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Literacy Coach - Heritage Xperiential Learning School - India

About Heritage Xperiential Learning School

JOB PURPOSE

To build teachers’ capacity in literacy by facilitating job-embedded teacher development. The Literacy Coach supports the goal of building teacher capacity to increase student learning in literacy (e.g. reading, writing, listening, speaking, and using language effectively).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Designing, coordinating, and implementing a comprehensive literacy program for the School which facilitates learning
Modeling of best practices lessons which use literacy-based learning strategies
Coaching teachers in curriculum areas on how to enhance students’ literacy skills
Identifying staff development needs of the school and for providing staff development related to literacy as part of the problem solving process
Working with school and leadership team to help all students reach their highest potential

Posted: September 2018

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Location	Gurgaon, India
Start Date	August 2018
Contract Length	2 Years
Eligible Candidates	Licensed Teacher, College/University Faculty, University Graduate, ESL Instructor
Student Level	Elementary
Number of Vacancies	1

Qualifications and Requirements

Education Required	Bachelor
Major	English
Additional School Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with additional training in Literacy At least 3 years’ experience as literacy professional/ specialist K-12 DESIRED SKILLS Knowledge of best practices in adult learning, teaching methods and teaching skills and the ability to use and model them Understanding of reading—familiarity with current reading research, standards and assessments, and literacy data review Understanding of pedagogy—best practices in effective literacy (reading, writing, speaking, & listening and viewing) instruction, collection of instructional strategies to draw upon, managing diverse learners and student engagement strategies Understanding of adult learning theory—how to help other teachers learn, experiment, and apply new knowledge; facilitating meetings, effective questioning strategies; how to work collaboratively with administration and teachers Knowledge of literacy development for early years to seniors Experience or demonstrated understanding of literacy needs for second language learners

About the School

Heritage Xperiential Learning School (HXLS) Gurgaon (Formerly, The Heritage School, Gurgaon) is focused on deeper, authentic and inter-disciplinary learning. Founded in 2003 as a not-for-profit private co-educational school, HXLS today is a community of over 3100 students and an enviable student to staff ratio of 9:1. Although HXLS is just 14 years young, it has consistently been ranked among the top 5 day schools in India. Known for its progressive pedagogy and community bound curriculum, HXLS is also one of the few inclusive schools in India with a well- integrated special needs program. Although we offer 3 curricula (National Board, IGCSE and IBDP), we attempt to be curriculum agnostic through our own organically developed curriculum that stretches the boundaries of prescribed national and international curricula. Housed in a beautiful 13- acre campus, HXLS today is one of the most reputed learning communities for educators OUR INSPIRATION The last fourteen years have been a learning journey for the school. We are deeply inspired and committed to the philosophies of Kurt Han, Rudolf Steiner, Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi and J Krishnamurthy. Our curriculum has been designed and curated organically over the years and reflects some of these core learning principles - for our Students, Parents and Teachers. Many of our academic protocols and processes have been inspired by cutting edge research in the field of education. Some of them include Making learning visible (Hattie), Understanding by Design (Higgens and Mctighe), Curriculum mapping (Jacobs), Continuous School Improvement, Data teams and Response to Intervention (Bernhardt), Danielson Framework, Marzano protocols, integrated projects/learning expeditions (Levy and Berger from Expeditionary Learning Schools, USA), student internships (Littky from Big Picture Schools), makers space (Trishman from Harvard Project Zero) etc. OUR LEARNING PRINCIPLES: Ã Children Learn by Doing Ã Connected to the real world through community bound projects Ã Content is an excuse to build Craftsmanship, Culture and Character (inspired by the principles of expeditionary learning schools, USA) Ã Productive and Creative work as a medium of teaching and learning Ã Children as active partners in learning Ã Real freedom, empowerment and citizenship through classroom pedagogy and corridor culture Ã Children learn from each other. Power of Crew Work Ã Integrated and whole-child development Ã Parents/Community as partners