Science Teacher

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Educate girls. Change the world.

Are you an adventurous person interested in educating India’s future change makers?

Yuwa India is seeking a passionate individuals for teaching positions at Yuwa School in Ranchi District, Jharkhand. Teachers will get a professionally challenging and rewarding experience by developing future leaders among rural girls.

Responsibilities will include teaching students in standards 8 – 12 from an English curriculum, designing creative lesson plans, developing curriculum, participating in regular teacher training workshops, and contributing to a positive and energetic learning environment. Yuwa School’s atmosphere is one of collaboration, respect, and mutual learning.

Candidates must be excited by the mission of creating a low-cost, world-class educational experience for girls in villages from lower caste and tribal backgrounds.

We are currently hiring the positions of

Science Teacher (Secondary Level).

About Yuwa Yuwa is an internationally acclaimed non-governmental organization that uses soccer and education to put girls in charge of their own futures. Yuwa is registered as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in the USA and as a Trust in India. Yuwa is based in villages in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, where girls are especially at risk of dropping out of school, child marriage, gender-related violence, and human trafficking. Through the creation of soccer teams, girls gain leadership skills and confidence, continue their education, and are less likely to be forced into child marriage. Here, teamwork is a powerful force to promote health, education and improved livelihoods among the most important agents of change—young women.

Yuwa has been featured in HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel -- Yuwa featured in Season 29,

Al-Jazeera, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, BBC, Sports Illustrated, Hindustan Times, Times of India, ABC News , and other media in India and internationally. Recent awards include:

2023 FICCI Arise "Excellence in Sports" Award 2021 Top 10 Finalist for Chegg Global Student Prize (Seema Kumari) 2019 Laureus Sport for Good Award 2017 Microsoft “People of Action” 2016 India Today Digital Trailblazers Award 2015 Cequin WOWmen Award Celebrating Men for Women 2014-2019 FIFA Football for Hope Awardee 2013 Barclay’s Beyond Sport “Sport for Social Inclusion” Winner 2013

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Amazing Indians Award (category: Indian at Heart) Yahoo India “12 Unsung Heroes of 2012” 2012 NDTV Spirit of Sport Award, (“Best Promotion of Education through Sport”) 2012 Ashoka Changemakers award (all-Asia winner) for Innovative Secondary Education for Skills Enhancement (ISESE) 2011 Nike Gamechangers Award

About Yuwa School

Yuwa School for Girls began in June 2015 in Hutup village, Jharkhand. The vision of our school is:

Every girl’s future in her own hands . Our mission is to enable students to reach their full academic potential, develop critical and creative thinking skills, and become compassionate, empowered leaders in their communities. Our current campus supports 100 students and 10 full-time teachers.

Teacher responsibilities include:

Teaching students in standards 8 – 12 Developing curriculum Designing creative lesson plans Regular self-assessment in order to continuously improve quality of teaching Participating in regular teacher training workshops at Yuwa Engaging with students' parents on a regular basis Contributing to a positive and energetic learning environment Leading small tuition sessions for Yuwa students who need extra help

Open Positions for 2024 – 2025 School Year • Science Teacher : This teacher will rotate to 4 different classes (Standards 9, 10, 11, and 12) on a daily basis and teach biology, chemistry, and physics in a challenging, dynamic way that applies material to everyday life. This person should feel passionate about Science and have a demonstrated mastery of the subjects. Classes are very small (maximum 10 students in a single class), so lessons should be interactive and personalized. NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) textbooks and supplementary resources will be used as a curriculum guideline—but teachers have freedom to introduce their own materials.