Senior Manager: Teacher Training and Professional Development
Udhyam Learning Foundation • Delhi
About the Company Udhyam Learning Foundation aims to foster entrepreneurship in Bharat. We believe entrepreneurial mindsets unlock potential, enabling individuals to leverage their strengths and create value. Our programs: Udhyam Shiksha: Develops entrepreneurial mindsets in youth in government high schools, impacting ~24,00,000 learners across 10 states. Udhyam Vyapaar: Solves problems for nano businesses, enabling up to 27% income uplift for 5000+ entrepreneurs. Shiksha collaborates with state governments to implement the Entrepreneurial Mindset Curriculum (EMC) in grades 9–12. EMC, based on experiential learning, offers real-world opportunities for learners to make choices, work in teams, and try new experiences. About the Role Building teacher capacities in government schools is challenging. It requires teachers to rethink traditional teaching and learning methods and build confidence in new classroom engagement strategies. Nurturing student agency starts with empowering teachers. Training quality at scale faces systemic challenges, leading to a gap between well-intentioned training and real practice change. This role is for someone who understands where teacher training falls short and knows the difference between delivered training and practice change. You have experienced cascade loss, one-size-fits-all approaches, and weak feedback loops, and have grounded views on addressing them. As Senior Manager – Teacher Training and Development, you will diagnose core issues affecting training quality in large-scale government systems, then design practical, context-sensitive solutions, including post-training support that is sound, adaptable, and scalable. You will balance rigorous design with flexibility to respond to on-ground realities, sitting at the heart of the curriculum and pedagogy team. You will own the teacher development vertical, diagnosing what isn't working, designing better solutions, and building systems that sustain quality at scale, working closely with curriculum members, state ops partners, and SCERT stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Research and Design Articulate objectives and extend the existing teacher learning model. Research best practices in continuous TPD, cascade loss, mindset change, and coaching. Gather participant feedback and improve content. Partner with other organizations in the domain. Adapt to tech-based training solutions. Learning and Development Create and facilitate engaging learning experiences for teachers. Build facilitation capacity for master trainers and the Udhyam team. Implementation / Program Management Work in sync with the curriculum team's vision at all stages of teacher development. Collaborate with SCERT and Ops teams on training design and rollout. Manage a small team to achieve the vertical's goals. Requirements 12+ years in teacher training at scale and curriculum design for public schools. Classroom experience is a plus. Experience working with government stakeholders and teachers. Deep knowledge of effective TPD models and experiential learning. Understanding of building teacher capacities at scale. Ability to research, analyze data, and articulate specific problems. Ability to observe and assess teacher needs. Skilled facilitator of small and large groups. Highly creative and entrepreneurial. Location & Work Mode Located anywhere; Delhi, Gurgaon, Bhopal, Indore, or Dehradun is an advantage. Full time, remote, with 5–10 days of travel per month.
