[legal-professionals] Project Harmony needs US trainers in Armenia

Organization:   Project Harmony
Position: 	Two US trainers, familiar with curriculum development, classroom
teaching,  the rule of law and law enforcement.

Project type:	   Two-week exchange of US professionals in Armenia
Dates: 		   April 8 - 21, 2004 (tentative)
Stipend:	   $1500/per person
Additional coverage:
Round trip airfare, home stays with host families, travel insurance, per
diem and cultural allowance ($750/per person) are provided by Project
Harmony
Application Deadline: February 2, 2004

About the Project:

             The program is called "ZANG" in Armenian which, means
"Developing Knowledge and Promoting Justice."
ZANG is a twelve-month pilot project that started in September 2003.  It
partners Armenian law enforcement officers with secondary school educators,
providing them with training that will enable them to develop learning units
for secondary school classrooms. ZANG is designed to assist youth and
teachers in preventing crime and corruption in Armenian society.
Legal socialization is a form of education in which values, attitudes, and
behaviors with respect to rules and laws are developed.  ZANG is funded by
the US State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs.

In early December 2003 two Armenian educators and two Armenian law
enforcement officers visited Massachusetts and Vermont and had an
opportunity to study American legal education models during a two-week
exchange program in the US.  Upon return to Armenia, the professionals have
been developing eight lessons on legal socialization with the intention to
deliver them in 22 Armenian secondary schools in April and May 2004. This
curriculum will, in part, be based on guidance, feedback, and training from
US experts familiar with curriculum development, classroom teaching, the
rule of law and law enforcement.

Eight technology-assisted lesson plans on legal socialization will be
developed and tested during the next phase of program implementation.
Following a revision process, the tested and improved curriculum will be
distributed regionally to encourage teachers to continue using the materials
to engage students in strengthening Armenian civil society and understanding
their role in society.

Throughout the program, Internet Communication Technology (ICT) will be
leveraged, thanks to Project Harmony's School Connectivity Program, to
support those leading the program coordination and the teachers implementing
the units in order to share ideas and lessons learned. (The Armenia School
Connectivity Program is funded by the US State Department's Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs. For more information, please visit:
www.ascp.am)

ZANG is significant in that it will establish the groundwork for
collaboration among diverse groups that work with youth and will encourage
cooperative partnerships among them for further positive change in areas of
public safety, crime prevention, and civil society development.
For more information, please visit www.projectharmony.am/zang

US Trainer recruitment and selection:

Based on the goals of ZANG,  Project Harmony is recruiting two American
professionals who can:

*	Provide training on how to set up a new program and how to teach young
people practical law and life skills;
*	Training on how to build relationships between policemen and educators;
*	Prepare law related education materials and training on using them;
*	Help participants to identify the essential components of law-related
education, review a variety of law related education materials, discuss
program evaluation, plan for local adaptations, practice teaching law
related education lessons, and develop a plan for site implementation;
*	Training in how to incorporate technology into teaching and training;
*	Experience in working in the NIS is preferred but not necessary.

US Trainer Responsibilities:

1. Pre-departure activities:
*	Supporting e-mail communication (through Project Harmony online
translation) with 4 key legal socialization team members and 8 regional
legal socialization team members
*	Getting information (through Project Harmony translation) on finalized 8
topics and the names of the specialists that are in charge of
development/presentation of each topic during the workshops in Armenia
*	Communication with each specialist around his/her topic, supporting with
educational material, case studies, and sample lesson plans
*	Providing with feedback, comments, recommendations, suggestions during the
actual testing of the topics in school in mid-March through mid-May 2004
*	Participating in on-line discussions with schools around each topic

2. Two Week Visit to Armenia
*	Meeting legal socialization team members, discussing the strategies on how
to present each topic to the school community during the workshop for the
schools in their region
*	Facilitating 3 regional workshops, encouraging local legal socialization
teams to deliver the topics of their expertise to the school communities
during the workshops
*	Making sure that training for each workshop is based on experiential
learning cycle and includes both practical exercises and reflecting on each
experience
*	Conducting 2-day working conference for the participants from all 4
regions
*	Conducting trust-building activities for facilitating better communication
between teachers and police as well as police and community during the first
day of conference
*	Planning public lecturing on community policing during the first day of
conference
*	Facilitating 8 panel discussions during the 2nd day of the conference.
(It is better to mix panel speakers from one region with the audience from
the other region.)
*	Helping to design, collect, and analyze evaluation forms distributed to
the conference participants

3.  Post-Visit Activities
*	Supporting e-mail communication with Armenian legal socialization
community
*	Providing insights on the final draft of educational material before
publication

Qualifications:

Educational background in justice, law, or teaching; familiarity with
interactive methods of training; ability to present models of legal
socialization and strategies for implementation; experience of working with
youth; experience in using technology in teaching and training; experience
in curriculum development; implementation and evaluation, sense of humor.

How to apply:
Interested candidates should e-mail their resumes by February 2, 2004, to:
charlie@projectharmony.org  and to: ruzan@projectharmony.org  or mail to
Project Harmony , 5197 Main Street, Unit 6, Waitsfield, VT 05673, U.S.A.
Attention: Ruzan Aghazadyan.