TABLA Consultant

Background

The USAID-funded General Education Activity (TABLA), managed and implemented by Save the Children, seeks to hire a Consultant to assist with final project reporting.

The goal of the TABLA project is to strengthen the ability of the educators to encourage students in the 4Cs (Critical thinking, Creativity, Communication and Collaboration) and applied STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) knowledge and skills in order to reach their full potential and positively impact the social and economic development of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). To prepare students and teachers for the demands of the 21st century, the TABLA project takes a comprehensive and innovative approach to improving students’ learning outcomes in STEAM subjects through building teachers’ capacity, increasing standards for pre-service and in-service teacher training, improving students’ learning environments, and encouraging dialogue and advocacy for education reform within the BiH education system.

All four components of the TABLA project are carried out in cooperation with the education authorities in Sarajevo Canton, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and the Republika Srpska, and include:

1. Pre-service Teacher Training: TABLA provides support to select teaching faculties at targeted universities to increase standards for pre-service teacher training and to incorporate critical thinking and applied knowledge skills in STEAM subjects in the pre-service curricula.
2. In-service Teacher Training: TABLA supports the Ministries of Education in Canton Sarajevo, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and the Republika Srpska to institutionalize high quality in-service training and professional development for teachers within their education systems.
3. Quality Learning Environments: TABLA improves the learning environment in select schools by providing the physical tools and equipment necessary for applied learning in STEAM subjects.
4. Education Reform Dialogue: TABLA promotes discussion and debate on education reform with relevant stakeholders in response to Bosnia-Herzegovina’s results in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018, a worldwide study of students’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science and reading, and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019, which provides international trends in mathematics and science achievement.

Deliverables

The Consultant will assist with the collection of data and information from TABLA staff, partners, and other stakeholders to assist with the preparation of the final project report, and will ensure the completion of first and second drafts of each the following:

• Description of the activities and accomplishments;
• Summary of problems/obstacles encountered during implementation;
• Assessment of the performance in accomplishing the project’s objectives;
• Significance of these activities, findings, comments, and recommendations;
• Overall impact of the activity;
• Narrative descriptions of success: eight success stories with pull quotes and photos for each of the sub-purposes/components;
• Charts and tables that cleanly and aesthetically synthesize key information, as directed by the Chief of Party.

Management: The Consultant will report to the TABLA Chief of Party (COP).

Total estimated number of days: Up to 45 days between July 1 and September 23, 2022

Required qualifications:

• Native-level fluency in English
• Experience writing reports for USAID
• Expertise in creating and editing graphics for reporting purposes
• Physically present in Bosnia