Job Title: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FELLOW
Candidates must apply at: TEACHFORVIETNAM.ORG/APPLY/ to be eligible.
A. MISSION FOR THE ROLE
The Leadership Development Fellow will act as a dedicated leader-teacher to empower positives changes in classroom, in school and in community, make a profound impact in students’ life and nurture them as future leaders.
B. WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A FELLOW?
1. During the Fellowship
- Full-time, competitive salary for professional
- Be part of a globally recognized leadership development program
- Receive ongoing leadership development and support (training, mentoring, coaching and more)
Above all, we think the major reason you apply should be your passion and alignment with our vision: “In year 2050, all children in Vietnam will attain an excellent education.”
2. After the Fellowship: Promising career path
- Leader in the classroom, school, and community: You may continue to work in the classroom to change lives of thousands of students, collaborate with other teachers.
- Social Entrepreneur: Teach For Vietnam will help you fast track your career as social entrepreneurs, bring changes and innovations toward a better society.
- Valuable employee with strong leadership experience: Spending two years managing a classroom will help Fellows develop leadership skills such as organization, communication, and problem-solving in an unstructured environment, people management and resourcefulness that are valuable across business sectors. Fellow alumni have been recruited by top global employers such as BCG, McKinsey, Google, and Deloitte
- Graduate Student – to study abroad opportunity and scholarship: As Teach For Vietnam is a part of the Teach For All global movement, you will be recognized as strong candidates by many top universities in the world, including Harvard, Oxford, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and Princeton
C. ROLE OF A FELLOW
1. Leader in classroom:
- Official English teacher to equip students with critical skills to succeed in the 21st century (integrated in English)
- Planning and leading lessons, managing your classroom and administrative work are part of your role as a classroom leader-teacher
- Create a bold vision and big goals for students to achieve and ensure the high quality of teaching and students’ results
- Empower students to reach their fullest potentials, based on their unique characteristics
- Encourage students to take ownership of their studying and their life
- Inspire students to aim beyond social limitations, closing the aspiration gap
2. Leader in school:
- Build close relationship with the local school teachers & principles and cooperate with them for win-win solutions
- Share best practices with local teachers and principals to cooperate and improve teaching methods
- Initiate and implement projects for educational development within the local school and its educational network
3. Leader in community:
- Build close connections with local communities based on respect and trust
- Actively engage local communities to act towards positive changes with projects that support sustainable development and community development
4. Teach For Vietnam Fellow Champion:
- Build close relationship with the local school teachers & principles and cooperate with them for win-win solutions
- Proactively participate in trainings, workshops, mentoring and coaching programs that support fellows’ personal and leadership development
- Share best practices and strongly support other fellows in the same local schools, as well as in the fellow network for empowering changes
- Take initiatives and constantly improve self as a leader, a teacher and a fellow
D. HOW TO APPLY
Candidates MUST finish the application form at: TEACHFORVIETNAM.ORG/APPLY
DEADLINE 1 (PRIORITY): January 31, 2018
DEADLINE 2: APRIL 15, 2018
Details available at:
W: teachforvietnam.org/apply
F: facebook.com/teachforvietnam
L: linkedin.com/company/teach-for- vietnam
E: [email protected] [1]
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
- Vietnamese Citizen
- Fluent English (preferable: IELTS from 7.0, TOEFL from 90, or equivalent. Fellows will need to submit English certificate by June 2018, except for ones studied full-time in English-speaking countries for at least 1 year.)
- Bachelor’s Degree (at least) in ANY discipline (in Vietnam or overseas) by the time Summer Institute starts (June 1) or proof of completing Bachelor’s Degree before August 15
- Strong academic track record (Minimum GPA: 2.5 out of 4, or 7.0 out of 10)
- Strong communication skills
- A commitment to Teach For Vietnam’s Vision and Mission, and alignment with our Core Values
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS?
- A track record of leadership and outstanding achievement
- Excellent problem-solving skills, critical thinking and creativity
- Strong organizational skills
- A strong belief in the potential of every child
- Humility, appreciation of diversity, respect and empathy for others
- Determination, resilience, and perseverance in the face of challenges
About Teach For All:
Teach For All is a global network of 46 independent organizations that promote educational opportunity by enlisting their nations’ future leaders to teach for at least two years in their high-need communities and become lifelong leaders for educational excellence and equity. Teach For All's mission is to expand educational opportunity internationally by accelerating the impact of the partnering organizations in their network. It achieves this by providing direct support services and fostering a powerful network among the programs and their participants, with the goal of maximizing the organizations’ scale, participant impact and learning, alumni leadership, and organizational strength.
About Teach For Vietnam:
As a partner in the global education network Teach For All, Teach For Vietnam builds a pipeline of future leaders by recruiting and developing young talents from diverse backgrounds to establish a sustainable ecosystem and provide them training on the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise before assigning them to teach full-time in public schools for 2 years. They will positively impact student achievement as well as develop their leadership, essential soft skills, values and mindset for the 21st century. At the completion of their two year Fellowship and regardless of the industries fellow alumni work for, they are committed to collective leadership to end education inequity and provide opportunities for all children in Vietnam.