Lead Teacher - Pune

Overview

The quality of school education available to students from low-income communities across India is abysmal. Their chances of getting admitted to a college or building a career are much lower than their high-income peers, condemning them to a life without voice or choice. iTeach was born to declare war on this status quo and create a level playing field for ALL children. We do this in Pune and Navi Mumbai by co-creating contextual school models with Municipal Corporations.

We run 12 free and high-impact secondary schools and a college-to-career program for the most disadvantaged students. In 2024, with a staff of 300 members across 12 schools, we will serve 4500 students and 3000 alumni - giving students a fighting chance at college, career, and citizenship. We aim to grow to 30 schools and 10,000 students over the next five years.

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 6.5 - 7.5 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.