Nidhi Bellay Economics, English, Hindi, Primary grades, Waldorf
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Teaching is more of my passion than my profession. I enjoy simplifying seemingly difficult concepts and driving my class towards recognising their best areas through exploration of themselves and opportunities around them. My latest learning is data driven instruction and bringing innovation in my class to enhance engagement.

My teaching style is focused towards making class interactive rather than one sided lectures. I also provide detailed notes and guide for projects in all the subjects I have mentioned. I take regular assessments that help me better plan my lessons for the student's benefit.

Results:
My spoken English students start speaking English within 3 months. They vary from housewives to working professionals or freshers students.
My 90 students I taught during my Teach for India fellowship have successfully completed 10th grade this year. I keep guiding them after the fellowship as well.
Currently in Waldorf School I am teaching with a unique philosophy where we teach children organically, understanding their needs as per their age, using movements, songs, drama, stories and experiments.
I am also exploring parenting guidance and can help parents in the upbringing of their children.

If you have read so far thank you so much for your time! I am eagerly waiting to connect with you and embark upon this journey of fun learning.

Subjects

  • Economics Beginner-Intermediate

  • English & Personalilty Development Beginner-Intermediate

  • Primary English medium subjects Beginner-Expert

  • Waldorf Beginner-Intermediate

Experience

  • Grade Teacher (Nov, 2022–Present) at Swadhaa Waldorf School, Pune
    Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Its educational style is holistic, intended to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical skills, with a focus on imagination and creativity. Individual teachers have a great deal of autonomy in curriculum content, teaching methods, and governance.
    I am a Waldorf trained grade teacher currently teaching in grade 2. We continue with the same batch of students till grade 7, teaching them all subjects.
  • Associate teacher (Jun, 2022–Sep, 2022) at iTeach Schools, Pune
    Teaching: (60% time) Taught English to 75 grade 8 students from an economically disadvantaged background for 1 unit of 8 weeks. I used existing limited resources to create and implement innovative lesson and unit plans. Conducted regular assessments ranging from daily to weekly in order to implement data-driven instruction. This resulted in a 51% average mastery of the students in the unit 1 exam.

    Advisor: (20% time) I Mentored 27 students closely as my advisory group to drive excellence and the value of teamwork. As a part of my role as an advisor, I also conducted regular 1-to-1 parent-teacher-student conversations to address pressing concerns about the pupil from the lens of problem-solving, giving both the parent and the student a checklist of actionable steps. I had regular check-ins with the high-risk students in order to make them feel welcome in the new school system (from a government school pattern to a PPP school).

    Project management: (20% time) In my project, I led the Advisory session plans. Every week all the teachers conduct 1-hour advisory session with their group of 15-20 students. I created 8 session plans focusing on team building, student reflection, creativity and bonding between the advisor and the pupils.
  • Curriculum designer (Nov, 2021–Jun, 2022) at Think and Learn(Byjus)
    Curriculum development: (60% time) Develop lesson plans and teaching materials for the Art, Animation and Video course. Break down complex animation software and techniques into learnable concepts for students aged from 8 to 12 years. Create student-friendly learning applets and presentations that are interactive and easy to teach.

    Training: (20% time) Train teachers to enable them to teach the created lesson plans and applets. Conduct exemplar classes, and give feedback on trial classes.

    Testing: (20% time) Test curriculum and process insights to implement changes in the final product.
  • Fellow (Jun, 2018–Apr, 2020) at Teach for India, Pune
    During my two years of fellowship I taught English to 90 underprivileged children in 6th and 7th grade. I also started a community centre for students and parents as a project in my second year by raising funds at an individual level. I recruited two volunteers and 2 caretakers from the community for the centre.

Education

  • M.A. Economics (Jun, 2016–Jul, 2018) from The University of Mumbai mumbai
  • B.A. Economics (May, 2013–Jun, 2016) from Savitribhai Phule Pune University, PUNE
  • Higher Secondary (Apr, 2012–May, 2013) from St. Mary's Convent Sr. Sec. School, Bhopal, M.P.–scored 85.8%

Fee details

    ₹150–500/hour (US$1.78–5.95/hour)

    English and personality development for adults: 400-500 rupees per hour
    Economics for college students: 500 rupees per hour
    Economics for high school: 300 rupees per hour
    Economics and social sciences for middle school: 200 rupees per hour
    Primary grades all subjects: 150-200

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