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# Anjana Narayanan on Tal

## 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

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