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09/10 Drashti Thakrar
Program Manager at Tata Trusts

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Tata Trusts - Consultant - eLearning Programs (5-9 yrs)

Anywhere in India/Multiple Locations Job Code: 751742

Consultant - Planet 3

Reports to: Tim Kelly, CEO & Co-founder, Planet3

Location: India

Duration: 8 months

About Planet3:

- Founded by former President of the National Geographic Society, Tim Kelly, together with National Geographic Explorer and Scientist, Albert Lin, and developed by a team of world-class educators including Esther Wojcicki (author of "Moonshots in Education"), and Kelly McGrath (former Pearson's head of K-12 Science), Planet3 combines immersive media and state-of-the-art game design with a visionary teaching approach.

- The mission of Planet3 is to empower the next generation to solve complex challenges facing our planet by taking science education to a new frontier.

- Planet3 delivers interactive learning missions seamlessly across web browsers, tablets, and smartphones. The goal of the platform is to inspire every student globally to become an active planetary steward and to make Earth science learning fun and inspirational. By using Planet3 and embarking on its learning missions, students create avatars and take on the role of Change Agents, helping solve real word science-based problems that address the challenges of keeping our planet's life support systems intact.

- The design and narrative of each of the learning adventures (or modules) provide relevance, context, and a sense of urgency about why understanding and caring for the Earth is so important to our health, quality of life, and economic prosperity. Planet3's content is designed to capture students- imaginations. Planet3 learning missions feature advanced production values and content that's charged with depth and emotion. And emotional learning is proven to resonate.

- The ultimate objective of Planet3 is to provide visually rich, interactive story telling that is student driven- taking the pressure off teachers who may not feel trained or comfortable teaching the latest Earth and Life science.

For more information,please visit: http://exploreplanet3.com/

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

- Review current content and methodology of Planet3 and how it fits with Indian science/education standards.

- Ability to read, decompose, and understand Next Generation Science Standards

- Correlate those standards with appropriate learning standards in India

- Advise on any key revisions to Planet3 content or methodology necessary

- Research and interview select schools in Mumbai that might be willing to pilot the free Planet3 regarding:

- Level of interest in new technology and new learning platforms

- Interest in an Earth Stewardship science curriculum

- Ability to provide laptops/tablets for students and teachers

- Develop a plan for pilot testing and measuring success of the pilot and a process for soliciting feedback from teachers and students that would enable us to make adjustments and improvements of the Planet3 platform and content

- Ability to plan, develop, and present professional development training sessions to prepare teachers in India to implement Planet3 in their classrooms.

- Identify local Indian based Ed Tech developers who would be capable of enhancing/ adjusting/ localizing the Planet3 platform.

- Create a system to solicit feedback from teachers throughout the pilot, analyze the data generated, and draw conclusions to improve the Planet3 product based on user feedback

- Assist in an expansion plan beyond the pilot - to expand the piloting of the free Planet3 platform in other Indian schools

- Define & structure content development process; work with educational content across all levels

- Work closely with senior faculty, freelancers and global industry leaders

- Maintain a database of curriculum, materials, and personnel training records.

- Develop and prepare educational/training aids and materials, as needed.

- Formulate training evaluation methodologies post-training interventions.

Core Knowledge and Skills:

Technical skills: High Project management, analytical and MS Office skills.

Negotiating skills: Proven leadership and negotiation skills with technical vendors and the ability to work in a complex and challenging situations

Language skills: Demonstrated command over English and Hindi both spoken and written.

Writing skills: Track record of developing written materials for wider distribution is desirable

Other:

- A solid team player who's also an independent thinker

- A robust analytical skill set, an endless curiosity and a penchant for thinking the impossible

- Deadline-driven, organized and able to multitask

- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills; comfort in positions requiring communication with a broad and diverse audience on a range of complex and technical issues

- 5 or more years of experience in project management; demonstrated experience in developing and driving the successful implementation of work plans

- Commitment to Planet3's core values, mission and programs core values

- Ability and willingness to travel domestically

Required Experience and Education

- 5+ years of experience in eLearning and/or creating customised higher education programs

- Experience of working with schools and middle school students in India

- Master in Higher Education/ Technology, Education & Innovation is preferred

- Experience in (digital) pedagogic content; preferably higher education is preferred

- Excellence in problem-solving and structuring of complex processes in new terrains

- Ability to interact in a productive manner with parents and students with the goal of gleaning information that will help in content and product development

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Women-friendly workplace:

Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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