Harnoor Kaur

Experience

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  Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Project Trainee

  Project Trainee at the Bio-Organic Department of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai for the project “Enantioselective Synthesis of Microcarpalide as an anti-carcinogen”.

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  Festival Sherpa

  Dec 2016 - May 2017

  Writer

  Working at the media company entailed creative content writing and journalism in various forms:• Conducting interviews of upcoming music groups and articulating them in a fun readable way• Forming questionnaires for interviews of popular musicians at Music Festivals• Writing relevant music news daily• Creating SEO friendly articles and lists• Creating Photo-diaries by choosing aesthetic pictures from a plethora of photographs of Music Festivals• Creating interactive Quizzes and Polls Show less

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  Paperless Postcards

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

  Writer

  Working at the Start-Up media company required creative content writing and publishing online blogs:• Writing hard-hitting open letters for the online audience of the brand• Creating SEO friendly articles and poetry• Leading a group of talented writers• Coming up with new ideas to be fashioned into open letters• Publishing and regulating blog entries

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  Apni Shala

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  Writer and Assistant Facilitators

  Working at an NGO required working with kids studying in BMC schools in Mumbai• observe full sessions of Social and Emotional Learning in the schools, make observation notes, take photographs and assist Apni Shala facilitators in any way they find appropriate• write classroom conversations based on my observations, notes with inputs from the facilitators

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  Khula Aasman

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  English Teacher

  Working at this NGO required teaching English language to students from 1st to 7th grade in a rehabilitated slum called Lallubhai Compound• observe the learning sensibilities of children and devise lesson plans accordingly• differentiating them on the basis of their prior knowledge and quick learning activities rather than their age and grades• teaching how to read in English• building vocabularies, strengthening pronunciation• working on phonetics

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  EduDefine

  Sept 2019 - Apr 2020

  Education Provider

  • Teaching English Language and Literature to ISC Board, Cambridge AS & A Level Students• Teaching English Language, Creative Writing to ICSE students

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2020 - May 2024

  Academic Tutor

  Sep '20- Apr '21 Continued tutoring ISC and Cambridge AS & A Level students, remotely as per COVID-19 restrictions. The subjects taught were English Language, Literature, and Sociology.Aug '21- Apr '22 Facilitated a student (PwD), throughout her last year of B.A. Sociology. The subjects taught were Education and Sociology. I finished the last semester of my second Master's degree concurrently.June '23- Oct '23 Taught English Language, Literature in English, and Sociology to IGCSE students remotely for UnSchool, Dehradoon.Dec '23- May '24 Developed and instructed a fast-track 0500 IGCSE course for private candidates appearing for May/June series examination Show less

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  The Blue Mountains School - India

  May 2022 - Jun 2023

  Senior English Teacher

  English Language 9093/0500, Literature in English/World Literature 0475/0408, Global Perspectives 0457 for the IGCSE, AS and A Levels-Certification by Cambridge International Education for IGCSE Literature in English 0475/0992, Apr 2023-Certification by Cambridge International Education for IGCSE First Language English 0550, Oct 2022-Speech and Drama co-instructor