Sr Technical Consultant for English Literacy

Senior Technical Consultant for English Literacy  

October 2024 

  

PROGRAM:                                                   USAID’s Esho Shikhi Activity 

POSITION TITLE:                                          Senior Technical Consultant for English Literacy 

POSITION STATUS:                                      Short-Term Consultant 

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:                       Dhaka, Bangladesh  

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:                     November 8, 2024 – September 30, 2025 

LEVEL OF EFFORT:                                     TBD  

  

BACKGROUND INFORMATION  

Winrock International is implementing USAID’s Esho Shikhi Activity in Bangladesh. The activity aims to increase learning opportunities, enhance teaching quality and teaching learning materials to improve quality education in selected subjects, strengthen the capacity of field-level mentors to deliver quality education, and improve school communities’ ability to mitigate and manage the effects of shocks and stressors on education access and quality. 

 

In partnership with the Government of Bangladesh’s Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Esho Shikhi works with marginalized and vulnerable communities to address the needs of schools to improve the learning outcomes of children in select subject areas in grades 1-5, with a special focus on grades 1-2. Esho Shikhi engages parents and communities to increase learning opportunities for their children outside of the classroom and helps communities mitigate hardships including disasters and/or pandemics to maintain continuous access and quality of education for their children.  

 

Beginning in October 2024, Esho Shikhi will work with DPE, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), and National Academy for Primary Education (NAPE) on developing an English language literacy program for Grade 1 and 2 teachers. Winrock International is seeking an expert to lead the technical collaboration with the GoB to design and develop teaching and learning materials and the master trainer training and teacher training program for English literacy.  

 

The Senior Technical Consultant is expected to work with the various Esho Shikhi teams on the following program activities: 

• Reviewing the existing government curriculum, training materials, teachers guide, classroom instructional materials to identify the gaps in existing training materials and the classroom instructional materials  

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