Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Facilitator wanted at Young1ove 729 views

ROLE DESCRIPTION:  Facilitator

Primary Purpose: Young love is committed to ensuring that youth in Botswana are equipped with proven life-saving information. We believe that the ability to count and grasp basic numerical concepts is an essential skillset that has ramifications on health, poverty and well-being. We are looking to engage facilitators to teach basic numeracy skills to school students in Standards 4 & 5 in Gaborone and Mochudi. Facilitators will be trained on the program assessment tools, curriculum, and operations and will implement the program over the course of three months.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Facilitators will be responsible for implementing Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) at quality:

• Attend 10-day training prior to implementation in Mochudi.
• Assess student numeracy skills with TaRL levelling tool at baseline, midline, and endline.
• Develop detailed daily lesson plans with targeted objectives and activities.
• Facilitate high-energy 1-hour curriculum on basic numeracy to Standards 4 & 5 students for over the course of 7-9 weeks.
• Target and advance student learning with learner-centered activities and teaching techniques.
• Engage in daily and weekly reflections with fellow facilitators and mentors.

Qualifications and characteristics:

• Youth between age 20 and 35 years with minimum of a Junior Certificate qualification, up to Diploma and Degree qualification.
• Preferred experience in educational environments facilitating, teaching, lesson planning, tutoring numeracy.
• Facilitators will be selected from implementing regions. Applicants must have accommodation in the selected school districts.
• Familiarity and ease in working with children.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Setswana.
• Ability to develop strong and cooperative working relationships with students, teachers, local community-based stakeholders and members of the community.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to self-development as well as strive to link theory with practice.
• In accordance with the Young love Child Protection Policy, a police background check is compulsory.