Shivani Agarwal

Experience

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  Independent

  Jul 2000 - Sept 2008

  Freelance Consultant

  Conducted spoken English classes.Engaged in content writing projects.

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  Everest Educational Services Pvt. Ltd.

  Oct 2008 - May 2017

  Academics Manager

   Handled overseas clients and supervised timely project delivery.  Conducted personality development/communication classes for job-seeking prospective clients.  Taught Economics/Business Studies/Entrepreneurship to students at both undergraduate and post graduate level. Conducted English language training classes for students preparing for IELTS and PTE.  Provided individualized tutorial or remedial instruction to corner students. Fully trained in drafting research proposals, writing dissertations, drafting essays, and capstone projects. Well-versed with all sorts of essay writing (Rogerian, rhetoric, narrative, persuasive).  Guided global clients to work on several case studies from Harvard Business School. Handled extensive project work in Economics, English, and Management.  Guided several students to write extended essays.  Well-versed with APA, MLA, Harvard, and Chicago styles of formatting and referencing for academic documentation and report writing. Show less

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  Transweb Global Inc

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2016

  Economics Instructor
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  GREAT India Retail Education and Training Pvt Ltd

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Developed and implemented daily and unit lesson plans for BBA I year and III Year.• Administered tests and evaluations, and analyzed students’ performance.• Fostered a classroom environment conducive to learning and promoting excellent student/teacher interaction.• Helped students in their research projects. • Conducted communication skills training for the final year students.

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  Freelance writer, editor

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  Freelance ESL/IELTS Trainer
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  Y-Axis Overseas Careers

  Mar 2018 - now

  Senior Trainer

  • Managing live batches with online and classroom students simultaneously. • Imparting training for both receptive skills (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing) to enhance English language proficiency.• Guiding test takers for improving pronunciation, intonation, and voice modulation. • Creating content for providing thorough guidance to the test-takers. • Evaluating clients’ work and providing them detailed feedback and remedial measures to fill skill gaps.• Monitoring and analyzing performance using SWOT analysis. • Curating employees’ language enhancement programs across the organization.• Creating e-learning content and conducting assessments every week. Show less

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  98thPercentile

  May 2019 - Mar 2022

  Manager (ELA Program & Training)

  • Managed onboarding training (technology, process, and communication) for all thenew hires and evaluate their performance through curated assessments. • Designed training manual for new product launches.• Supervised the draft and design of the monthly newsletter• Ensured continuous learning and development of the employees. • Conducted live training for native US teachers to deliver English language classes.• Maintained training repository by creating video tutorials to facilitate training across the organization. • Audited teachers' performance every week and provided feedback to the teachers for improvement.• Analyzed teachers’ performance charts as per internal audit as well as clients’ feedback.• Delivered weekly plans using ‘Agile methodology’. • Responsible for planning, preparing, and publishing training calendars ensuring optimum utilization.• Developed curriculum maps for (K-12) as per US Common Core State Standards.• Conducted live classes for middle school US students.• Prepared teaching materials and outline for the course using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Show less

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  Kisanlink

  Aug 2022 - Sept 2024

  • Co-Founder

    Jan 2024 - Sept 2024

  • VP - Training & Marketing

    Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Training & Content Head

    Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
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  University of Hyderabad

  Aug 2023 - now

  Visiting Faculty