American Institutes for Research Background: The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is one of the leading behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. AIR is a collaborative organization that works with clients to examine a wide range of projects from early childhood development to adult education. We pride ourselves in conducting high-impact, high-stakes projects for significant federal, state, and private organizations. AIR's vision is that research-based problem solving can improve the lives of all people.

LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP) Haiti Background:

The USAID/LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP) seeks to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in Haiti. The 5-year regional LRCP, implemented by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00058, seeks to intensify, deepen, and expand its work in Haiti. The LRCP team has been providing technical support which lead to sustained, systematic improvements in early grade literacy (EGL) capacity in Haiti. The LRCP team provides technical support by building capacity in curriculum and materials development in the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP), whose work focuses on teacher training, 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.

Position Overview

American Institutes for Research (AIR) is seeking a Linguistics Reviewer to oversee all aspects of the curriculum development process related to syntax and vocabulary for the scope and sequence for grade 4 reading curriculum in French and Creole. The position will focus on developing appropriate syntax and vocabulary and ensuring cultural relevance of all themes and content. In addition, this consultant will need to ensure that the vocabulary builds off the Grade 3 vocabulary and also prepares students for entering into Grade 5. Vocabulary development principles should be based on the latest available evidence.

The position will report directly to the Field project director and work in collaboration with the project manager, the EGL Curriculum Development Specialist, and the various early grade literacy specialists and local partners.

Develop the grade 4 French and Creole vocabulary for reading in line with the latest evidence and available curriculum documents for grades 3 and 5;

2. Ensure proper frequency, readability, and spelling of the sub-units;

3. Ensure that themes are adapted to local and cultural context.

4. Participate in validation workshops.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in linguistics, bilingual education or related fields

· 10-15 years of work experience in the field of linguistics

· Mastery of French and Creole is required.

· Strong knowledge of the Haitian national curriculum is required.

· Extensive teaching experience is desired.

· Experience working with the Ministry of Education is desired.

In English or French, email your CV including contact information and your daily consultancy rate in gourdes to Elmire Petit-De Brice at epetitdebrice@air.org and Rachelle Mathurin at rmathurin@air.org with the subject "Linguistics Reviewer Consultant”. This posting is open until August 9, 2020

12 days