opment pathways including training, coaching, mentoring, and feedback loops

- Align training content directly to curriculum and classroom expectations

- Build academic capacity within state institutions for long-term sustainability

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Drive Academic Implementation at Scale

- Translate academic frameworks into implementation-ready tools and processes

- Partner with SCERTs, DIETs, and PMUs to activate academic workstreams

- Monitor implementation fidelity and lead structured course correction

- Document and codify best practics into scalable playbooks

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Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

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Academic Expertise

- Deep understanding of child development (ages 3-6)

- Strong command over foundational literacy and early numeracy progressions

- Familiarity with global ECE quality standards and research

- Ability to balance developmental appropriateness with instructional rigor

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Curriculum and Systems Design

- Proven ability to design coherent academic systems covering curriculum, assessment, and teacher development

- Expertise in scope-and-sequence planning and learning progression mapping

- Strong analytical skills to align policy vision with classroom execution

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Stakeholder Management

- Experience engaging and influencing academic stakeholders

- Ability to translate technical expertise into actionable state-level implementation plans

- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

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Communication and Execution

- Excellent written and verbal communication (English required; Hindi preferred)

- High ownership, structured thinking, and execution discipline

- Ability to manage multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously