SEL Material Development Consultant Arabic - Beirut - 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 materials and tools that need an SEL consultant for contextualization.   

Scope of work

The contractor should create SEL related materials which include flash cards and activities connected the SEL integration to the lessons and SEL kernels. These templates and tools will be used by the teacher in the classroom as supporting material to facilitate SEL activities in the circle time or at any time of the day.

Deliverables:

• Creation and design of SEL Flash cards: writing SEL activities adapted to the child's age and grade level for cycle 1 and cycle 2 in Arabic.
• Creation and design of SEL activity sheet that are aligned with the SEL activities, that serve to reinforce the SEL skills.
• Coordinate, follow up and provide guidance to the graphic designer to finalize the material.
• Weekly coordination meeting with other consultants and the SEL team.
• Ensure that these activities and resources are age-appropriate for cycle 1 and cycle 2 students and are typically used in a classroom or a small group setting.
• Ensure that these activities do not require materials, but in most cases if materials are needed for the activity, they are items that all teachers have in their classroom.

SEL flash cards (SEL activities) to support the SEL integration in lessons in different languages. 

(Arabic) – 15 Cycle 1 – 15 Cycle 2

• Creation of SEL activities that are organized around the 5 domains of the SEL framework and supports learning in these domains for Cycle 1 and Cycle 2.

SEL activity sheet (15 cycle 1 – 15 Cycle 2)

• Creation of SEL activity sheet related to the SEL activities created - per grade level (C1 & C2).

Follow up with the graphic designer

•  Follow up and provide guidance to the graphic designer to finalize the material animation.

The consultant will work closely with the SEL team to ensure that the documents prepared are in line with the team's request.

The consultant should expect many revisions to the material created, and changes may be requested at any time during the creation process.

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.
• 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 Arabic.