Retention Support Educator - Education Program (6)

Background of the Project: 

The project “Promoting the Right to Education for All- Investing in a Community of Educated, Autonomous Citizens in South Lebanon” aims at broadening the prospects for vulnerable populations in three communities in South Lebanon through improved access to education (Improving the learning performances, enhancing the learning environment, engaging the local community in the promotion of education). 

The project will benefit 800 children, youth, and caregivers from the most vulnerable populations in South Lebanon. Of these 800, 600 will be children (between the ages of 6 and 14), 100 youth (between 15 and 24 years old), and 100 adults (25 years and older), mainly caregivers of the children participating in the activities. 

The 600 children, 400 children attend school and 200 do not attend school (They are taught Basic Literacy and Numeracy (BLN) to give them the basic tools to continue their education). 

The youth will participate in project activities, especially Youth Basic Literacy Numeracy (YBLN), transferable skills training, psychosocial support, and community committees and initiatives as needed. These are usually young people who have difficulties finding work or educational opportunities. The adults are targeted through project activities, especially Adult Basic Literacy Numeracy (ABLN), transferable skills training, psychosocial support, and community committees and initiatives as needed. The target group is illiterate adults who have not gone to school or have dropped out of primary education. They will mostly be from the refugee community and usually the caregivers of the students enrolled in the project activities. 

Primary Purpose: 

The Retention support educator is responsible for support and guidance to learners who are at risk of dropping out of school. The educator will work on improving the academic performance of these learners in a supportive active learning environment. 

Task #1: Providing a quality education: 

- Plans, prepares, and delivers comprehensive lesson plans and instructional materials to address the different learning abilities (grades 1 to 6); 

- Develops and prepares a variety of learning materials and resources (worksheets and activities); 

- Caters to various learning styles, including visual, auditory (or aural), kinesthetic (or hands-on), and reading and writing learners; 

- Implements and adapts various teaching methods and differentiated instructions to meet children's learning abilities and interests using active learning strategies;

- Increases children’s autonomy in completing their homework/tasks and ensures they grasp the lessons’ objectives from the school;

- Participates actively in developing and creating remedial/education materials by providing feedback, participating in focus group discussions, or any other request by the Learning Development Coordinator (LDC); 

- Encourages the children’s cooperation and self-learning (peer-to-peer, tutoring, etc.);

- Performs all the tasks assigned within the scope of his/her job.

Task #2: Monitoring & evaluation 

- Design relevant tools to assess the children’s progress (Diagnostics tests, pre/post-tests, formative assessments, personal observation, regular assessment, etc.);

-  Conducts pre-and post-assessments to evaluate the children’s academic process and adapt the adopted teaching strategies;

- Monitors the attendance of the children daily;

- Reports the results to the social worker and the education assistant on time.

Task #3: Protection: 

- Ensures the implementation of Amel’s Code of Conduct, Child protection policy, and Safeguarding policies and procedures;

- Establishes classroom rules and procedures to maintain a safe, respectful, and inclusive classroom environment; 

- Oversees children during recess and activities; 

- Adopts positive discipline practices (“child-friendly” class management); 

- Supports the social worker/psychologist in engaging the community members in the children’s learning (communication skills);

- Supports the organization of any specific activities to respond to urgent needs;

- Designs and organizes occasional activities (such as community events, distribution, etc.) in coordination with other team members according to the community needs;

- Implements the protective measures for health protection continuously.

Task #4: Coordination: 

-Coordinates daily with the project’s team members to adopt the collective response to the children's needs (coherent response with animator, social worker, psychologist, etc.);

- Attends and takes part in staff meetings;

- Share pictures of the activities on the common WhatsApp group and upload them on the drive based on Amel’s communication guidelines; 

- Takes initiative to find collective solutions to challenges due to context/situation changes and adapts the project’s activities according to the retention support project goal (coordination meetings);

- Ensures smooth referrals with the field officer/ social worker/psychologist for individual cases (children, adults) with the internal referral pathways;

- Follow-ups on the education updates (national, and local updates with the public schools, MEHE, NGOs, etc.) and relay information to relevant team members.

Task #5: Professional Development:

- Participates in internal and external professional development activities (20 training hours yearly).

Working hours:3 days/ week  (11 sessions)+ additional hours (preparation, coordination meetings, events, distribution, etc.)

Qualifications, skills and Requirements:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university

A teaching diploma is a plus

1-2 years of teaching experience

Monthly incentive: 320 to 384 USD per month.  (10 to 12  Teaching sessions per week- 8$ per session: 45 minutes).

Working Conditions:

Programme: 3 Days/week, 3 to 4 sessions/day. 

Shift: Afternoon (after 2 PM).