Teaching and Leadership Coach (Rangpur)

Position: Teaching and Leadership Coach (Rangpur)

Reporting To: Program Manager

Start Date: January 12, 2025

Location: Based in Rangpur, with some travel inside and outside Bangladesh

Employment Type: Full-time, paid

Application Deadline: Immediately

About Teach For Bangladesh

Teach For Bangladesh (TFB) believes that every child in Bangladesh – regardless of socio-economic
circumstance – deserves the opportunity for an excellent education. Our mission is to launch a
movement of capable, committed, and compassionate leaders who share the vision of an equitable
Bangladesh and are working tirelessly inside and outside the nation’s classrooms to expand
educational opportunities for all children.

Our flagship Fellowship program enlists highly talented graduates to spend two years teaching
full-time in low-income schools. During that time, we train and support Fellows as they drive the
academic and non-academic development of their students. The program also prepares Fellows to
become lifelong leaders, who will spearhead systemic change in Bangladesh, particularly in the
education sector.

Learn more about us at: www.teachforbangladesh.org

Learn more about the global network Teach For All at: www.teachforall.org

Our Expanded Vision for Students

We envision a future in which All children know that they are inherently powerful and that they are worthy
of love, dignity and belonging. They know and find appreciative joy in the things that make them, their
communities and others unique in the world. They know that anything is possible and that the future is
theirs to create. They think critically and creatively when they encounter adversity, treating every
experience as an opportunity to learn and grow. They are curious about the world around them and move
through it with awareness and agency. They are lifelong learners in pursuit of holistic growth and
wellbeing. They are strong readers and mathematicians who are able to read and write the world around
them. In school and outside school, they are acquiring the knowledge and skills that enable them to make
informed choices about their lives. Children engage with educators and other adults as co-learners,
working to unlock their full potential and the potential of their communities, towards building a just
Bangladesh and world.

Team and Position Summary

The Program Team at Teach For Bangladesh is responsible for the growth and development of TFB
Fellows as effective teachers who are driving student outcomes in alignment to our vision for students
and society, and as self-reflective powerful leaders who are grounded in core values, and the power of
our community.
In 2024, TFB has more than 100 Fellows in both Dhaka, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar. A Teaching &
Leadership Coach supports groups of 18-20 Fellows. Broadly speaking, Coaches focus on building a
strong technical foundation in first-year Fellows, and helping second-year Fellows to dive deeper into
issues of social justice and inequity, and explore their personal purpose. Coaches support Fellows in their development as holistic, conscious leaders, who are pursuing a long term journey of self-transformation. They play an important role in fostering Fellows’ connection to community and to the Fellow collective.

Performance Indicators for Leadership Development Coaches include but not limited to

• Student outcomes (Academic and non-academic prioritized outcomes and attendance)
• Fellow teaching proficiency (mastery of fundamental planning, lesson execution, classroom
• management, assessment and use of data for improvement)
• Individual Fellow leadership development (growth mindset, awareness of power and privilege,
• consciousness of limiting behaviors and mindsets and ability to move “above the line”)
• Strength of Fellow culture and collective (program completion rate, authenticity and trust
• amongst Fellows, inclusiveness and interdependence of the group)
• Facilitation and delivery of strong learning experiences for Fellows in person and virtually

Major Responsibilities

• Be the fiercest and best advocate, champion and coach to the Fellows and root actions in what helps them create and achieve their visions for student outcomes while also broadening their perspective as to what it takes to achieve educational equity.
• Develop a strong collective culture within the Fellow group, rooted in authentic relationships, a contextualized vision for excellence, and continuous growth.
• Drive Fellows’ growth as highly-effective classroom teachers, with strong foundational skills in planning, lesson execution, classroom management, data analysis and reflection.
• Build and maintain effective communication and trusting relationships with school and local government stakeholders including Head Teachers, TEOs, ATEOS and SMC members.
• Lead coaching sessions individually and in groups that further learning and growth against both Fellows’ visions and organization-level strategic bets.
• Track and analyze Fellow and student data, reflect and plan next steps along with the Fellows to ensure that they are making progress necessary to achieve their visions and collective goals.
• Support Fellows in making meaning of their Fellowship experience, their skills and passions and what that means for how they want to contribute as a part of the collective over the long-term in the movement for educational equity.
• Support Fellows to design projects to address social justice issues in the community and empower students to develop a long-term solution to the problem.
• Managing and driving results of projects associated with Fellow leadership development, student outcomes, and partner stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputable Bangladeshi or foreign university.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Bangla.
• 2-7 years of relevant professional experience, including at least 2 years of full-time teaching
  in K-12 classrooms.
• Deep understanding and strong alignment to Teach For Bangladesh’s mission, vision, and
  core values (see https://www.teachforbangladesh.org/about#core-values)
  Strong belief that every child can learn and achieve high results.
• Desire to pursue self-transformation (including looking at one’s relationship power/privilege,
  and understanding and challenging one’s default ways of being) through individual work,
  coaching, etc.
• Desire to drive one’s own learning in the field of coaching and developing adults.
• Proven organizational and time management skills, and experience creating efficient systems to juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Track record of taking an uncommon level of personal responsibility in achieving
  professional goals.
• Proven ability to build and sustain strong relationships with a diverse range of individuals,
  and demonstrated sensitivity to racial, cultural, gender and ideological diversity.
• Ability to engage in small and large groups in person and virtually.
• Flexibility to work remotely and virtually if needed.
• Strong reasoning and strategic thinking skills.
• Experience working with marginalized and underprivileged communities.
• Flexibility to work on minimum one weekend a month for Professional Development Training
• Ability to travel within and outside Dhaka frequently, including occasionally on weekends.
• Ready to commit for 7 weeks for residential Winter Academy outside Dhaka/Chattagram.

Compensation

Salary is competitive in the Bangladeshi context. Our benefits include festival bonus, medical insurance,
24 days of annual leave (accrued over a year), 8 days of sick leave, and opportunities for training and
travel (see below). There is plenty of opportunity for professional development and mobility within the
organization, as well as access to professional development through the global network Teach For All.

As an organization, we seek to make Teach For Bangladesh the best experience of your working life,
one where you thrive in your unique journey towards creating lasting change in Bangladesh. Together,
we seek to build a high performing team that is dedicated to our vision for educational equity for all
children.

Additional benefits include:

• An organizational culture that strives to be horizontal: we passionately exchange and explore ideas with the goal of arriving at the best ideas for our mission
• Opportunity for continuous professional development: a national team retreat every year, the potential for local and international travel, and constant practice of leadership with consciousness for which we bring specialists to contribute to your training.
• Our work is demanding but provides an incredible opportunity to learn, grow continuously, and add value to the team and everyone around you.

Information for non-Bangladeshi candidates

Non-Bangladeshi individuals – particularly those with prior experience with one of the Teach For All
partner organizations, either as a participant or staff member – are eligible to apply for this role.
Non-Bangladeshi hires would be eligible for one round trip air ticket from and back to their home
country in each year of employment. Teach For Bangladesh will assist you in the process of procuring
an appropriate visa and work permit. Please be advised that securing a visa to travel to Bangladesh can
take up to a month so we encourage non-Bangladeshi candidates to apply well in advance of the
deadline.

How to Apply

Please complete this Application Form thoroughly.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.