Primary Educator & Whole-Child Curriculum Designer
For Afiya, a child's character and their academic growth are not parallel goals — they are the same lesson plan.
Primary Classroom Teacher at Shiv Nadar School, Chennai — an inquiry-driven K-12 institution known for its progressive, learner-centred approach. Delivers the full primary curriculum except mathematics across Classes 3–5: English language arts, sciences, social studies, arts, and cross-curricular integrated learning. What distinguishes her practice is not the range of subjects but the frame: every lesson is designed from who the child is, not just what the syllabus requires. TEFL certified with 170 hours of coursework and supervised practicum. MA in English literature. Four years of prior community ESL tutoring with underprivileged students aged 5–15 — where relationship was the curriculum.
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5+
years in primary education and ESL instruction
5
subject areas designed and taught as one integrated curriculum
TEFL
Certified — 170 total hours of coursework and practicum
3
languages — English, Hindi, and receptive Arabic
Portfolio
Five subjects. Every child held in full view. A classroom designed for who they are, not just what the syllabus requires.
- — Full Classes 3–5 primary curriculum at Shiv Nadar School Chennai — all subjects except mathematics
- — Community ESL tutoring: 8 students aged 5–15 from underprivileged backgrounds across 4 years
- — TEFL Certified with 170 total hours — grounded in SLA theory and supervised classroom practice
- — Graduate dissertation on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — narrative, identity, and the single story's cost
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