The 5-year regional USAID/LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP), implemented by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Juárez and Associates (J&A) under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00058, seeks to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. This will be achieved through the development and dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge resources and the provision of technical assistance to host country governments and other key stakeholders. The program, implemented from 2014-2019, enhances efforts to boost early grade reading outcomes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Peru, as well as Eastern Caribbean states.
During the 2017-2019 period, LCRP will intensify, deepen, and expand its work in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support which will lead to sustained, systematic improvements in early grade literacy (EGL) capacity in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support by building capacity in curriculum and materials development in the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP), higher education institutions, and other education sector stakeholders including national instructional materials creators and printers, thus leading to sustained, systematic improvements in EGL capacity in Haiti.

Working under the direct supervision of the Technical Manager-Haiti, the Teacher Training expert will have strong knowledge and experience in teacher training and module development. S/he will have a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in education or related field, specialized training and experience in the field of instructional materials, and at least 10 years of relevant professional experience. The expert will support the development of EGL modules for training teachers and education personnel in the field for grades 1 to 4 of Haiti’s education system.
The expert will report to the LRCP Technical Manager in Haiti. S/he will be based in Port-au-Prince, work on a full time basis and be part of the local technical team.

Key responsibilities
• Provide technical assistance in the development of the EGL training modules for trainers, teachers and educational personnel to improve their understanding and use of the Early Reading Project (ERP) method and instructional materials.
• Provide technical assistance to the MENFP to develop in-service training modules for training teachers and education personnel in the field of EGL as well as other areas, such as curriculum and instructional material development, classroom management, etc. (to be defined with the MENFP).
• Provide technical assistance to the MENFP on its efforts to coordinate training module development and revision carried out by various implementing partners.

• Advanced degree in education, preferably with a focus on teacher training.
• 10-15 years of experience in the education field
• 5-8 years of experience in developing contents for teacher training programs
• Experience working with the MENFP or in Haiti’s Education system
• Experience working with the USAID or USAID projects
• Experience working with higher education institutions, specifically in teacher education programs preferred
• Fluency in French and Creole required
• Working knowledge of English preferred