The
Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) seeks expressions of interest from
suitably experienced persons to assist the Curriculum Development Unit (CDU)
develop support materials for the Year 1-3 syllabus. These materials are
designed to assist teachers implement the syllabus in classrooms. They provide
information about teaching and learning strategies, approaches to class-based
assessment and a sequence of lesson plans that teachers may adapt to suit their
circumstances.
Writers
will use prescribed specifications to design materials for each learning area
and year groups. They will work under the supervision of Curriculum
Coordinators in the CDU responsible for specific learning areas.
Several
positions for writers will become available in 2016. One position will be
available for a Coordinator of Writers. The Coordinator will liaise between the
writers and the Curriculum Officers in the CDU to support the development of
the teacher guides.
Applicants should be good writers and speakers of
Bislama, have creative ideas for the design of teaching and learning programs,
and preferably be competent users of Microsoft Word or compatible word
processing software.
Deliverables
Writers
are required to provide for their allocated learning area and Year group:
- Examples of planning and programming
from the syllabus outcomes
- Sample assessment strategies examples
of teaching and learning strategies
- Collated feedback from teachers in
structured trialling of the materials in schools
- Final
drafts of teacher guides that incorporate feedback from trialing and peer
review processes
The
Coordinator of Writers is responsible for quality assuring the work of writers
and providing feedback and mentoring to ensure the teacher guides are developed
to a high standard and within an agreed timeframe. The Coordinator will ensure:
- Provision of direction and support
- Outputs
are delivered on time and to a high standard
- The collective wisdom of writers is
harnessed through a team approach
- Quality assurance processes are
adhered to in accordance to requirements of the CDU
- Realistic
timelines and milestones are established to ensure writers work to schedule and
deliver agreed outputs.
Conditions
Engagement
may be temporary secondment from a current position in a school or through a
short-term contract for a period up to 12 months. The writers will be located
within the Curriculum Development Unit and be expected to work public sector
hours from 7.30 to 4.30 pm.
The
first round of appointments will made for the period from Monday 18 January
to 31 December 2016. These dates may be subject to minor variation.
Anyone
with an interest in being added to the register of potential writers or the
coordinator position for this or future assignments should apply now.
