About the Organisation
Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything.
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About Khan Academy India
Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world-class user experience that is locally relevant to learners in India and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery-based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that is right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps, and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home and teacher-directed learners in schools. Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is available in Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Bangla, Tamil, and Punjabi.
About the Opportunity
Khan Academy is executing an efficacy project with 150 teachers who are a part of our focus group. One of the focus areas of this project is to capture the teacher experience of using the Khan Academy platform for their students. The Khan Academy India team members will conduct the interviews with these teachers. We are looking for an intern who will support us in transcribing teacher interviews from the recordings and composing case studies based on the interviews. The opportunity will be from March 7th -to April 10th with approximately 5 – 10 hours of work per week.
Eligibility
You would be a good fit for this opportunity if you are:
- Someone who is passionate about understanding teacher experiences.
- Someone who has a solid comprehension of Hindi (knowing Punjabi would be a plus!)
- Excellent at writing and composing case studies in English that cater to all kinds of audience.
- Excited about receiving feedback and revising drafts in a short turnaround time.
- Highly reliable with timelines
Perks and Remuneration
- Receive a stipend of 15,000 INR for the duration of your internship.
- Flexibility to work at your own schedules while you deliver within the specific timelines.
- An opportunity to learn about the benefits and challenges of using technology in education from the perspective of teachers.
How to Apply:
- Please send the following to revanth@khanacademy.org
- Your resume
- In 2-3 sentences, let us know why this opportunity interests you.
- 250-500 word writing sample on ‘The benefits of technology adaptation for teachers’
- If we believe that your application is a good fit for this opportunity, we will reach out to you on phone for a short call.
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