Lead Teacher

Why do we exist? What do we do?

The quality of school education available to students from low-income communities across India is abysmal. Their chances of attending college, or building a career are significantly lower than their high-income peers, condemning them to a life without voice or choice. iTeach was born in 2015 to challenge this status quo and create a level playing field for ALL children. 

We run free and high-impact schools and an exceptional college-to-career program for the most disadvantaged students in Pune and Navi Mumbai. We are known for our world-class professional development, our result-oriented team culture, and our student-centric school design. Read more about us at www.iTeachSchools.org.  

Role Summary

The Lead Teacher role has three key responsibilities areas - teaching, coaching teachers, and project management (see this in a 3 min video here). These responsibilities cumulatively imply co-leading the school with your Principal, which makes the Lead Teacher role an ideal stepping stone to School Leadership! We are looking for committed educators who want to continue building excellence in their classrooms and parallelly start their journey as teacher-coaches with four to five teachers.

Responsibilities

l. Teaching one subject to one grade (25% focus)

• Set the vision of excellence for pedagogy in your school and the entire network by teaching one grade and one subject at sheer inspiring excellence.
• Develop and execute exemplary unit plans, which employ advanced pedagogical approaches.
• Innovate lesson designs, execution strategies, and data analysis approaches toward inspiring and informing the broader ecosystem of schools.

ll. Coaching & Managing a team of teachers (50% focus)

• Lead a group of four to five teachers (performance management, coaching, career guidance).
• Set ambitious goals with your teachers, create individual growth plans and coach them toward life-changing outcomes for students (iTeach employs a hands-on coaching model with about two hours per teacher per week of coaching)
• Co-create the overall school culture and strategy with your School Principal

lll. Project Management (25% focus)

• Design and execute various projects for the schools program (these could be for holistic development of students, initiatives for parent and community involvement, or for innovation in school practices).
• Measure outcomes and work on refining the design and implementation year on year.
• Document the project plans to enable other schools to replicate them.

Experience and Education Requirements

• Exceptional performance as a teacher for 2-3 years
• Overall work experience of 3+ years
• A strong contributor to the school outside the classroom as well
• Ability to lead a part of a larger team and deliver strong results
• Preferred: Experience in coaching and development of teachers

Compensation and Benefits: We take pride in offering competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with the candidate's education and work experience. The salary range for this position ranges from 7.2 - 8.4 LPA CTC, and we are dedicated to providing top-notch industry benefits. These benefits include PF, gratuity, medical insurance (up to 3 lakh PA), paid leaves, annual increments, and promotion opportunities.