Expression of Interest teachers to develop ELLs of theoretical subjects in “Health Inpsection and Food Safety”, - 18.2208.9-001.00 QuA-VET

1. Brief information on the project

The project "Improving the Quality and Attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training in Lebanon" aims to increasingly align vocational education and training in sectors with sustainable employment potentials with the needs of the Lebanese economy.

Emphasis is placed on improving the partnership between vocational training institutions and the private sector, strengthening human resource capacity in vocational training institutions, and developing practice-oriented training programs. The target groups of the project are young people, unemployed and underemployed adults who want to improve their employment prospects through qualifications relevant to the labor market.

The implementing partner is the Directorate General for Vocational and Technical Education (DGVTE), which lacks capacity at various levels to involve the private sector in vocational education and training. This concerns curriculum development, teacher training and the expansion of practical elements in teaching. The project's advisory approach includes establishing and advising coordination bodies with representatives of the state vocational training sector and company representatives at the macro and steering levels, piloting cooperation models between vocational training institutions and the private sector, systematic human resources development in public vocational training institutions and testing competency-based, modularized training programs.

2. Context
   1. Background – E-learning

2. the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the stumbling economic situation that are affecting Lebanon at several levels, TVET schools and institutes are not opening on a regular basis since March 2020 and are likely to stay closed most days of the week during the whole academic year 2022/23.

Based on the experience in e-learning which the GIZ project’s ProVTE and VTE4all have collected, and considering that the teaching and learning at distance will be a constant in the future in the form of blended learning, the QuA-VET project intends to develop the technical theoretical subjects of TS1 and TS2 “Health Inspection and Food Safety” in e-learning (EL) modality.

This will ensure that students are receiving the necessary support to access the technical theoretical subjects as e-lessons and that their learning is not interrupted due to the instability in the country. Moreover, the lessons in EL modality will be a support for teachers for in presence lessons, whenever more face to face teaching will be taking place.  

Up to now teachers of the TS “Health Inspection and Food Safety” are used to deliver the content of the technical theoretical subjects in classroom settings, following an existing curriculum.

In order to address the need for competent technical teachers, that are able to develop and facilitate technical theory subject classes in e-learning modality, a competent and motivated group of public TVET teachers will be selected and trained to develop the same technical and theoretical subjects in EL modality.

3. Outline of the mission

To assure a consistent level of quality of the content and the flow of the e-learning lessons (ELLs), a standard development process has been defined. The teachers will attend a mandatory 80-hour training course (over a period of 2 weeks), so called Training of Trainers (ToT), to get familiarized with this process, with e-learning principles and with the e-learning development software.

The ToT courses will be conducted online. During the second week, the teachers will be assigned to develop 1 e-learning lesson (50 minutes long), in Arabic, English or French language, related to one of the TS1 or TS2 technical theoretical subjects courses listed below. His/her performance will be assessed, and the most qualified teachers will subsequently have the possibility to be contracted by QuA-VET project to develop different technical theoretical courses of the TS program “Health Inspection and Food Safety” in EL modality, such as:

TS1

TS2

• Food Biochemistry

• Risk Analysis of Food Establishments

• Food Microbiology

• Food Laws and Regulations

• Fundamentals of Food Technology

• Food Safety Management Systems (Management requirements)

• Fundamentals of Food Safety

• Epidemiology

• Introduction to Quality

• Cleaning and Disinfection

• Occupational Health and Safety

• Food Borne Diseases

• Basics of Inspection and Sampling

• Public and Environmental Health

• Food Safety Management Systems (HACCP)

• Inspection of Food Establishments

• Health Management

4. Anticipated timeframe of ToT courses: 06.02.2023 – 01.08.2023

       Anticipated contract period for e-lesson development: 06.03.2023 – 29.03.2024

Outputs/Results

• Attendance and successful fulfilment of the Pre-ToT assignments
• 100% attendance of the digital ToT course on e-lesson development (80h) outside official working hours for teachers / in the afternoon:
  •  completion of the self-paced e-courses
  •  attendance in the live sessions on MS Teams
• 100% fulfilment of the assignments required during the course
• Development of 1 e-lesson (50 minutes) of a technical theoretical subject delivered by the end of the ToT course, applying the standards presented during the ToT

2.1      Qualifications of proposed Expert

 2.1.1  General qualifications

Qualification & General profressional experience:

• University degree at least at bachelor level in Public Health, Food Science and Management, Pharmacy, Biomedical Science, Nutrition & Dietetics, or any other related field, with 3 additional years of working experience in teaching in TVET the technical theoretical subjects of Health Inspection and Food Safety

or

• TS degree in Health Inspector and Food Safety (or equivalent in a similar discipline) with 5 additional years of working experience in teaching in TVET the technical theoretical subjects of Health Inspection and Food Safety

or

• BT degree in Health Inspection (or equivalent in a similar discipline) with 7 additional years of working experience in teaching in TVET the technical theoretical subjects of Health Inspection and Food Safety

or

• LT or LET in Health Inspection and Food Safety (or equivalent in a similar discipline) with 5 additional years of working experience in teaching in TVET the technical theoretical subjects of Health Inspection and Food Safety

Specific professional experience:

• Proven and extensive experience in the development of training materials and documentation
• Ability to explain complex information in a concise manner
• Experience in preparing assessment on technical theoretical subjects

Others:

• Proficient in use of MS Office (Power Point, Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Proficiency in internet (re-)search
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx or similar programs

2.1.2   Experience in the region/knowledge of the country

• At least 5 years working experience in Lebanon (minimum requirement)

2.1.3   Language skills

Fluency in:

• French language (minimum requirement)
• Arabic language (minimum requirement)
• English language (preferred requirement)

2.2      Conditions

• Availability of a PC or laptop with MS Office applications
• Availability of a monitor screen (preferrable)
• Availability of a stable internet connection (required)
• Participants of the ToT will receive a compensation of 192$ for a 50-minute e-lesson developed and submitted by the end of the training, under condition to attend 100% of the online training sessions and deliver all course assignments in compliance with the standards set during the course