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Seenaryo is seeking teacher trainers in Lebanon to deliver our Playkit training to kindergarten and primary school teachers. The Seenaryo Playkit is a resource filled with hundreds of games, songs and interactive stories to help teachers deliver their curriculum through arts & play. We train through our 3-day comprehensive training, or through our condensed 1-day training. The trainings have a set structure and are usually delivered by two trainers in Arabic. We train 20-30 teachers at a time, and training takes place in different locations across Lebanon.
Essential Qualifications and Experience
- Three or more years of experience in theatre or music facilitation (e.g. in schools, NGOs, etc.)
- Experience working with young children (i.e. 3 – 8 years old)
- Experience in play-based learning, early childhood education, and interactive trainings
- Fluent spoken Arabic
- Knowledge of MS Office, Google Drive, Zoom
- Experience of training schoolteachers or psychosocial officers (preferred)
- Advanced understanding of English (preferred)
About the Seenaryo Playkit
The Seenaryo Playkit is an app that transforms early childhood teaching and learning through play. Designed for teachers of 3 to 8-year-olds in the least-resourced schools in Lebanon and Jordan, it is a huge bank of games, songs, interactive stories and classroom management techniques – all easily searchable by topic, age group or activity type and applicable to any early years curriculum. The app features how-to videos, music tracks and printable flashcards – all in Arabic, English and French.
The Playkit app is usually accompanied by a 3-day teacher training, or 1 day condensed training. It aims to build children’s core life skills – cognitive & language, social & emotional, and physical – with the ultimate aim of increasing the child’s chances of success in school and in later life.
About Seenaryo
Participatory theatre and play can transform an individual’s sense of agency. They gain the power to shape their own narrative and expand what is possible, individually but also through collective action. Working in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, Seenaryo uses theatre and play to support people to heal, lead and learn. We co-create performances with under-served communities, train future leaders and transform classrooms through play. Reaching 155,000 children, youth and women since 2015, Seenaryo won the Resilience in Action Award at HundrED 2024, the Arts, Culture & Heritage prize at the 2023 UK Charity Awards and was one of Expo 2020 Dubai’s 120 Global Innovators.
To find out more about Seenaryo, please visit our website: www.seenaryo.org.
Scenario is looking for trainers in Lebanon to train kindergarten and primary school teachers on Playkit Scenario, a resource containing hundreds of games, songs and stories that helps teachers deliver the curriculum through arts and play. We deliver our trainings either as a comprehensive 3-day training or an intensive 1-day training. The trainings are structured and are usually delivered in Arabic by two trainers. We typically train 20-30 teachers in the same training and these trainings are held all over Lebanon.
Essential qualifications and experience:
- Three or more years of experience facilitating music or theatre workshops (e.g. with schools, organizations, etc.)
- Experience working with young children (i.e. 3-8 years old)
- Experience in play-based learning, early childhood education, and interactive trainings.
- Fluency in spoken Arabic
- Knowledge of using MS Office, Google Drive and Zoom
- Experience in training school teachers or people working in the field of psychosocial support (additional qualification)
- Advanced English Language Comprehension (Additional Qualification)
About the blackout scenario
Playkit Scenario is an app for developing early childhood education and learning through play. Designed for teachers of children aged 3-8 in under-resourced schools in Lebanon and Jordan, it is a vast database of songs, games, interactive stories, and classroom management techniques. Easily searchable by topic, age group, or activity type, it fits into any early years curriculum. The app includes instructional videos, music tracks, and printable flashcards—all available in Arabic, English, and French.
Playkit is typically accompanied by a 3-day or 1-day intensive teacher training. The app aims to build a child’s essential life skills—intellectual, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical—in order to increase children’s chances of success in school and ultimately in life.
About the scenario
Participatory theatre and play can transform a person’s sense of agency. People gain the power to shape their own stories and push the boundaries of what is possible, both individually and through collective action. Scenario works in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, using theatre and play to support people in healing, leadership and learning. We create collaborative performances with underserved communities, train future leaders and transform classrooms through play. Since 2015, we have reached 155,000 children, young people and women. Scenario has won the Hundred Education Innovation Award 2024, the Arts, Culture and Heritage Award 2023 from the UK Charity Awards, the Thereward Innovation Award 2024 and has been named one of Expo 2020 Dubai’s 120 Global Innovators.
How to apply
To apply, please fill out this application form by 23 February 2025, 6:00 pm Beirut time.
After the closing date, we will contact the shortlisted candidates to attend a group workshop-interview in Beirut, during which they will lead an exercise to the rest of the group. The successful candidates will then attend mandatory Seenaryo Playkit ‘Training of Trainers’ and observe a full training before becoming Playkit trainers and join our group of freelancer trainers.
Day rates are determined based on Seenaryo’s project budgets and the trainer’s experience. As this call out is not for a specific project, we cannot give details on exact fees.
Those wishing to apply are kindly requested to fill out this form before February 23, 2025, 6:00 PM Beirut time.
After the deadline, we will invite candidates to a group interview in the form of a workshop in Beirut, during which they will lead an exercise for the rest of the group. After the interview, qualified candidates will be invited to a mandatory training of trainers on the Playkit scenario and will participate in a full training observation session before becoming a trainer and joining the independent trainer pool.
The daily allowance is determined based on the project budget and the trainer’s experience, and we cannot specify the amount in this advertisement as it is not for a specific project.