Applications are invited for Online Course on Children Literature for Teachers by Room to Read. The last date of application is June 22, 2023.

About the Organization

Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.

Room to Read India was established in 2003 and presently has programs in twelve states – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.

Course Details

Room to Read India plans to develop a short children’s literature course for in-service teachers. The course will be self-paced – 3 months long, and divided into 6 modules for the participants based on broad topics. It will have assets such as video recordings, readings, and interactive assignments covering topics such as the history of children’s literature across the world, genres and formats, good writing and illustrations, book levelling systems, and subtext within children’s literature, etc.  

With access to a short introductory course on Children’s literature, they hope to help teachers acknowledge and appreciate children’s literature as a viable tool of social, emotional, and literacy skill development of children. An insight into what comprise quality children’s literature and its levelling science would help teachers ensure exposure to a wide variety of quality books, in classroom, that are appropriate for children’s’ reading levels, acquaint them with the significance of literature per say in the literacy and education space, and thereby equip them to be positive changemakers in their classrooms!

Aim of the Course

  • Develop basic understanding on the need for children’s literature (regarding policy documents, frameworks, etc.), quality children’s literature, forms, and genres, etc.
  • Exposure to approaches and methods to develop engagement with children’s literature in classrooms and libraries.

How to Apply?

CV/Resume are invited from the interested individual for the above assignment at procurement[dot]india[at]roomtoread[dot]org.

Application Deadline

The last date of application is June 22, 2023.

Contact

Email: vivek[dot]shrawat[at]roomtoread[dot]org