Program Manager, Special Education
The Program Manager is responsible for designing the overall program, training teachers, and ensuring there is a path for children with special needs.
Roles and Responsibilities will include the following:
Setting up the Special Education Program
- Designing the special education program for schools and centers
- Setting clear objectives for the program considering the resources available
- Setting up the processes for identifying students, standard testing, identifying and addressing issues.
- Creating a curriculum for the struggling learners for each level
- Creating a process for measuring impact of the program
Training and Support to Teachers
- Planning and implementing training workshops for teachers to help them understand the needs of struggling learners
- Identifying specific training requirements of teachers and planning workshops tailored to individual needs
- Providing support to teachers to ensure that the children are getting adequate help
- Working with the special education team to visit different classes and identify the struggling learners
- Creating and documenting the cases that have been identified
Understanding government provisions
- Working with the school leader and government liaison/social worker to ensure that benefits available to special needs students in government schools are available to special needs students in Akanksha schools
Required qualifications and skills:
- B.Ed. or B.S.Ed from a recognized university, post-graduation preferred
- 3-4 years prior experience in special education
- Commitment to the cause
- Willingness to travel across Mumbai centers
- Fluent in English
- Positive attitude and solution oriented
Reports to: Education Director
Location: Mumbai
Contact – srishti.khanna@akanksha.org
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