St. Andrew's Refugee Services

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St. Andrew’s Refugee Services

Hours: 35 hours per week, Mon , Tues 8.00am – 3pm, Wed, Thurs, 1.00pm 8.00pm Saturday 10am – 5pm (hours are flexible)
Supervised by: Executive Director

Title: Teacher Development Trainer/Mentor
St Andrew’s Refugee Services is recruiting a teacher development trainers/mentor to work on a teacher development project in Cairo, Egypt starting in May 2012.
St Andrew’s has a children’s education program which employs fifteen teachers and an adult education program which employs five teachers. The language of instruction is English. The teachers are themselves drawn from the refugee community and the levels of training they have vary immensely. About seventy per cent of the teachers are educated at least to degree level and about forty per cent have received some teacher training, usually in their country of origin. The children’s program teaches the Sudanese curriculum, in the English language, and the majority of classes in the adult program are English language classes.
This is an excellent career development opportunity for teacher trainers to broaden their academic and professional skills in a challenging and fascinating environment. The post holder will be leading an exciting project which aims to design and deliver quality teacher development opportunities for teachers of both children and adults and is aimed to radically alter standards at the school.
During the first school term (May – July) the trainer will observe classes, talk to teachers and students and design a training program involving both individual development plans and group training sessions which will take place over the summer break and the following two terms (September – April). During the first term you will also identify two teachers to work with more closely who will be able to run training sessions after your departure. You will also have the opportunity to provide on-the-job mentoring support to a core group of 20 teachers from all over the world, working in downtown Cairo.
This post will suit autonomous self-starters looking to make a difference in a unique working environment.
To be considered, you should have
• A high proficiency in English with an undergraduate degree
• A diploma-level teaching or training qualification (i.e. DELTA or equivalent)
• At least 2 years of teaching and teacher training experience
Salary: Competitive local salary

To apply: Send a cover letter, resume, and a list of 2 references to standrews.applications@gmail.com

Application deadline: 29 February 2012

Start date: 1 May 2012, one year contract

Please note that St Andrew’s is unable to provide relocation expenses, and although the organization provides minimal medical benefits it is strongly advised that the successful candidate purchases medical insurance to cover emergencies.