Hello

Me & my partner Nidhi are looking for a long term working opportunity at a learning space / alternative school / NGO.

Our Needs

• We both love working with children and we are primarily ’learning facilitators’. We are looking for place where there is a balance of managerial work & on ground work with children / young adults / teachers.

• We are not looking for ‘Jobs’ in traditional sense. We are looking for place which has larger purpose. Where our vision & skill sets are aligned and we can work with ownership / autonomy.

We are looking for a place where the goal is not to take funding for any random project or scale mindlessly or do projects which are in trends.

We are looking for a place where we can work deeper, ask fundamental questions, self reflect, work on ourselves & build authentic relationships.

• We both never worked in the corporate sector, we are trusting the universe and working in alternate spaces from the beginning of our career. So we do not have savings, on the other side we need to support our parents also. So we have financial needs.If we are living in a city like Bangalore or Pune in a rented house. We need a salary of 50 k per month (individually). If learning space is providing a place to live & food. We will be able to manage in 30 k per month (individually).

• We want to be in a community. The alternate path is a lonely path. We need ‘Sangha’. Sangha to share our joy, share our hopes, share our sadness, space for self reflection and more

Our background :

Mihir Pathak

Education : I am working with children from the age of 19.

I never went to formal school after 10th grade. I finished my 12th & graduation (BA in sociology) as an external student while working with children.

Apart from that I have done many skill based courses in Theater, Nature Education, Child Development & learning and more.

Experience : I have been working with children & teachers for the last 10 years. I worked in different conventional schools, Alternative schools and learning spaces.

Offerings / skills / interests :

Working directly with children young adults :

• My primary interest is to work with children through following experiential methodologies

Applied Theater - Nature based exploration - Interdisciplinary projects

Workshops - Residential Camps - Regular Sessions / Program - Yatra

• I am very passionate about ‘Self Directed learning’(SDL). I can guide / mentor individuals to get on the path of SDL through Projects, Internship, Portfolio Making and more.

• I can help developing informal learning spaces like Clubs, Maker Space, Library, Studio (program design / space design / learning design)

• I can do subject teaching for primary grades if needed.

Working with teachers / designing a curriculum

• I love interacting with passionate teachers. I can design and facilitate workshop / long term programs on

Science of learning - Pedagogy - Facilitation skills - Educational philosophy

• I can design curriculum / modules on around life skills, socio emotional learning, nature based learning, project based learning, theater & more.

Curriculum Development - Content Development

Overall interests :

• Tools / Pedagogy : Applied Theater - Nature based learning - Interdisciplinary projects - Self directed learning - Experiential learning - Dialogue based - Transformative learning

• Learning outcomes : Socio emotional learning - Life skills

• Science & Philosophy : Science of learning - Child Development - Evolutionary Biology - Educational Philosophy

you can read about my current work, documentation about my past work and my personal educational philosophy on my website - learningwala.in | CV | What is education for me, my personal strengths and weakness.

Nidhi Pal

Education : B.Tech Electronics , MA in Education - Azim Premji University

Experience : Total 5 years of work experience. Worked as an science educator at Ashramshala Project by Eklavya Foundation. Worked as an educational content developer for a brief period. Currently facilitating ‘Nature Education’ workshops with children as a part of ‘Teach For Nature Fellowship’ by Bhoomi College - Bangalore.

Offerings / skills / interests :

Middle school science - Nature education / EVS - Interdisciplinary Projects

• Designing inquiry based science projects and doing nature based projects
• Knowledge of tools for learning primary mathematics and language learning (whole language approach)
• Ability to design projects according to children’s need and interests, also keeping in mind that the child gets to understand diverse perspectives
• Interested in farming, collecting seeds, understanding food from different perspectives like nutrition, social justice, etc
• Interested in different crafts like painting, embroidery and pottery
• Interested in exploring conflict management methods with children  

CV | What is education for me, my personal strengths and weakness.

Let me know if there are any possibilities to work together.

looking forward to your response

Contact : [email protected] , 09537068736