CURRICULUM DESIGNER – EDUCATION REMEDIAL SESSIONS

Amel’s education program

Amel association international has been implementing education activities since 1980’s. From 2014, Amel has been involved in the response to the Syrian crisis while integrating its education program into the RACE plan (Reaching All Children with Education) in coordination with MEHE (Ministry of Education and Higher Education) and the Education sector. Amel particularly focuses its support to the vulnerable children aged from 6 to 15 years while providing Retention Support in order to improve the children’s opportunities in succeeding in formal schools. During the academic year, the Amel’s team provide Homework support in addition to Remedial sessions during school break. Below are described the interventions of the Amel’s education program in 2021:

Amel’s Retention support program:

- 300 children (6-15 years old) enrolled in 1st shift schools benefit from Homework support and remedial sessions in the community centers of Haret Hreik and Ain el Remmaneh (Beirut Mount Lebanon)

- 600 children (6-15 years) enrolled in 2nd shift schools benefit from Homework support and remedial sessions in the informal tented settlements of Khiam (South Lebanon) and Kamed el Loz (West Bekaa)

Basic Literacy & Numeracy program:

- 120 children (10-14 years) benefit from BLN cycles in the informal tented settlements of Kamed el Loz (West Bekaa) and in Hay el Sellom area (Beirut Mount Lebanon)

- 160 youths (15-24 years old) benefit from Y-BLN in the informal tented settlements of Kamed el Loz (West Bekaa) and Khiam (South Lebanon)

The project: Mobile Education Unit – West Bekaa

Within the Education program, Amel Association International launched two Mobile Education Units (MEUs) in 2017-2018. The MEUs are operating inside the informal tented settlements in South Lebanon (Khiam) and in West Bekaa (Kamed el Loz) and offer quality education service to the most vulnerable children.

The Mobile Education Unit was launched in May 2018 to offer quality education services to the most vulnerable children living in the informal tented settlements of West Bekaa. In December 2020, a new phase of the project will start with the implementation of the following outputs:

• Vulnerable children enrolled in school (6-15 years old) fill their knowledge gaps and have acquired the knowledge required for the respective year;
• School-age children and young people (between 10 and 24 years of age) who are not enrolled at school have an improved level of education;
• The families of the children and young people and other inhabitants of the informal settlements in West Bekaa recognise the benefits of education for themselves and consider it important to prioritise education for their children;
• The mental readiness of children and young people (between 3 and 24 years of age) to learn is strengthened in an educationally positive environment.

Through the completion of these activities, the project aims to improve the future perspectives of the most vulnerable refugee populations living in the informal tented settlements of West Bekaa. With the support of a larger group of community members (children, youths, adults), the MEU team will have a positive impact on the whole community and strengthen the right to quality education for all. 

Assignment

The curriculum-designer will be responsible in developing the content of the Remedial Sessions delivered to the school-enrolled children during the summer break. The consultant will be in charge of designing the curriculum and the material following a need assessment in close coordination with the Amel’s team on the field and the management level. To ensure that Amel implements the curriculum with the best teaching practices, the curriculum designer will conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) will follow up sessions.

The objective of the summer remedial sessions is to review the core learning acquirements of the past academic year in order to prepare the children for the next academic back to school. The children who will be benefited from the summer remedial sessions will be the children enrolled in Amel’s education activities, with a priority given to the children enrolled in the project “Mobile Education Unit – West Bekaa” (children enrolled from Grade 1 to Grade 7). The curriculum will consist of pedagogical exercises which will be designed as per the learning objectives defined beforehand.

Phase 1: Need Assessment

• Conduct several meetings with the Amel’s coordination team to deeply understand the background of the project, the goal of the Summer Remedial sessions into the Retention Support program and its modalities;
• Design a protocol to conduct a need assessment with the Amel’s field teams including one to one interview, field visit, team meetings and questionnaires (assess the children’s needs according to their accurate academic level, identify relevant teachings methods, define priorities for learning objectives, collect relevant topics to be addressed, etc.);
• Finalize the protocol with the Amel’s coordinators;
• Conduct the need assessment and share the progress on a regular basis with the Amel’s team;
• Conclude the need assessment and share the results analyzed with the Amel’s coordinators.

Phase 2: Learning objectives

• Define a strategy with the Amel’s coordinators to intertwine the requirements of the official school curriculum and the results of the need assessment (accurate children’s level, main priorities, etc.);
• Define the main learning objectives to be addressed for each grade per grade per subject (7 different grades);
• Collect the Amel’s teams feedback and edit the learning objectives accordingly;
• Design the assessment tools to evaluate the children’s progress as per the learning objectives (pre/post-test, teachers’ observations, auto-evaluation, etc.) and finalize the tools with the Amel’s team.

Phase 3: Creation of the curriculum’s content

• Design a Table of Content for each booklets;
• Design the worksheets and share samples with the Amel’s teams, collect feedback and edit accordingly;
• Compile all worksheets per grade after finalizing the content with the Amel’s team;
• Work on the design of the booklets with the support of the communication department;
• Share the final versions with the coordinators.

Phase 4: Training of Trainers and follow up

• Design the Teacher guide and finalize with the Amel’s team;
• Design the ToT’s agenda and the training’s material with the Amel’s team;

• Ensure the smooth running of the training while encouraging an active participation of all participants;
• Conduct follow up sessions with field visits and team meetings to monitor the startup of the Remedial sessions.

Phase 1: Need Assessment from 01.03.2021 to 31.03.2021

Phase 2: Learning objectives from 01.04.2021 to 15.04.2021

Phase 3: Creation of the curriculum’s content from 16.04.2021 to 31.05.2021

Phase 4: Training of Trainers and follow up from 01.06.2021 to 30.06.2021