Monday, June 16, 2008

JOB- Consultancy, Teacher Education in Afghanistan, CW4WAfghan

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JOB- Consultancy, Teacher Education in Afghanistan, CW4WAfghan

Posted by: Lauryn Oates <lauryn.oates@gmail.com>

Seeking applications for
Teacher Education Specialist: Consultancy
Location: Kabul (Afghanistan)
Deadline for applications: 17:00 June 27th, 2008

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) was established
in 1996 and is a volunteer-led, grassroots, small non-profit
organization with chapters across Canada. CW4WAfghan aims to raise
awareness among Canadians about the human rights challenges facing
Afghan women and girls and the need for solidarity from Canadians; and
to raise funds for our Afghan partners' projects in Afghanistan in the
area of education, health, skills training, libraries and empowerment.
CW4WAfghan has partnered with the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) to undertake a teacher training project in Kabul
province in collaboration with two Afghan partner organizations.

Qualifications:
* Graduate or doctoral degree in education
* Five years or more of experience in teacher training and material,
preferably in a developing country
* Classroom teaching experience
* Cross-cultural communication skills and comfortable with being in
the field in Afghanistan
* Familiarity with Afghanistan or Central Asian region preferred
* Experience with both primary and secondary level teachers preferred
* Fluency in Dari strongly preferred

Responsibilities:
* Revising and enhancing current training programs being implemented
by CW4WAfghan partners
* Build capacity of teacher trainers; and plan and give workshops for
partners on new and innovative teaching practices
* Train teacher trainers in training sessions in Kabul
* Classroom observation and evaluation of teacher practice
* Review current available literature and Afghan Government Strategy
for Education
* Collect teacher education resources and teaching materials (e.g.,
visuals, maps, etc) in Dari and English to form the basis of a virtual
teachers' resource centre
* Prepare pre-tests for teacher evaluation and help partners with
administering tests
* Advise and make recommendations to CW4WAfghan's Teacher Salary Support Fund
* Report to CW4WAfghan on progress made and contribute to narrative
reports to donor


Terms:

This is a part-time, temporary consulting position without benefits over a
period of 18 months which will require travel to Afghanistan twice annually
for periods of approximately 4-6 weeks each time, as well as preparation,
reporting and planning work from the consultant's home base. The first trip
is expected to take place between late August 2008 and January 2009.
Remuneration will be based on a daily consultancy fee rate for an expected
allocation of 3.5 months of work per year. Travel costs will be covered
based on standard Treasury Board Rates and are non-negotiable. Candidates
residing in Canada are preferred.

How to apply:

Please send a letter of interest and CV with references to by 5:00pm
Mountain Time on June 27th, 2008:

Recruitment Committee
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan - National Office
Bankview PO Box 32014
Calgary, Alberta , T2T 5X6
E-Mail: w4wafghan@praxis.ca or w4wafghan@shaw.ca

No phone calls please.

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