SEEKHO Fellowship Program

SEEKHO is a non-profit organization working to create a self-sustaining culture of learning in rural India. We at SEEKHO hope to develop a scalable and sustainable model for implementing Positive Education and well-being curricula into existing education systems. Started by the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, Positive Education is a burgeoning movement based on two decades of research and findings that have demonstrated that character and social-emotional intelligence can be taught. The Positive Education approach emphasizes well-being and character development in schools and allows children to learn valuable life skills that will serve them in their future academic endeavors, careers, relationships and overall flourishing.

Fellowship Program

The SEEKHO Fellowship Program brings together a team of volunteer students and recent graduates from leading US and Indian universities to help SEEKHO resolve key challenges faced by the education non-profit sector. The SEEKHO Fellows’ project goal is to develop a comprehensive system to measure, assess, and report on the impact of SEEKHO’s programs, and potential for scale.

Activities the project entails:

  • Testing and analyzing mechanisms for assessing impact (student interviews, student academic achievement tasks, community surveys, curriculum assessment, etc.)
  • Building foundation for impact data tracking, and training relevant SEEKHO parties to implement sustainable tracking system
  • Research and development of effective and successful models for NGO impact reporting

Final deliverables of the project:

  • Process for measuring and assessing SEEKHO’s impact
  • Implemented system to track impact data on an on-going basis
  • Framework for reporting aforementioned data to key audiences (potential donors, government agencies, potential partner organizations), relationships, and overall flourishing

Timeline:

  • Week 1: Fellows will be provided with extensive training in SEEKHO’s model, teacher training, and well-being curricula
  • Weeks 2-4: Fellows will begin competitor research analysis, design research, and testing approach. Fellows will also begin testing and analyzing mechanisms for assessing impact.
  • Weeks 5-8: Fellows will implement and build foundation for impact data tracking and training relevant SEEKHO parties to implement sustainable tracking system. Fellows will research and develop effective and successful models for NGO impact reporting. Fellows will end by analyzing and addressing scalability and sustainability of impact assessment and reporting model.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for changemakers, in the form of accountants, activists, anthropologists, artists, collaborators, computer scientists, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, experimenters, explorers, filmmakers, globetrotters, historians, idealists, linguists, marketers, mathematicians, philosophers, problem solvers, psychologists, risk-takers, scientists, sociologists, teachers, team-players, or writers.

We believe in drawing from a diverse pool of talented individuals to drive meaningful change. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply; however, we are looking for the following qualifications:

  • Currently enrolled or recently graduated from an undergraduate program
  • Interest in education, social entrepreneurship, and/or international development
  • High adaptability and flexibility
  • Cultural sensitivity and open mindedness
  • Must love hugs and chai

Additional preferred skills include:

  • Experience in developing country setting
  • Demonstrated leadership
  • Proficiency/fluency in Hindi a plus

For more information, visit the SEEKHO website or contact jason@seekhoindia.org.