Short-Term Inclusion and Special Education Needs Consultants (20 days for international consultants and 40 days for local consultants)

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Description: 

The main tasks and responsibilities for this role include:

  • Consult with relevant stakeholders across the education sector
  • Define and catalogue a register of complex special needs in the Lebanon context starting from the reports and analyses that have already been done.
  • Assess how each of these complex special needs are currently addressed: areas of good practice, underlying flaws in the legislative/policy landscape, existing partnerships in place etc.
  • Build capacity to develop, monitor and oversee the complex SEN environment in Lebanon
  • Develop a comprehensive framework and guideline for mainstream schools to initiate, maintain and improve inclusive education program for children with complex needs.
  • Ensure that future policy and planning is based upon practical examples, such as the existing Inclusion Project and other relevant interventions.
  • Ensure policy is deeply rooted in a Lebanon-specific and realistic multi-sector approach.
  • Develop a framework/guidelines to dealing with severe cases and suggest the appropriate solutions for the inclusive schools for each type of case.
  • Develop a plan on how inclusive schools can enroll and deal with cases of gifted students by specifying techniques to deal with each type of case.
  • Develop a draft policy document for addressing complex SEN.

Required Qualifications

 

  • Advanced university degree (minimum Masters, preferably a PhD) in education, special education, teaching, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in inclusive education or special education needs.
  • Specific experience with one or more of the specific cases of complex specials educational needs described above.
  • Demonstrates experience in supporting schools and local programs on inclusive education.
  • Fluency in Arabic and English. French is an advantage.
  • Organizations and individuals are invited to apply

 

Interested candidates should send a resume to [email protected] with the following in the subject line: “Inclusion and Special Education Needs Consultants”. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Additional details about this vacancy will be provided at a later stage.

Expired

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Last modified: 
24 Apr, 2020
Intervention Sector(s):
Development, Education, Humanitarian & Development Financing
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Contract Type:
Consultancy
Period of Employment:
N/A
Salary
N/A
Salary Range:
800 to 1200 (USD)
Education Degree:
PHD
Education Degree Details:
Experience Requirements:
More than 10 years
Arabic Language:
Fluent
English Language:
Fluent
French Language:
Good
Country/City: 
  • Lebanon
  • Beirut