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In the international education sector, from our longstanding work in post-apartheid South Africa to innovative work in Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA), including recently in Ethiopia, RTI works to improve education quality, relevance, access, and efficiency around the world.
RTI is recruiting for the USAID Ethiopia READ-TA education project, focused on curriculum revision and textbook development. We are looking for proven performance in a variety of areas, with knowledge and experience in implementing evidence-based approaches to instructional improvement. The positions are Short Term Consultancy assignments.
Short Term Consultancy Announcement for Pre-primary (KG) Curriculum Review & KG –Grades 4 English Syllabus Revision - Pre-primary (KG) Teachers Trainer
The Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Technical Assistance (READ TA) program has worked closely with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Regional State Education Bureaus (RSEBs) to support the development of a national syllabus framework and curriculum materials for seven mother tongue languages in Grades 1–8.
Under the READ TA Scope of Work, the program also supports the MOE by reviewing the grades 1-8 English curriculum materials and developing the improved curriculum materials as needed. An English situation analysis (ESA) was conducted in 2015 for grades 1-8 which indicated the need to revise the curriculum materials to fill identified gaps. In line with this, READ TA also plans to provide technical assistance to MoE to review and revise the Preprimary (Kindergarten) curriculum framework.
The main activities under this scope of work are reviewing and revising the Preprimary (K) Curriculum framework through Desk Study.
To accomplish these activities, READ TA would like to hire short term local consultant who can be part of the review team as Preprimary (KG) Teachers Trainer and who meets the required level of qualification, competency and experience listed below.
Major tasks the Preprimary (KG) Teachers Trainer is expected to undertake
Pre-primary Curriculum Framework Review (Desk Study):-
Grades KG-4 Curriculum Framework (Syllabus) Revision:-
Qualification
Experience in
Skills or qualities required from the consultant: