Strategic and innovative lead educator with a true passion for helping others reach the highest potential. Dedicated to supporting students and educators to achieve educational equity.

Key Skills

Organizational skills
Observation and Feedback
Adaptability
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Goal Setting

Professional Experience

Jun 2022
Present
Teacher Leader
The Akanksha foundation Mumbai, IN
Teacher Support (60%) 
*To lead a grade level and/ or subject level cluster combination (group of 6-7 teachers max) and to 
formally mentor and coach cluster by setting goals, conduct frequent observations, provide 
feedback and monitor progress in the form of review of unit/weekly lesson plans as per expectations 
set by school leadership (including bi-annual performance appraisals) 
*To hold individual co-investigation and mentoring debriefs with specific teachers. Their aim will be 
to address key levers and targeted professional and personal development. 
*To work with School Leadership team to plan and execute weekly or monthly professional 
development workshops for school team in alignment with school goals.
Teaching responsibilities (30%) 
*Teacher Leaders have the opportunity to continue their work in the classroom (A maximum of 12 
teaching slots in a week) and develop their potential to become master teachers. For the amount 
of time they spend in the classroom they are expected to discharge all responsibilities as expected 
from an Akanksha teacher related to 
 Curriculum Implementation & Planning and 
 Building classroom and school culture
Operational Support (10%) 
* To plan and execute key daily routines and systems such as assembly, student entry and exit, 
lunch routines, smooth transitions and or other necessary tasks as defined by the School Leader.
*To manage and execute specific projects aligned to the school’s goals and vision as determined 
by the school leader. These may include: managing and analyzing data, handling secondary school 
requirements, managing and implementing a fair disciplinary system, following up on teacher 
deliverables.

Personal & Professional Development (Transformational teacher) –
* To vigorously seek training opportunities and professional development resources, from both within 
and outside of Akanksha to transform the lives of the students. 
* To actively research best practices from other contexts and implement them within their classrooms 
and extend support teacher teams to document best practices as well as unit and lesson plans that 
can be shared across the school and across the network. 
* To meticulously note and track student progress within the classrooms. TLs will share learnings 
and reflections from their classrooms with others. 
* To design and implement professional development opportunities for the grade/subject cluster as 
well as the whole staff based on needs and the school’s goals. 
* To actively participate in all school and organization trainings that will be laid out at the beginning 
of the academic year (including new hire inductions and summer school), meetings, sessions, events and other network opportunities.
Jul 2019
May 2022
Math teacher
Wadibunder MPS - The Akanksha Foundation Mumbai, IN
The Akanksha Foundation is a non-profit organisation with a mission to build the largest network of innovative schools that empowers children to maximise their potential and that influences systemic reform.
- Responsible for delivering Content and to lay mastery in skills and build strong foundation of mathematical knowledge from grade 5 to grade 8.
- Creating skill progression for my grade by prioritizing pre requisite skills
- Creating additional content for grades as per their needs
- Bridging gaps through intervention plans, integrating technology for the same.
- Creating Assessments in alignment with IS team assessment framework
- Integrating technology for best and innovative learning
- Constant follow up with Student centered goals

*Math & Science Cluster lead.
- Coaching Math and science teachers from grade 3 to 8 to make continuous improvement and raise student achievement
- Develop innovative mentoring techniques to meet the needs of a diverse group of educators and classrooms
- Built healthy and positive relationships
- Observation and feedback cycle
- Goal setting for every grade - Monthly(unit wise), quarterly, half yearly, yearly.
- Constant follow up for student centered and teacher centered goals. 
- Creating cluster goal and keeping up in constant practice.
- Identifying the needs of the time and delivering support as required. 
Jul 2018
Jul 2019
Teacher (Mother Teacher Model)
The Aseema Foundation Mumbai, IN
- Scheduling and planning of classes
- Integrating different subjects
- Parent teacher bonding
- Planning of different activities 
Jan 2018
Jul 2021
Math Content Developer
A A Shah's Academy Mumbai, IN
- Developing Math content for PuP scholarship exam, MTSE , NTSE
- Solving doubts on the portal
- Creating different types of questions for different skills
Aug 2017
Jul 2019
Coding (Conent developer)
Tickle right Mumbai, IN
Creating creative worksheet for coding lessons
- Learning of new techniques for developing resources(Majorly tec)
- Research on different frameworks on coding

Education

Apr 2021
Apr 2022
Ch.E (Currently pursuing) in AAFM India
Jul 2017
Apr 2018
Ded in Asian college of Teachers

Certifications

2021
Personalised Backward Design Mode
Centa
2021
Designing Smart Questions
Centa
2021
Strategies to Teach Math Effectively
Centa
2021
FIRKI Teacher coach development program (Advanced)
Firki
2022
Founding school leader program
The Akanksha Foundation and Teach for india

Achievements

2020
Math lead
Leading math teachers in the school has been my intense motivation for striving to do my best. Setting up SMART pedagogical goal for CPA approach and mentoring teachers to achieve their goals and supporting them to reach their milestones have been my strength contributing towards my achievement. 

Quote

"With Great power comes Great responsibility"

Uncle Ben, Spiderman

Hobbies & Interests

  • Comics
  • Reading Books
  • Learning languages

Languages

English
(Fluent)
Hindi
(Fluent)
Marathi
(Fluent)
Gujarati
(Native)
German
(Basic)
Sanskrit
(Basic)

Career Aspiration

In my next 3 years I see myself creating leaders who holds the vision of giving a better life to themselves as well as the people in community by fulfilling their own dreams and serving their knowledge as path for others to reach their milestones

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