capacity need

 2. Content Design and Iteration

The program is looking to work with grades VIII to X. The key thematic areas are: lifeskills, gender, digital literacy, coding (basic and advanced levels), career development. 

❖  Lead the process of content review and development process for the teacher led model of implementation

❖  Doing content research and identifying other organisations we can partner with

❖  Coordinating the content development process by organising the different workshops with the teachers and facilitators

❖  Map the existing curriculum developed by QUEST Alliance with National Education Policy and support in developing plan for curriculum integration in the new SCF for Odisha

❖  Work closely with the SCERT and DIET Officials at state and district level in review and existing curriculum and identifying areas of integration. Also work to align the state’s teacher capacity building plan with the plan of Quest.

❖  Working closely with the content task force and the team of facilitators to ensure clarity on the content transaction

❖  Develop a content repository and keep updating it Work with the teachers to be able to develop content and build them into a repository for common use and sharing in the ecosystem

❖  Ensure quality in content translation and design

 3. Building the state supported Teacher Led Model

❖  Support building the state supported teacher led model for the state of Odisha by building a capacity building and content integration strategy which is institutionalised in the system.

❖  Provide technical input to partner facilitators and CRPs on instructional design, STEM content, and pedagogy support

❖ Design flow for school based events or virtual events - career days, hackathons, parent teacher meets, teacher orientations, role model interactions and learning days.

❖ Make virtual visits to students learning calls, PTMs and events to understand the delivery of the sessions.

❖ Hand Holding the district facilitators in being able to demonstrate the curriculum to the teachers and ensuring its implementation

❖ Once field operations starts, make visit to schools and community to get feedback on the content and give feedback on its delivery

Requirements

Minimum 5-7 years of work experience, in implementing blended learning content for school related projects

➢  Hands-on experience with working on coding/ computational  skills/ STEM and life and career skills for school students

➢ Prior experience in content development and implementation

➢ Prior experience of having worked in state led scale up models while having a perspective on the content thematics (coding/ computational  skills/ STEM and life and career skills) of the program

➢  Prior experience of facilitating training and workshops for the govt. Teachers and officials at district/state level

➢  Willingness to learn and influence prevalent practices in education ecosystem

➢  Deep understanding of the National Education Policy and State Curriculum Framework

➢  Relevant education qualifications for handling pedagogy, STEM, and life skills content

➢  Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in English and Odia (preferred)

➢  Excellent IT skills

➢  Willingness to travel extensively

➢  Ability to train, build capacity of, and manage relationships with partner NGOs

➢  Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with other teams

Women candidates are encouraged to apply!

Due to the enormity of applications received, Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted!