BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

UNESCO is actively involved in the Global Partnership for Education- Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (GPE-ESPIG) program. The primary objective of the GPE-ESPIG program is to ensure that the most marginalized children, including those who are out-of-school or at risk of dropping out, gain access to quality learning opportunities. These opportunities are crucial for them to acquire relevant skills, build resilience, continue their education, and enhance their overall well-being. The GPE-ESPIG program consists of three key components:
• Access: The program focuses on facilitating safe and equitable access to learning for children and youth in Myanmar.
• Quality: The program aims to ensure quality teaching and learning experiences for children and youth in Myanmar. This involves strengthening the capacities of education personnel and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities that adapt to the evolving situation.
• System Strengthening: The program places emphasis on strengthening systems, management, coordination, and monitoring related to education in Myanmar.

Through ESPIG programme, UNESCO commits to address the needs for both pre-and in-service teacher education under ESPIG Outcome Area 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youths in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation. As an effort to enhance the quality of education delivery, Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP) has been launched and utilized by many teachers, and educators of different affiliations. MTP offers continuous learning for educators, learners and other interested parties to access quality learning materials, videos and other resources in a safe and secure environment and provides online courses by themes.
Moreover, using this platform and taking a blended learning approach, UNESCO supports teacher training and professional development through online courses development for teachers and teacher trainers working in different types of schools within Myanmar, including not limited to ethnic, faith-based and community schools. As such, UNESCO is hiring an Individual Consultant who is responsible for developing teacher professional development courses.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall authority of the Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (hereinafter called UNESCO Bangkok), the direct supervision of UNESCO Antenna Office in Yangon and in close collaboration with Responsible Officer, the Individual Consultant will perform the following tasks:
a. Discuss with UNESCO education team the context, objectives and target participants for the following courses:

No.

Proposed Course titles

Level

1.

Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Intermediate level

2.

Core Coaching Skills for Educational Leaders

Intermediate level

3.

Establishing Effective Mentoring Structures

Intermediate level

4.

Providing Constructive Feedback for Professional Growth

Intermediate level

5.

Building Constructive Mentoring Relationships

Intermediate level

6.

Building Sustainable Learning Communities

Intermediate level

7.

Integrating Technology to Support the Role of Education Leaders

Intermediate level

8.

Peer Coaching and Collaborative Learning

Intermediate level

9.

Mentoring Communication Skills

Intermediate level

10.

Fostering Supportive Environment

Intermediate level

2. PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

b. Review existing courses on Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP) to map out the course materials and ensure the development of well-aligned courses;
c. Conduct further research to ensure the proposed course titles, in terms of overarching, concepts, content, learning activities, teaching and learning strategies and assessment, approaches are contextualized and provide the relevant approaches on developing course contents;
d. Develop ten courses (intermediate level) in Standard English language with B1 level. The course should include lectures, PowerPoint presentations, quizzes, and assessments;
e. Revise and finalize the courses (narrative session) in English incorporating comments provided by UNESCO;
f. Based on the course contents, summarize the key points to prepare video scripts and each script should not be more than 5 minutes to create online course;
g. Secure the intellectual property rights by using the “permission consent form” (provided by UNESCO) to obtain a written authorization from the original source of work when include the third-party materials (see item e) and inform them regarding UNESCO Open Access Policy;
g. Ensure that no plagiarized or self-plagiarized material is published without appropriate acknowledgement of the source;
h. Provide a proper credit or citation to the original work of the third-party materials. For any materials (see item e) created by author, the “Source: author” should be placed underneath aforementioned materials;
i. In line with UNESCO’s overall gender mainstreaming strategy, ensure the Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language is applied throughout the work (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377299);😉 and
j. Communicate with UNESCO on a regular basis to update on the progress of the assignment.

TIMETABLE AND DELIVERABLES

All deliverables are submitted in English with original, editable files to UNESCO (such as MS-Word, etc.) and the assigned tasks must be submitted by the following deadlines:

a. The draft concept note with workplan and course outlines in Standard English.
b. The final version of the concept note with workplan and course outlines in Standard English.
c. The draft course contents (narrative session) of at least two courses (#first batch).
d. Final draft course contents (narrative session) all five courses (#first batch).
e. Draft video scripts for all five courses (#first batch).
f. Final video scripts for all five courses (#first batch).
g. The draft course contents (narrative session) of all five courses (#second batch).
h. Final version of all five courses (#second batch).
i. Draft video scripts for all five courses (#second batch).
j. Final video scripts for all five courses (#second batch).
The Individual Consultant is required to complete the assignment with quality that meets the satisfaction of UNESCO. The deliverables will be reviewed by UNESCO. The Individual Consultant may be requested to re-submit the documents if they are not of satisfactory quality within an agreed timeframe upon receipt of the requests.

COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)

Accountability (C)

Communication (C)

Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement (C)

Planning and organizing (C)

Results focus (C)

Teamwork (C)

Building partnerships (M)

Making quality decisions (M)

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For detailed information, please consult the UNESCO Competency Framework.

LOCATION AND TRAVEL
The work of Individual Consultant will be home-based and no travel is anticipated.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree in the field of education, development, or related field;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of education and/or teacher training;
• Experience in course design, content development and training manuals;
• Ability to produce high quality content on tight deadlines;
• Ability to work with flexibility and collaboration is essential; and
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in education, social sciences, development, educational sciences, or other related discipline;
• Good knowledge on Myanmar context, particularly teacher education; and
• Previous experience working with UN organizations.