World Learning - QITABI 2: English Specialist

World Learning – QITABI 2: English Specialist

Quality Instruction towards Access and Basic Education Improvement” QITABI 2 Program
Background

USAID’s “Quality Instruction towards Access and Basic Education Improvement” (QITABI 2) is a five-year program seeking to improve learning outcomes for all students in public primary schools in Lebanon. Its activity targets an estimated 200,000 girls and boys, including those who are registered in second shifts of public schools.
World Learning has an immediate vacancy for a Beirut-based “English Specialist” for the USAID-funded Quality Instruction Towards Access and Basic Education Improvement (QITABI 2) in Lebanon.
To apply: Please send your resume to [email protected] with the post title on the subject line along with a cover letter (in English) explaining why you are best qualified for this position. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and qualified candidates should apply as soon as possible.

Scope and Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

The English specialist will work closely with World Learning’s home office ESL education specialist and World Learning’s Beirut office Senior Literacy Technical Director, to develop English education teaching approaches and classroom-based assessments for grades 1 – 6 public schools throughout Lebanon. The specialist should have a focus on primary school education in English, be able to create scope and sequences, lesson plans, and classroom-based assessments, and have knowledge of national curriculum and policies for English in Lebanon. The specialist will also work closely with partners to ensure social and emotional learning is embedded in the English curriculum and Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) tool is aligned to the developed scope and sequence.
Reporting to the World Learning Senior Literacy Technical Director in Lebanon, the specialist will work closely with both that person and the ESL Senior Education Specialist in home office to:
• Co-develop scope and sequence for English grades 1 – 6 based on international best practices and adapt scopeand sequence to the Lebanese context.
• Develop model lessons, using structured pedagogy, that fit within the scope and sequence.
• Embed elements of social and emotional learning into model lesson plans.
• Co-deliver Design Studios, in which subject expert members of CERD and DOPS will participate in thearticulation and refinement of the QITABI-2 reading approach and develop materials for teacher training and coaching.
• Coach members of CERD and DOPS in the development of lesson plans and materials for teacher training andcoaching.
• Co-create classroom-based assessments such as formative assessments.
• Understand results of data gathered through QITABI and QITABI-2 and apply this understanding towards the adjustment of program and policy decisions.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements
• Master’s degree in English Education with a focus on primary school education
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Minimum 7 years’ experience teaching and designing curricula for grades 1-6 English in Lebanon
• Knowledge of national English curriculum and policies in English
• Knowledge of classroom-based assessment systems
• Fluent in Arabic and English
• Able to travel in Lebanon and outside of the country for conferences/meetings
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and flexibility with project demands

Preferred qualifications:
• Ph.D. in education, Arabic language education, or related field
• Teacher training experience
• Knowledge of research skills and data analysis, both quantitative and qualitative

World Learning is an equal employment opportunity committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.