Country: Lebanon
Closing date: 31 Aug 2017
SB Overseas is a non-profit organisation registered in Belgium, dedicated to providing essential humanitarian aid, as well as education, vocational training and psychological support for refugees, asylum seekers, and other victims of conflict. We run projects in Belgium, Lebanon, and Turkey, and support other projects in Syria. Our foundational philosophy is to provide this aid without reference or discrimination towards any religious or political affiliation.
Period: 6 months
Starting date: mid-September 2017
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Description: SB Overseas is looking for an enthusiastic and qualified ESL teacher to help run two of our schools for refugee children in Lebanon. Your main responsibilities will be developing the curriculum and providing training and ongoing support to teachers and volunteers. In our schools, volunteers are primarily responsible for leading English lessons with refugee children who have beginning literacy or low beginning ESL. In some cases, volunteers may also teach Maths and Science with the assistance of our teaching staff.
We deliver a curriculum of remedial education for young refugee children who have missed out on one or more years of their education. The refugee children in our schools need remedial education in order to have a chance of passing entry tests for the Lebanese public education system. Without access to public education, they risk missing out on an education permanently and becoming a ‘lost generation’.
Roles/ Duties:
- Preparation of curriculum and daily lesson plans based on student needs
- Develop active learning instructional strategies to enhance learning
- Conduct pre and post testing of all students to measure degree of change in English knowledge
- Maintain attendance sheets
- Provide ongoing support and training to volunteers.
Required skills/experience:
- Proficiency in speaking, reading and writing English, preferably as a native English speaker.
- TESOL/TEFL or other ESL teaching qualifications
- Prior experience teaching English as a second language to refugees
- Commitment to teach for 6 months
- Skills in cross-cultural communication, organization, planning and teaching/instruction preferably as an Arabic speaker.
How to apply:
How to apply:
To apply, please send your CV to jobs@sboverseas.org
Please note the position is unremunerated, however accommodation and food subsidy is provided with contribution from the intern. More details on this will be provided during the interview.