Centre for Teacher Accreditation
| Abbreviation | CENTA |
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| Established | 2014 |
| Type | Education, Social Enterprise |
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Key people
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Ramya Venkataraman - Founder & Chief Executive Officer Anjali Jain - Founder & Director |
| Website | www.centa.org |
Ramya Venkataraman - Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) is a social enterprise based in Bangalore. It was founded by education enthusiasts Ramya Venkataraman and Anjali Jain.
Ramya Venkataraman is Founder & CEO of Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA). Prior to this, Ramya was with McKinsey & Company for close to 16 years, including as Leader of the Education Practice, which she built, and in multiple other industry sectors/geographies in the first 10 years. Ramya was recently elected an Ashoka Fellow in recognition of her leadership and continued contributions to the education space. She earlier received a Global Entrepreneurship Award from McKinsey, was profiled by a Professor from the Institute of Education, UK, for system level impact. Ramya holds a B.Tech from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and has received awards for leadership at both institutes.
Anjali Jain is the co-founder of Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA). She has almost 20 years of business development and operations experience across IT, pharma and skill development/ education, in India, Europe and South East Asia. She is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
The CENTA Standards form the basis for the CENTA Certificates and Teaching Professionals' Olympiad (TPO). The CENTA Standards are a well-defined set of expectations for teachers at different stages of their careers, have been developed through a rigorous process and are meant to evolve continuously. The CENTA Standards correspond to the three levels of the CENTA Certificates:
• L1 : New Teacher – Typically relevant for teachers who are in the early stages of their career or are yet to begin their professional career.
• L2 : Experienced Teacher – Typically relevant for teachers with 3–10 years of experience, who are able to enrich their teaching based on their own experiences and other inputs.
• L3 : Senior Teacher – Typically relevant for teachers with more than 10 years of experience; such teachers may often be in a position to assume the role of a specialist teacher in their chosen subject/grade level or a coach where they mentor other teachers or a leader in the School or beyond.
The CENTA Standards cover: (A) 'Competencies, and (B) 'Mindsets .
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