We are looking for amazing and passionate educators and administrators to join our team. Ideal candidates will thrive in collaborative and interdisciplinary environment and enjoy challenging themselves to learn and grow as professionals. We expect our educators to have genuine passion for teaching and learning and to enrich their practice by daring to experiment with different pedagogical approaches. We provide professional development trainings through our programs at The Northstar Institute. Our school culture is encouraging and supportive.

There are multiple opportunities of associating with us depending your personal goals.

If you are looking to join a team of world class professionals, please consider applying for full time employment. Current openings are updated below.

The application process consists of 4 stages.

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Online Application

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Assessment Centre:
Skills Assessment
(case-by-case basis)
and lesson design activity

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Personal Interview

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Reference Checks

Application must be submitted online only. Please note that we will not consider CVs that are sent to us directly.

CURRENT OPENINGS:

‌Primary‌ ‌School‌ ‌Educator - English ‌

Type: Full Time

Placement: Exact grade and domain/subject placement will be determined after appointment.

Description:

We are a Preschool to Grade 12 school in the city of Rajkot (Gujarat) founded by Harvard alums. Our unique pedagogy, the Northstar Approach, is a research-based approach to learning and teaching that helps students achieve their highest potential by exploring and making discoveries about themselves and their world. We are currently looking for passionate educators to join our elementary/primary school (Grades 1-5). Please go through our website to know more about us.

Responsibilities:

Plan and teach lessons following the Northstar Approach.
Use a wide range of technologies and creative teaching styles.
Regularly participate in collaborative curriculum planning and development, and work with colleagues to deliver effective team teaching when possible.
Develop and implement relevant assessments for both formative and summative evaluations as well as for uncovering student’s potential initial misconceptions.
Keep parents informed about student progress and attend parent meetings.
Be a champion and disseminator of the Northstar Approach inside and outside the school.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant discipline. Prior experience in teaching at progressive organisations is beneficial.

Benefits:

As per school policy

FUTURE OPENINGS:

‌If you would like to be considered for future opening other than the current ones, please apply here‌

Joining a Northstar Fellowship might be right for you if you are looking to apply your skills in a progressive and experimental setup in a time bound manner. Fellowship at Northstar may be a good fit for you, if you have some experience in you field or have graduated from a reputed university (our last fellow was a Harvard Grad).

FALL TERM

June To October

SPRING TERM

November To April

We are currently offering the below mentioned fellowships:

Art Educator Fellowship

Actively advocate and demonstrate the affordances of art to colleagues, students and parents through presentations, frequent workshops during PD and general enthusiasm
Collaborate with educators to integrate arts into the planning of both disciplinary and interdisciplinary lesson units
Co-teach and/or lead Exploration lessons
Design and lead separate visual and performing art lessons
Seek personal growth by soliciting our support and guidance in helping you reach your personal goals

Instructional Design Fellowship

You will work with school management (founders, principal and leaders) to support and develop school processes and systems in areas such as collaborative planning, experiential learning design, school events and professional development.
You will work with educators to design and implement learning experiences, with a special focus on our flagship 6-week interdisciplinary Explorations Program.

Fellowship Benefits:

In-Country Air fare (for foreign nationals only)
Subsidized accomodation on campus (optional and subject to availability)
Subsidized food services(optional)
Free medical services (limited and general) in University hospitals
Free dental services in University dental clinics
Continuous professional development opportunities and support, both in-house and external organizations.

Joining a Northstar Internship might be right for you if you are looking to apply your skills in a progressive and experimental setup in a time bound manner. Fellowship at Northstar may be a good fit for you, if you have some experience in you field or have graduated from a reputed university (our last fellow was a Harvard Grad).

Internship Benefits:

Subsidized accomodation on campus (optional and subject to availability)
Subsidized food services(optional)
Free medical services (limited and general) in University hospitals
Free dental services in University dental clinics
Continuous professional development opportunities and support, both in-house and external organizations.

We are happy to support students at any level of their education. We are happy to provide project opportunities for coursework required during a degree program. The internship work profile is mutually designed with the school team and the candidate.

Working remotely is possible.

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