Life Skills Educator - Kabelias Bekaa

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective teaching and facilitation to refugees and vulnerable host community children by employing a variety of methodologies in teaching students, including demonstrations, discussions, and lectures
• Teach relevant life skills and NRC Better Learning Programme (NRC PSS approach) using active and learning centred methodologies

• Attend and actively participate in all trainings held by NRC Lebanon, which are mandatory for all educators. If any trainings are missed due to unforeseen reasons, the educator must request the direct supervisor for a make-up training.
• Implement and follow NRC life skills curriculum and enrich content where appropriate, including the production and dissemination of teaching handouts and activities sheets
• Maintain a child-friendly and safe teaching/learning environment in the classroom while adopting a holistic approach to teaching (physical, emotional, and intellectual wellbeing)
• Use positive discipline in the classroom
• Assess children's learning achievement with pre, post and periodic assessments during the cycle
• Plan and implement lessons as per the directions of the ETOs
• Attend educator meetings as requested by NRC relevant staff, participate in Teacher Learning Circles, develop extra material during workshops and adapt them to the need of the students, etc. in direct coordination with all relevant NRC Education Team to ensure and maintain high quality delivery learning environment
• Teach and educate students according to the educational needs, abilities and attainment of potential for individual students entrusted to his/her care
• Enhance parental involvement though positive communication channels with parents and PCGs (Parents Community Group) members
• Utilize and protect the educational equipment, such as materials, books, and other learning aid provided by NRC
• Supervise the students upon arrival and departure and between sessions
• Carry out related mainstreaming of protection in programme daily implementation as per the set NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines, and ensures reporting any breaches/concerns to the line manager for proper action.

Critical interface

• Education Officer
• Education Technical Officer
• Education Assistant
• Parents and PCGs

Qualifications and Relevant Skills:

• Diploma or Bachelor Degree elementary education, social science; certification/license in teaching is a plus

• 1 to 2 years working experience in education or teaching
• Honesty and trustworthiness, and responsive to constructive feedback and advice
• Ability to work systematically and organized manner
• Ability to listen actively, understand, communicate effectively, and discuss with supervisors and parents on children's learning problems and psychosocial requirements
• Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality
• Must be capable of teaching in two languages: Arabic and French / Arabic and English