Training Coordinator Telangana

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced nonprofit startup on a mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. Were building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether theyre studying matrices mitosis or multivariable calculus we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything.

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world class user experience to learners in India that is locally relevant and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery based which allows students to master key concepts at a pace thats right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500000 learners in 2016 we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites apps and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home and teacher directed learners in schools. Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content accessible in local languages. Khan Academy is already available in Hindi Hinglish Kannada Gujarati Tamil Marathi and Punjabi.

ABOUT THE INDIA SCHOOLS TEAM

In line with our focus on reaching the underserved we partner with government school systems to improve student learning outcomes by enabling teachers and students to optimally utilize the tools and resources on the Khan Academy platform. From our government partnerships we reached 2.1 million learners last year partnering with 70000 schools across various states. Our goal is to expand our scale to reach over five million learners in three years.

The Schools Team works in a lean and collaborative way with our government partners developing strong implementation plans and providing support at every step of the way. We learn and constantly iterate by gathering feedback and through data-backed insights and efficacy studies. With a small team we have managed to reach 1 Lakh teachers and 2.1 million learners across various states.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of our government programs we support teachers and teacher mentors through training sessions resources webinars and by enabling peer-to-peer sharing. The Schools Team is looking to bring an on-board Training Coordinator to design and deliver professional development initiatives for teachers teacher mentors and administrators as part of the teams work with different government partners.

This is a 12-month contract-based role.

In this role you would:

• Design and deliver synchronous and asynchronous modes of capacity-building initiatives for the partner programs
• Manage a team of master trainers with fluency in Telugu language and co-facilitate high-quality training sessions
• Regularly conduct field visits to schools district offices (3-4 per month) to understand field level challenges and generate insights to increase adoption and deepen usage of Khan Academy
• Use data-informed decisions to continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the training sessions conducted by the Khan Academy India team
• Work closely with Teacher Professional Development team to strengthen the existing teacher professional development framework aligned with the teams overall goals
• Coordination with the concerned departments for training program approval including getting the circulars/letters issued working with the department for ensuring training execution etc.
• Work with KA state team and the state nodal officers to help support the implementation of the Khan Academy learning platform across government schools in Telangana
• Provide any other support as needed for the programme.

ABOUT YOU

You would be a great fit for the role if you have:

• 5 years of experience including 3 years working on designing & delivering effective training programs for teachers and other education stakeholders ideally in a government setting
• Fluency in Telugu and English (reading writing and speaking) is mandatory
• Willingness to travel across the state to conduct training or schools visits up to 50% of the time
• Prior teaching experience is preferred but not mandatory
• A passion for education and a desire to change the world
• A proven ability to work across teams with superior communication skills
• An entrepreneurial mindset including a high tolerance for ambiguity a penchant for experimentation and a bias toward action

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit but we reward our talented team competitively

• Competitive salaries
• A fun high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant
• The ability to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
• Remote work friendly i.e. option to work from home; flexible schedules

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  TASK

  • For the Schools Team we believe that reaching all learners will require us to work closely with teachers - and build their capacity to leverage the tools and insights available on Khan Academy to better support their students. With this in mind we request you complete the pre-work assignment here and submit your assignments below.
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  • Task 1: Please submit a link (Google drive slide Canva etc.) for the Slide deck
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  Applications without pre-work assignments will not be considered.

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