Rural Academic Teaching Fellowship – Citta Education Foundation India

The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School, which opened in February 2022, is a core pillar of the CITTA Education Foundation’s GYAAN Center project in Jaisalmer. It is presently offered to girls below the poverty line residing in the Thar Desert region of Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan. The facilities include classrooms, a library, a computer center, and a bus facility to transport girls from neighboring villages. The school began with an enrollment of 62 girls from Class 1 to 2 that will move up in the school each year until we reach capacity at 400 students up to Class 10.

Using an activity based learning approach, students learn to read, write, and develop traditional skills unique to the region. The school also provides mid-day meals to ensure proper students’ nutrition.

Summary of the Fellowship

The Teaching Fellowship is a 24-month exposure into the rural landscape. It offers fellows a unique opportunity of working with education but also health, livelihood and looking at development from an intersectional point of view. Below are the key components of the fellowship:

• Teaching in the classroom with focus on conceptual learning by developing local and contextual inspiration for designing teaching-learning practices.
• Working on school academic and program documentation
• Working towards improving foundational literacy and numeracy skills of the students at the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School (RRGS).
• Working towards building a strong community school relationship and strengthening the School Management Committee.
• Working on community projects in areas such as waste management, livelihood, women empowerment, innovative learning practices etc.
• Designing, implementing and applying sustainable management practices for running of community learning spaces.
• Working on designing, implementing and documenting Action Research Project in guidance of industry mentors .
• You are receiving an opportunity to live and experience rural living with families of students studying at the RRGS, learning the region’s culture, traditions, lifestyle, food habits, and challenges for designing need-based development solutions to improve education and livelihood opportunities for girls and women in the region.
• Following guidelines set by the school management committee for overall development and growth of students studying at the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School.

This is if you are:

• Passionate to work in rural India to improve the learning and development opportunities for girls in the Thar region of Jaisalmer.
• Interested in classroom teaching and applying innovative teaching learning practices.
• Love for research, data analysis and documentation.
• Able to work with diverse socio-economic communities.
• Comfortable with living in a rural setting with minimal resources.
• Comfortable in working with ambiguity.
• Interest in local heritage, culture and tradition for fostering a strong learning ecosystem of the communities.
• Able to multitask and be comfortable wearing multiple hats at the same time.
• Comfortable with verbal and written English and Hindi communication.
• Openess to learn.

Job Requirements:

• The Fellowship is open for both freshers and experienced professionals in the age group of 22 – 32 years.
• We are looking for people passionate to work with Girls’ Education and behavior change in rural communities.
• Fellowship is open for candidates from diverse backgrounds. Preference will be given to candidates with prior teaching or an education degree.
• It is a great learning and transitioning opportunity for corporate professionals wanting to work in the intersection of girls education, women empowerment, community mindset change with experiencing rural living and working in the grassroots.

What you Get:

• Hands on experience to test and pilot an innovative social change idea within the rural context.
• To get first-hand experience of living and teaching in a rural desert ecosystem.
• An experience of working independently to develop an action research case study with industry mentors.
• A collaborative experience through peer learning.
• Rural living through a community immersion process.
• The opportunity to develop and implement independent community change projects.
• A fellowship stipend of 30,000 INR Per Month (24 months CTC).
• Additional Benefits like shared accomodation will be provided (exclusive of the stipend).
• As this is a full-time role and the teaching fellow will be expected to relocate to Kanoi, Jaisalmer.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact us at lalit.purohit@cittaindia.org

If this sounds like you, apply at https://shorturl.at/w4mHQ