The Role
Supports Math curriculum reform for Classes 1–5 by developing teacher and student resources, assessments, and instructional materials. Coordinates with academic, training, M&E, technology, government, and state stakeholder teams to ensure quality and timely delivery. Adapts content based on feedback, supports validation and approvals, and applies curriculum frameworks and monitoring standards. The role requires teaching or curriculum design experience, government stakeholder management, Tamil Nadu education ecosystem familiarity, project management, and occasional travel to Chennai.
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Your team (Curriculum Reform)
The Curriculum Reform team's core focus is to advocate for and deliver high-quality resources to attain
Foundational Learning at scale. The team comprises of subject experts across English, Tamil, Math, Science
and Social.
In this role, some of your responsibilities will include:
- Building a working understanding of academic domains (Math). Based on your
area of expertise) and applying this knowledge to support content development.
- Supporting the design and development of curriculum and instructional materials (teacher
handbooks, student worksheets, textbooks, and assessments) for Classes 1–5, aligned to
defined learning outcomes and progressions.
- Supporting the implementation of content development processes and ensuring adherence
to established frameworks and M&E standards across projects.
- Creating draft content and adapting existing materials based on feedback from internal
teams and state stakeholders.
- Coordinating with internal teams (academics, training, M&E, tech) to ensure timely
delivery and alignment of academic outputs.
- Engaging with state SMEs and officials for content validation, feedback, and iterative
improvement, while building working relationships to support project execution.
You will thrive in this role if you:
- Have had teaching experience. Have experience with early grade education, assessments,
curriculum design, or instructional design.
- Have exceptional planning skills and set a high bar of excellence for yourself and your team.
- Have prior experience working with government stakeholders.
- Have a keen interest in pedagogy and strive to read and research extensively on it.
Prerequisites include:
- 3 to 5 years of experience in curriculum design/teaching.
- Proven ability to craft and create high-quality early-grade teacher and student resources.
- Strong government and stakeholder management skills, including co-creation and
acquiring approval from subject-matter experts.
- Familiarity with Tamil Nadu’s school ecosystem.
- Project Management and quality control, ensuring timely content delivery.
- Proficiency in Tamil is desirable.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to travel (occasional) and willingness to work on-site (Chennai)
Other Details:
- This role will report to: Project Lead, TN Curriculum Reform
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Please note: You will be expected to bring your own laptop with updated software (MS Office 2016)
- Remuneration: 5 LPA to 7 LPA
Skills Required
- 3 to 5 years of experience in curriculum design or teaching
- Experience with early-grade education, assessments, curriculum design, or instructional design
- Proven ability to create high-quality early-grade teacher and student resources
- Strong government and stakeholder management skills, including co-creation and obtaining subject-matter expert approval
- Familiarity with Tamil Nadu's school ecosystem
- Project management and quality control experience ensuring timely content delivery
- Proficiency in Tamil
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to travel occasionally
- Willingness to work on-site in Chennai
- Own laptop with updated Microsoft Office 2016 software
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The Company
What We Do
Madhi Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on transforming foundational learning outcomes across India. It unites government school systems and parent communities to address the country’s foundational learning crisis. The organization works with government education systems to improve schools, empowers teachers, engages parents, and develops sustainable, scalable programs so children from underserved communities can receive quality education and thrive in school, work, and life.
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