Functions / Responsibilities

About Avanti

Avanti (www.avanti.in ) is an award winning social enterprise established by IIT alumni in 2010 to provide an affordable, high-quality education to disadvantaged students aspiring to study at India’s top colleges. At present, we have 200 full-timeemployees, and support over 2000 students in 8 states acrossIndia.Avanti is a PanIIT Alumni initiative, winner of Stanford BASES 2010 and recipient of the Echoing Green, Ashoka and Draper

Richards Kaplan Fellowships. Our investors include the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund and The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Our academic board is chaired by Prof. Eric Mazur, Dean of Applied Physics at Harvard.

Overview of the Role and Requirements

The Program Associate is the backbone of Avanti’s classroom. He/she is responsible for teaching, inspiring, training and motivating students towards achieving their learning goals.

Responsibilities

The role of a Program Associate involves the following tasks, functions and responsibilities:

Classroom Teaching and Facilitation

? Prepare for classroom sessions in advance and teach students at different Avanti centres for ~ 30 hours a week using Avanti’s unique pedagogy that requires students to view recorded videos, discuss conceptual questions with peers and work collaboratively on problem sets/assignments

? Actively monitor students’ classwork and homework to ensure they are on track to achieving their learning goals, Mentoring, Career Guidance and Academic Support

? Build strong relationships with students through one-on-one interaction sessions, helping students overcome their problems – both academic and personal – in the process

? Regularly work with students to break down their academic workload into small achievable goals ; Track their progress on these goals

? Debrief with students regularly on their test scores and classroom performance( both school and Avanti), suggesting ideas on how they can improve the next time

? Enable students chalk out their future career paths by providing them information about different options available to them based on their strengths and interests Parent engagement

? Send monthly updates and discuss student performance with their parents person/over phone ; document next steps on every such conversation

? Conduct Parent Teacher Meetings(PTMs) in partner schools every 3 months and share aggregate and individual reports on student performance with parents Data Analysis

? Consistently collect and upload data and feedback about classroom and test performance on Avanti’s online learning management system

? Periodically analyze student performance for his/her respective subject across all batches he/she teachers

? Use these dashboards to generate insights on reasons for poor student performance ; devise solutions to address those problems

Additional Initiatives

? Create a healthy learning culture by working on initiativeslike (but not limited to) arranging expert sessions, organizing field trips/excursions, planning scientific debatesin the classroom etc.

Requirements

? Passion for working in education and teaching; Experience teaching students is an added advantage

? An undergraduate science degree ( B.Sc/B.E/B.Tech/B.Pharm or equivalent)

? Proficiency in Class XI and XII Physics/Chemistry/Maths/Biology

? Belief that all students can learn and achieve their goals

? Ability to connect with, inspire and motivate students

? Excellent communication skills

Locations:

Mumbai, Mysore, Bangalore, Hubli, Chandrapur, Raipur, Modinagar, Daltonganj

Compensation:

INR 300000 – 400000 per annum, depending upon fit, experience and location

Career Progression:

After the first year, high- performing Program Associates will be promoted to the role of a Senior Program Associate, with a significant increase in responsibilities.

After spending one more year at Avanti, high performing Senior Program Associates can choose one of the following paths:

- Program Manager – Business role; Manage operations of one entire business unit( hub)

- Subject Expert – Academic role ; Manage academic outcomes and teacher training for one entire hub

(All decisions on promotions and compensation will be carried out annually and will be based on the last two performance evaluations)

Interested candidates can send their CVs to jyoti@avanti.in  with the subject name- College Name_Candidate_Physics/Chemistry/Maths/Biology, or apply directly on our website:  http://avanti.in/careers/

The joining date for the candidates is first week in June'2016.

 

Apply