Teaching Fellows

UWS Nepal

UWS Nepal is a charity dedicated to improving educational opportunities for underprivileged children. We started operations in 2015 as a non-profit, the same year our country witnessed a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Post-earthquake UWS Nepal has constructed 536 earthquake-resistant classrooms across 216 communities, educating 14,867 students in our Sankhuwasabha, Gulmi, Bhojpur and Taplejung districts. We aim to provide quality education to all children, and to reach that goal; we work to improve educational opportunities for children living in marginalized communities and remote regions. Our education transformation philosophy is maintained by developing and introducing child-friendly pedagogies that allow for more significant innovation in the classroom and greater engagement between the in-class lessons and real life, parents-teacher relationship, and harmonized relationship between local government and local communities in a shared mission to ensure a future for children in the communities where we work.

Details / requirements:

Position: UWS Nepal Teaching Fellows

Duty station: Koshi Province and Lumbini Province

No. of Position(s): 20 (Twenty)

Reports to: Senior Program Manager (Fellowship)

Opening date: 1st September 2024

Closing date: 31st December 2024


Role Summary

The UWS Nepal Fellowship Program, started in 2017, is a two-year long initiative aimed at improving the quality of education and addressing educational inequality in hard-to-reach and under-resourced communities of Nepal. The fellowship program offers Nepali youths an opportunity to gain experience as educators and in community action to make a real impact on the lives of children in hard-to-reach regions of Nepal.


The program aims to tackle the issues of substandard education environments in hard to reach regions by placing a trained UWS Fellow in UWS Nepal-aided community schools whilst providing an opportunity for young Nepali graduates to go through a transformative leadership development journey. Furthermore, beyond our primary objective of improving the quality of education, the fellowship program promotes cross-cultural exchange as fellows immerse themselves in the local culture while on their journey enriching the educational experience for both the fellows and the children they teach.


Duties and responsibilities

  • Create a teaching environment using locally available resources/materials.

  • Produce daily, weekly and monthly plans.

  • Excite your children to learn in an entertaining manner.

  • Promote student learning by addressing individual learning differences (guide and provide extra help to the children who are slow in learning).

  • Help existing teachers with improving their teaching skills (Remember: I am the best attitude will not help work with government teachers; only collaborative and demonstrative attitude will bring change).

  • Make learning relevant by connecting student’s prior knowledge and experiences to the learning process (use your surrounding environment to teach lessons).

  • Communicate clearly and regularly with students and check for understanding through reinforcing daily objectives, learning goals, and expectations throughout lessons.

  • Ask UWS Education Officers for required teaching materials.

  • Deal with parents' complaints with care and proper strategy (Don’t do it alone. Work it in coordination with the team).

  • Call parents’ meeting once a month. Attendance must be monitored (mandatory).

  • Be approachable to community members for school improvement.

  • Be a listener.

  • Work in collaboration with the School principal, to conduct a weekly teacher planning and leadership meeting on a regular basis.

  • Create a monthly school report, monitoring and an evaluation report.

  • Maintain classroom discipline and work on its improvement, if needed.

  • Plan activities in the school in coordination with the principal and teachers (discuss the budget with the principal).

Requirements

  • Valid Nepali Citizenship

  • Minimum Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree

  • Willingness to commit 2 years to the Fellowship Program

  • Excellent English and Nepali Speaking and writing skills

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

  • Experience in teamwork

  • Desire to learn and grow


Application Process

To apply for this position, follow this link.


UWS Nepal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are only able to accept applications from candidates that have the permanent right to employment in Nepal.

UWS Nepal is committed to the safeguarding of children and ensuring we recruit safely is central to this commitment. All applicants will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as a condition of employment.

Overview

Category
Openings 20
Salary Rs. 23000 / Month
Posted Date 06 Nov, 2024
Apply Before 06 Dec, 2024
City Lumbini Province, Koshi Province