Applications are invited for Touching Lives Teaching Fellowship 2024-26. As a Touching Lives Fellow, you will be teaching and mentoring children / youth. 

About Touching Lives

TOUCHING LIVES is an NGO based in Mumbai, India. It is a place of ‘Self-Work’ focusing on ‘learning’ and ‘healing.’

Fellowship Details

As a Touching Lives Fellow, you will be teaching and mentoring children / youth. The children come from challenging socio-economic environments. The role involves ‘developing curriculum’ based on the in-house learning-teaching model of Touching Lives and teaching English, mindfulness and value education through activity-based methods. The fellow provides a safe environment for quality education and mental health. The Fellow gets an opportunity to learn life-long hands-on tools of the Self-Work* Model through which they can engage in their own self-healing and self-development. 

Currently, the team is working in hybrid mode, conducting some of the sessions with the children online on Zoom and some in-person. For 2024-25, they will continue hybrid model until they rebuild the physical learning space. The learning center is in Dahisar, Mumbai.

The Fellowship Batch of 2024–26 is open for Beginners program, Discovery program and Dream program.

The Beginners program and The Discovery program aim to provide activity-based supplementary education to children living in slum communities in Dahisar and Borivali (suburbs of Mumbai). The age-group of Beginners program children is 6-9 years, and the age-group for Discovery program children is 12-16 years.

The Dream Program provides online education support to college-going students. The students are from slums communities in different parts of Mumbai, Delhi, small villages of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, not limited to a specific geography. The program is open for youth from any part of India living in challenging socio-economic background. The program aims to develop the skills these students need for the next steps in continuing higher education or seeking employment.

Duration

The Fellow commits for 2 Years of teaching, mentoring – assisting the educational development and mental health of the students. The curriculum includes – English, Life-skills, Healing and Self-work*, Technology, Global Perspective.

Eligibility

  • Academic Qualification – Bachelors in Education, ECCD, Experienced educators, Masters in Psychology, Human Development, Literature who are open to new teaching methods and mentoring.  Teaching experience preferred. Candidates who are passionate about education and transforming lives through education.
  • Skills and Qualities – Good command over English language, Multi– tasking, Passionate about working with children & youth and about teaching, Wisdom to make students independent thinkers, Willing to creatively and compassionately resolve difficulties, Participative in the learning and healing journey of self and team-mates, Leadership qualities and ready to relentlessly support the student’s journey of transformation.

Location

Mumbai (Hybrid)*

*Only candidates who are based in Mumbai or will be moving to Mumbai should apply.

Salary

₹ 25,000 – ₹ 30,000.

Joining Date

Immediate.

How to Apply?

Interested participants can send their CV to aditi[at]touchonelife[dot]org, ankit[at]touchonelife[dot]org

Contact

Email: ankit[at]touchonelife[dot]org

Click here to view the official notification of Touching Lives Teaching Fellowship 2024-26.