English Education Curriculum and Materials Design Specialist
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Project Description
Volunteers with a Master’s Degree in Education, at least 5 years of public school teaching experience, and experience working with high school curriculum design are needed to work with the ministry to further develop the English education curriculum. The Volunteers will coordinate with the small groups of 3-10 PCVs and Costa Rican English teachers that will be working with national English advisors from secondary education on two main projects. First, the Volunteers will help produce supplementary materials and develop resources including audio, videos, teacher tool kits, student resource kits and dialogue scripts. Secondly, the Volunteers will support a variety of curriculum development initiatives through document revision and provide additional support to the national English advisors as they create a science curriculum for bilingual elementary schools. The goal of this assignment is to continue to strengthen the secondary education curriculum and further the implementation of the curriculum throughout Costa Rican secondary public schools.
Please note that departure dates and other details of this project could change because of the uncertainties as Peace Corps and local partners resume volunteer operations. Candidates selected for this position will be arriving in Costa Rica together as a group, so while the departure dates for the whole group could change, dates cannot be changed for individual candidates.
Partner Information
Required Skills
• Master’s Degree in Education- preferably related to curriculum and instruction.
• 5 -10 years of public school teaching experience.
• Experience working with high school/primary school curriculum design.
• Intermediate Spanish. Most professional interactions will occur in English but Spanish is needed to communicate with other staff who are not English professionals as well as for daily life interactions (getting to work, buying groceries, developing local relationships, etc.).
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach to professionalism. Be able to work well with tight timelines and very little supervision.
• Willingness to approach the position through the Peace Corps’ philosophy on development.
The Peace Corps embraces and leverages the diversity of its volunteers as a reflection of America's diversity. Peace Corps Response is committed to reflecting the diversity of the United States in the professionals we send into the field to support the mission of world peace and friendship. Applicants with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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