Theatre & Spoken Language Instructor

About the Role

Pannini Educational Ventures Private Limited builds innovative, personalized, intelligence-oriented education systems through its brands, Chilipili and Gurukul. The mission is to make children fall in love with English and Hindi as living languages they can speak, perform, and play with, by teaching through theatre, drama, poetry, and the music of the spoken word.

Role Summary

Teach spoken English and Hindi to children using theatre and drama. Through storytelling, role-play, poetry, recitation, and performance, build intonation, articulation, vocabulary, and the courage to speak. Collaborate with academic and curriculum teams to design experiences that make language joyful and alive.

Location

Onsite — Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach spoken English and Hindi using theatre, drama, role-play, and improvisation.
• Build children's intonation, articulation, pronunciation, and expressive delivery.
• Use poetry, recitation, songs, and storytelling to develop rhythm and love of language.
• Create a safe, playful space for children to speak, perform, and make mistakes.
• Run regular conversation sessions, debates, and speaking games in both languages.
• Expand children's vocabulary, idiom, and ability to express ideas naturally.
• Give targeted support to hesitant or struggling speakers.
• Track and reflect each child's spoken progress over time.
• Design and build a reusable library of scripts, poems, drama exercises, and conversation activities.
• Collaborate with curriculum and academic teams to weave spoken-language work into the broader programme.
• Prepare age-appropriate material for different levels.
• Direct and stage recitations, skits, and theatre showcases.
• Involve parents and the wider community in celebrating children's spoken growth.
• Continuously improve the approach based on what works with the children.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong spoken command of both English and Hindi — correct intonation, pronunciation, rhythm, and expression.
• A background and practical skill in theatre, drama, or performing arts (acting, direction, improvisation, voice, stagecraft).
• A real feel for the languages — their nuance, idiom, poetry, and literary beauty — and the ability to make children feel it too.
• Ability to design age-appropriate spoken-language activities: scripts, role-plays, poems, recitation, storytelling, debate, and conversation games.
• Comfort using AI and simple technology productively to prepare material, scripts, and practice content.
• Expressive, energetic, and able to hold a room of children with presence and warmth.
• High ownership — builds the programme rather than waiting for a fixed syllabus.
• Patient, encouraging, and able to draw out shy or hesitant children.
• Creative and resourceful — invents activities, adapts on the fly, improves continuously.
• Genuine care for children and alignment with the mission of joyful, understanding-led learning.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate in any field; a background in theatre, performing arts, literature, or language education is a strong plus.
• Experience: Demonstrable experience in theatre/drama and in the spoken use of English and Hindi; experience teaching or working with children is preferred.
• Language: Fluent, expressive spoken English and Hindi (essential). Kannada is a plus.
• Tools: Comfort with basic technology and willingness to use AI productively for preparation.