KER
What are the 3 Principles of a reimagined education KER is advocating?
1) Safe space for voice/students
2) Students and Educators as partners
3) Students as change makers
What the different profiles of Firki's user base?
1) Preservice educators
2) Inservice educators
3) Teacher Coaches & School Leaders
Across how many states is TFIx operating?
16 states
How many alumni do we have from the TFI Fellowship program and how many of them are there in TFI cities?
4100 Alumni (3979 filled the database survey)
2700 Alumni
What are the 5 pillars of GR strategy?
1) STRENGTHEN partnerships with Government stakeholders and influencers (e.g. 1-1 meetings, events)
2) SCALE successful initiatives across regions or a larger group of stakeholders (e.g. SAB, PST, Immersion Days)
3) MATCH Government priorities with core org strengths and Phase IV goals (e.g. teacher shortage, pedagogy)
4) ADVOCATE for practical solutions to common systemic challenges (e.g. OpEds, research)
5) ACT COLLECTIVELY with all verticals and ed-partners to execute common priorities (e.g. India & I, CPT)
What are the collective learning spaces offered by KER for students and educators in 2023?
1) Revolutionary Retreat
2) Learning Loops
3) Learning Yatra
Why is it called Firki?
Firki is the hindi word for a pinwheel. You see it in the hands of children running with joy on beaches. As the firki spins, the colours dissolve, and that symbolizes the movement of joy that we want to spread across all classrooms
How many Entrepreneurs have graduated and how many Fellowships launched?
44 Entrepreneurs graduated
36 Fellowships launched (32 are continuing)
Name the alumni on our Advisory Board.
What are the two big sub-verticals under Alumni Impact?
Revathi R (2011, Chennai) and Soumya J (2013, Pune)
Collective Learning and Action
Social Innovation (innovatED)
What is PST? Who is the target audience?
Public Sector Track: Professionals with 0-3 years of experience or those who are looking to explore career routes in the Public Sector (Fellows)
Details - expert talks & workshops, resume building, interview preparation, internships, BTCPs
What are the build more leaders programs KER is running?
1) Fellows of the Future
2) KER-MuSo Student Fellowship
3) The Conference of the Birds
4) Revolutionary/Student-Advisory Councils
What are the build more leaders programs Firki is offering?
1) Firki Future Teacher Program
2) Firki Teacher Coach Program
3) Firki School Leadership Program
4) Firki Teacher Leader Program (2023)
Total number of Fellows, Alumni, and Students reached by TFIx?
1922 Fellows
1052 Alumni (89% - 935 working in education sector)
240206 students
How many alumni have been founders?
How many organizations have been founded?
How many alumni serve in CXO & Sr. Leadership positions?
165 Founders
136 organizations
110 serve as CXO & Sr. Leaders
What is CPT? Who is the target audience?
Civic Professional Track: Professionals with 3+ years of experience looking to accelerate their career in the Public Sector or switch to the Public Sector from other tracks (Early-mid stage Alumni - internship opportunities to experience working in the public sector)
Details - Governance, advocacy, & policy sessions, internships, resume/IV prep, finding placements
Describe COTB and India & I studies. What is common between the two programs?
COTB - A musical that delivers an excellent and reimagined education through arts
India & I studies - A learning and teaching program for educators and students to build constitutional values, 21st century skills, and help everyone find their role in making India better
Common - Rooted in constitutional values and 8Cs
Firki courses are available in how many languages? List them.
1) English
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Marathi
5) Tamil
6) Telugu
How many, and what are the different stages in an Entrepreneur's journey?
1) Stage 1 (Recruitment & Selection)
2) Stage 2 (Incubation and 2 years post-incubation)
3) Stage 3 (Growth)
What are the programs under innovatED?
Pre-incubation: iLabs for Fellows & Launchpad for Alumni
Incubation: innovatED program
Post-incubation: Strengthen & Grow
What is ESLT? Who is the target audience?
Ed. Systems Leadership Track - Senior professionals with 7+ years of experience who are focused on a long-term career in the Public Sector and ready for leadership roles (Experience Alumni)
Details - State level opportunities, advancing student voice and leadership for ed equity, work alongside Sr. govt officials
What is the KER school?
An edtech platform that brings together the different flagship programs run by KER to build student leaders. Piloting this year, with the hope to launch in 2024
Lifetime data for Firki (2017 onwards) - no. of users, no. of courses, and no. of resources?
1) 150000+ users
2) 250+ courses
3) 2700+ resources
4) 90+ webinars
5) 80+ partners
What are the 6 Unifying Principles of TFIx?
1) Believe in our shared vision and work towards safe, excellent, equitable education for India’s most marginalized children.
2) Launch, sustain, strengthen, and scale a high-impact, contextualized, two-year (minimum) teaching Fellowship.
3) Build a movement of leaders who are working collectively towards a safe, excellent and equitable education for all children.
4) Partner with diverse stakeholders to sustain and scale the Fellowship.
5) Pursue measurable impact on the commitments to Self, Other and India for Students, Fellows, and Alumni of the Fellowship.
6) Practice and grow our shared values and culture, operating with love for all.
What are the three components of the Collective Learning & Action spaces? Mention the Phase IV goals. (Hint: Not 60-30-10)
Connect - Alumni connecting with TFI and each other through online and offline spaces, staying updated (90%)
Participate - Alumni joining spaces curated by alumni Chapter committees in each region (50%)
Create - Alumni co-leading learning spaces for other alumni and collaborative projects with other alumni (10%)
What is the Public Champions Program? Who is the target audience?
Two in-person training sessions for invested govt. officials (alongside institute)
Target audience - SCERT, DIET, and Sr. administrative officers
Details - Intro to TFI ped, India & I studies, LDJ, student voice, instructional time, child safety, etc..