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The purpose of this contract is to procure technical assistance to improve early grade reading skills for Honduran students from first to sixth grade in the target regions. At the end of 2015, 38 percent of sixth grade students nationwide performed at grade level. This Activity will take on a national systems strengthening approach. Building on USAID’s prior national level investments in improving curriculum, teaching practices and the education evaluation system, interventions will be explicitly targeted to improve instruction at the school and classroom level. These interventions will include but not be limited to providing support for improving teacher effectiveness; strengthening existing student assessment at the school level; increasing the quality, availability and use of reading materials; and strengthening classroom and school management.

Position Description

The Senior Reading Specialist (SRS) provides overall technical oversight and guidance to the project on learning and reading instruction. He/she supervises the production of all program supported reading material, all teaching methodology improvement and teacher training, all teacher and classroom supervision and monitoring and all student testing efforts. He/she ensures complementarity of activity approaches in reading across the Mission Development Objectives and target areas, liaises with government representatives at various levels on technical matters. He/she bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that children in target schools achieve improved outcomes in reading. It is expected that the Reading Specialist will work directly with other senior specialists to achieve the expected results.

Education: Requires a master’s degree in education.  A focus on basic or primary education and/or early grade reading or learning is preferred. A Ph.D. in education is also preferred.

Skills and Experience:

• Must be an experienced educator with at least 10 years in areas related to teacher training design and delivery;
• Experience in programs that work specifically to improve early grade reading is required;
• Prior experience with the development of early grade reading materials, training programs, classroom monitoring protocols, and tests and assessments is required;
• Proven knowledge of Honduras’ education system capacity, strengths, needs and challenges is strongly preferred; and
• Prior experience with supporting civil-society based monitoring of reading outcomes is required.

Language:

• SPANISH: Professional Proficiency in Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing is required.
• ENGLISH: Proficiency in Reading, Speaking, Listening and Writing is preferred.

Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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