Posted by Teach For India is accepting applications for its Fellowship Program 2022-24, which is an opportunity for India’s brightest and most promising individuals, to serve as full-time teachers to children from underserved communities in some of the nation’s most under-resourced schools.
The Teach For India Fellowship is a 2-year, full-time, paid commitment to teaching in an under-resourced classroom in a government or low-income private school.
The Fellowship is a group of people who come together
Each Fellow is allocated to a classroom in one of Teach For India’s placement cities, where they will teach academics, values, and attitudes, as well as provide their students with the resources and opportunities they need to achieve their own, long-term goals and vision.
The Leadership Development Journey is Teach For India’s leadership framework, and it is built around three commitments:
- Exploring who you are, your purpose, and striving to be a better person is the commitment to personal transformation.
- Building relationships and organising partners to increase and deepen our influence is central to our commitment to collective action.
- The Commitment to Educational Equity: Learning more about educational equity and committing to achieving it.
Fellows will polish their teaching skills and begin to build respect and trust among various stakeholders within the school community and among students during the first year. In the second year, Fellows will be able to produce significant academic advances for kids and implement their community/school project.
- Teach For India With A Stipend Fellows would be paid a monthly remuneration of Rs. 20,412.
- Fellows will be awarded a housing stipend ranging from Rs. 5,300 to Rs. 10,000, depending on the location in which they will stay, if they are needed to transfer from their home city.
- Fellows will also be given a stipend for school supplies.
Eligibility Criteria
- The cohorts include college graduates, working professionals, and entrepreneurs.
- In order to be eligible to apply to the Fellowship program, you must be an Indian Citizen or an Overseas Citizen of India, you must have graduated with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree by June/July 2022, and this must be your first application to the 2022 cohort of the Teach For India Fellowship.
- Minimum Qualification: Must have completed all coursework required for your undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s degree equivalent) from an accredited college or university by the last week of May 2022. Your degree transcripts (graduate/postgraduate certificates) will be reviewed before an admission decision can be taken. Applicants must also pass any coursework indicated in their transcripts at the time of the interview.
- Nationality: You should be either an Indian citizen or a foreign national of Indian origin. Foreign citizens who are not of Indian origin are not eligible to apply.
- Note to Foreign nationals of Indian origin: For more information on the OCI card, please go to the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs. To apply for the OCI card, visit the Online OCI Registration Form. We recommend applying for the OCI card as soon as you have made the decision to join the Fellowship, as it takes approximately 1-3 months to receive the card.
- Commitment and Location: Must be committed to teaching and living in one of Teach for India’s placement cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune) starting May/June 2022. Fellows will be full-time staff members of the schools in which they are placed and will work stipulated school hours six days a week as well as attending training and support sessions as per city requirements.
- English Fluency: You should be fluent in the English language, as Teach For India Fellows will be placed in English-medium classrooms and will be expected to teach in and attend training sessions conducted in English.
- Age Limit: There is no age limit to apply for Teach For India Fellowship.
Skills Required
- Leadership potential that can develop through the two-year Fellowship.
- Critical thinking, problem-solving, grit and have a high bar of excellence for themselves and others.
- They must demonstrate interpersonal skills through their interactions with various stakeholders, along with academic excellence.
Note
This year, Teach for India will continue the blended model of asynchronous and synchronous learning, but as state COVID advisories permit, the team will return to classrooms full time.
Locations
Teach For India Fellows will be placed in low-income schools in:
- Ahmedabad
- Bengaluru
- Chennai
- Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Mumbai
- Pune
All Fellows will be required to reside in one of these cities during the period of the Fellowship.
Application Deadlines
An applicant can apply only once during each selection cycle. Hence, be sure that you submit your best and also complete the online test within 72 hours of submitting the form.
Below are the application round deadlines and respective application outcome dates for the 2022 Fellowship’s selection cycle. The outcome along with any next steps will be communicated via email by end of the day on the mentioned outcome dates.
| Round | Deadline (11:59 PM IST) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 19-Sep-2021 | 01-Oct-2021 |
| Round 2 | 28-Nov-2021 | 09-Dec-2021 |
| Round 3 | 06-Feb-2022 | 17-Feb-2022 |
| Round 4 | 06-Mar-2022 | 17-Mar-2022 |
Selection Process
STAGE I: Application Form and Online Test: A 1-hour online test, which focuses on your situational judgement and English language abilities. This must be completed within 72 hours after you submit the application form. Your application will be considered complete only after you submit the test.
STAGE II: The Phone Interview
STAGE III: The Assessment Centre: At our Assessment Centre you will participate in several activities, which may include teaching a 5-minute lesson, a group activity with other applicants, and a short problem-solving activity. You may also be invited to an hour-long personal interview with a Teach For India community member.
Relevant Links and Contacts
- Applying to the position
- FAQ’s
- For further clarity one can reach out to fellowship2022@teachforindia.org
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