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Anjana Narayanan

Educator and Social Impact Professional | Curriculum Design | Learning Experience Design | Counselling Psychology

Greater Chennai Area

4+ years of work experience

Teach For India
May 20242 yrsApr 2026

India

● Led instruction for 24 students from lower socio-economic backgrounds in a government school, teaching English, Mathematics, and EVS across Grades 3 - 4 over two years ● Improved learning outcomes, increasing Reading Comprehension proficiency to 88% and Mathematics proficiency to 63% through data-driven, differentiated instruction ● Designed and implemented differentiated academic resources and a CASEL-aligned SEL curriculum to accelerate mastery and holistic development across varied learner levels ● Coached and led a team of 3 classroom volunteers, strengthening instructional delivery and classroom management ● Partnered with Lead By Design to deliver play-based leadership learning, building students’ emotional, social, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and increasing classroom engagement by 45% ● Spearheaded a student-led community clean-up initiative, embedding civic responsibility and collaboration into Grade 4 learning
DIRECT Changing Lives
Dec 202211 mosOct 2023

Chennai

● Observed and assessed neurodivergent children with cognitive and behavioral differences ● Designed and implemented targeted interventions using Cognitive Psychology and Counselling frameworks ● Supported individual learning goals, improving focused attention for a non-verbal child with Autism and spatial reasoning for a non-verbal child with Developmental Delay
The Promise Foundation
Apr 20228 mosNov 2022

Bengaluru

Contributed to the UKRI–GCRF funded TalkTogether Project, a four-country research collaboration involving the University of Oxford (UK), The Promise Foundation (India), University of the Philippines & Interactive Children’s Literacy Programme (Philippines), and Georgia State University (USA) - Assisted the Lead Research Associate in developing a Systematic Review of Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) literature, led by the University of Oxford in partnership with The Promise Foundation - Supported the development of a Desk Review of Government of India initiatives related to early childhood and language development - Contributed to the development of a Hindi Print Corpus to analyse the impact of language use on children’s language development practices
The Promise Foundation
Nov 20217 mosMay 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Teach For India
Jul 20215 mosNov 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

MSc, Counseling Psychology

Madras school of social work

20192 yrs2021
Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Sociology and Economics

Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru

20163 yrs2019

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Headline

Educator and Social Impact Professional | Curriculum Design | Learning Experience Design | Counselling Psychology

About

An empathetic and determined individual, committed to working with children, coupled with interpersonal skills and background in Counselling Psychology.

Location

Greater Chennai Area

Work experience

Teaching Fellow at Teach For India, May 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs, India, ● Led instruction for 24 students from lower socio-economic backgrounds in a government school, teaching English, Mathematics, and EVS across Grades 3 - 4 over two years ● Improved learning outcomes, increasing Reading Comprehension proficiency to 88% and Mathematics proficiency to 63% through data-driven, differentiated instruction ● Designed and implemented differentiated academic resources and a CASEL-aligned SEL curriculum to accelerate mastery and holistic development across varied learner levels ● Coached and led a team of 3 classroom volunteers, strengthening instructional delivery and classroom management ● Partnered with Lead By Design to deliver play-based leadership learning, building students’ emotional, social, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and increasing classroom engagement by 45% ● Spearheaded a student-led community clean-up initiative, embedding civic responsibility and collaboration into Grade 4 learning

Cognitive Trainer and Behaviour Therapist at DIRECT Changing Lives, Dec 2022 - Oct 2023 · 11 mos, Chennai, ● Observed and assessed neurodivergent children with cognitive and behavioral differences ● Designed and implemented targeted interventions using Cognitive Psychology and Counselling frameworks ● Supported individual learning goals, improving focused attention for a non-verbal child with Autism and spatial reasoning for a non-verbal child with Developmental Delay

Project Coordinator at The Promise Foundation, Apr 2022 - Nov 2022 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Contributed to the UKRI–GCRF funded TalkTogether Project, a four-country research collaboration involving the University of Oxford (UK), The Promise Foundation (India), University of the Philippines & Interactive Children’s Literacy Programme (Philippines), and Georgia State University (USA) - Assisted the Lead Research Associate in developing a Systematic Review of Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) literature, led by the University of Oxford in partnership with The Promise Foundation - Supported the development of a Desk Review of Government of India initiatives related to early childhood and language development - Contributed to the development of a Hindi Print Corpus to analyse the impact of language use on children’s language development practices

Research Associate at The Promise Foundation, Nov 2021 - May 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Community Volunteer at Teach For India, Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

MSc, Counseling Psychology, Madras school of social work

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Sociology and Economics, Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru