Program Associate, JNV Team, Avanti Fellows
Position Summary:
The Program Associate will lead end-to-end operations for one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
school. Her/his role includes teaching, inspiring, training and motivating students towards
achieving their learning goals.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
➔ Classroom Teaching and Management
◆ Conduct remote classes on Zoom
◆ Prepare for classroom sessions with presentation slides in advance and teach students
for ~30 hours a week
◆ Explain concepts in a creative and engaging way using real life examples
◆ Monitor students’ progress, their classwork and homework to ensure that they are on
track to achieving their learning goals
◆ Encourage self-discipline and punctuality in the Avanti Classroom
➔ Mentoring, Career Guidance and Academic Support
◆ Build strong relationships with students through one-on-one interaction sessions, help
students overcome their academic and personal issues
◆ Regularly work with students to break down their academic workload into small
achievable goals and track their progress on these goals
◆ Debrief with students regularly on their test scores and classroom performance (both
CBSE board and Avanti) and suggest ideas for improvement
◆ Assist students in building their career trajectory based on their interests
➔ Parent Engagement
◆ Discuss the student’s performance with their parents in person or over phone at least
once a month
◆ Conduct Parent Teacher Meetings (PTMs) in schools at least once every 3 months and
share aggregate and individual reports with parents
➔ Data Analysis
◆ Consistently collect and upload feedback about classroom and test performance on
Avanti’s online learning management system
◆ Quarterly analyse students’ performance and track high/low performers, while providing
targeted support to the high/low performers
◆ Generate insights on reasons for poor student performance and devise solutions to
address those problems
➔ Special Projects