Call For applications: National Expert group Results 1-2-3
TALK programme (2022-2026)
BACKGROUND
VVOB – education for development is a Belgian non-profit development organisation working towards inclusive quality education in nine countries in Africa, Asia and South America. Through capacity development of ministries of education, we strengthen the professional development of teachers and school leaders in a sustainable way.
OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL EXPERT GROUP
VVOB will form national expert groups comprised of 6 people for each results area. Each area has a different area of expertise and varying responsibilities.
National Expert Group on Emergent Literacy (Result 1)
Result 1: D/BOET set up capacity-development for teachers to create language rich learning environment (LRLE) applied to emergent literacy (EL) with attention for wellbeing and involvement.
- Milestone 1.1 National expert group on language established and strengthened capacity to provide Capacity Development (CD) trajectory on LRLE and EL (covering parents’ involvement, cultural diversity and in relation with ‘strengthening Vietnamese program’) (Material development)
- Milestone 1.2 National expert group is able to develop provincial ECE networks’ capacity on language rich learning environment and emergent literacy
National Expert Group on School Leadership (SL) (Result 2)
Result 2: DOET/BOET provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities to school leaders to create an enabling environment for collaborative and reflective learning, especially for teachers working in satellite classes, within the existing policy.
- Milestone 2.1 National expert group on SL established and strengthened capacity to provide CD trajectory in School Leadership for DOETs and BOETs.
- Milestone 2.2 D/BOET have enhanced leadership skills to support SLs (individual and groups at district/province-level) in organising effective TPD and guiding a school-level change process (trained by national expert group SL)
- Milestone 2.3 SLs have enhanced leadership skills to support teachers to create a LRLE in their schools (trained by national expert group SL)
- Milestone 2.5 All involved stakeholders have a common understanding of the programme's objectives, approaches, lessons learned and achievements
National Expert Group on Research relating to language development (Result 3)
Results 3: The national expert group will advocate for language rich learning environments (LRLE) as an effective approach to support children’s readiness for learning towards MOET and other stakeholders, based on empirical data collected throughout the programme.
- Milestones 3.1 The national expert group from key academic institutions will develop a shared framework to understand and analyse common barriers to multilingual language development.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The selected experts need to show proven qualifications and experience in the areas of ECE, emergent literacy and language rich learning environment, as well as multilingual education focused on ethnic minority children. Details of the requirement experience and qualifications are clearly indicated in the TOR.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for any of the positions, please send your updated CV highlighting your experience and qualifications relevant to the position you’re applying to. In addition, you are requested to submit an expression of interest of no more than one page which demonstrate your suitability and motivation for the relevant position.
Please send your applications, in English, to [email protected] [1] and [email protected] [2]. Deadline for submission: end of day 31 March 2022 (Vietnam Time)
Please find attached the full Terms of Reference (in English [3] and Vietnamese [4]) for more details.