Develop content for Teachers Social Emotional Learning training - Beirut - FOR NATIONAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Background of the project  

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

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 awarded to Word Learning.  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) will lead the social and emotional learning (SEL) component of the program and is responsible of developing Social Emotional SEL Short videos addressed to teachers and to students and aiming to explain main SEL messages and skills.

Scope of work

The contractor should review the IRC SEL foundational teacher’s training, Qitabi and partners training modules, and other related trainings, assess the needs and develop SEL training content that fits blended training technique.

Deliverables:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Review IRC SEL foundational teacher’s package
• Review Qitabi I and partners’ teacher’s training modules.
• Review teachers SEL related trainings.
• Align the trainings to overall QITABI2 Holistic Learning Approach (HLA), Balanced Literacy Approach (BLA) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Conceptualize training materials based on needs assessment and revision.
• Suggest additional module based on the above findings
• Transform the developed training modules into a blended learning technique (Webinar, training videos …)
• Advice on what modules should go through coaching (virtual or face to face)
• Suggest methodologies of the learning process
• Demonstrate needed skills related to the training

Deliverable

Numbers of days

Review IRC materials and meet with the respective staff

3

Review IRC foundational training and ECD materials

2

Assess teachers’ need and interview IRC partners

2

Develop additional training module in Arabic

5

Assess and review blended approach for teachers

2

Create content for blended learning (5 modules), webinar and/or training videos

10

Report with all related literature review (In English)

2

N.B: the report should be in English, while all developed materials should be in Arabic.

Requirements:

• Advanced university degree in the field of Education, Social Sciences, Teaching, Psychology, or relevant fields of study.
• Well versed in SEL language within the Lebanese context
• Knowledge and understanding of the social context of relevant age groups, namely primary grades 1 – 6.
• Good knowledge in IT
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with the public education sector
• Ability to apply theoretical and research-based knowledge into context specific SEL language
• Fluent in French /English