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**International Exchange Opportunities for U.S. Classroom Teachers** The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs offers grants for U.S. primary and secondary school teachers to participate in international exchanges during 2013-2014 academic year through the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program (FCTE) and the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching (DA). Exchanges begin in August 2013 for one semester or an academic year. By living, teaching or conducting research overseas, teachers gain new skills, learn new teaching methodologies and share best practices with international colleagues. They also expand their understanding of national cultures and international education systems that will enrich their schools and communities with new global perspectives. For the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program, teachers may apply for direct exchanges of teaching positions with colleagues from one of six countries (Czech Republic, France, Hungary, India, Mexico and United Kingdom). Teachers may apply for the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching for one of eight countries (Argentina, Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa and United Kingdom). Teachers must have at least five years of experience, a B.A. degree and be currently employed in a full-time teaching position at a U.S. primary or secondary school. Visit the program website at http://fulbrightteacherexchange.org/ for eligibility, application information and country-specific requirements. Application deadlines are October 15, 2012 (Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program), and December 15, 2012 (Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching). Fulbright recipients are among over 40,000 individuals participating in U.S. Department of State exchange programs each year. For more than sixty years, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has funded and supported programs that seek to promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Contact:
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Erin Watari

Institute of International Education

1400 K Street NW Suite 700

Washington, DC 20005

ewatari@iie.org

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American Councils for International Education is currently accepting applications for the 2012 Intensive Summer Language Institutes Program taking place next summer in Alexandria, Egypt and Changchun, China. The March 2nd application deadline is fast approaching! This program provides fully funded fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic and Chinese, and hence is //only for non-native speakers of the target languages //. The Intensive Summer Language Institutes are funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and implemented by American Councils for International Education. **The ISLI program is open to current K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, as well as to students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach these languages.**

Participants in the Intensive Summer Language Institutes receive ten hours of graduate credit through Bryn Mawr College. Previous program participants have thrived on the Summer Language Institutes’ many opportunities for curriculum building and professional development. The sites in China (Northeast Normal University) and Egypt (Alexandria University), are highly conducive to language learning and provide numerous activities to encourage language acquisition through cultural immersion. In addition to daily intensive language training, participants enjoy cultural activities and excursions designed to reinforce classroom material. Returned alumni are eligible for additional funding for relevant follow-on activities that promote program goals.

The program application, benefits, and detailed application instructions are located online at @http://www.americancouncils.org/isli. In addition to the online form, applicants are asked to provide official transcripts, two reference letters, and two medical forms. All materials are due on March 2, 2012. Please feel free to post this information on your websites and listservs. Due to spam filters, we have purposely not included attachments with this e-mail. However, we would be happy to separately e-mail our promotional materials and flyers for you to share with your community. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have additional questions about the application process. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Best wishes, Alena Palevitz

-- Alena Palevitz Program Officer, Teacher Programs, Arabic and Chinese Intensive Summer Language Institutes American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202.833.7522 Fax: 202.833.7523


 * U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program **

The National Committee on the United States-China Relations is now seeking applications for an exchange program for teachers in American and Chinese schools. This is an unusual opportunity for schools and districts wishing to begin or to strengthen Chinese language and culture programs and for teachers wishing to live and teach in China.

Since the beginning of the program during the 1996-97 school year, we have had American teachers from across the country in “key” (selective) secondary schools throughout China--in Beijing; Chengdu (Sichuan); Dalian (Liaoning); Anqing, Hefei, Ma’anshan, and Tongling (Anhui); Hohhot (Inner Mongolia); Luoyang (Henan); Shijiazhuang (Hebei); and Changzhou, Jiangdu, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Yangzhou (Jiangsu). We anticipate continuing to work in some of these cities in 2012. The American teachers in China teach English as a foreign language. The Chinese teachers, all of whom teach English as a foreign language in China, may teach Chinese history, language, and culture, and/or English as a second language at participating American schools. The National Committee sponsors orientation programs in the United States and in China during the summer before the exchange year. For American teachers this covers “survival” Chinese, the teaching of English as a foreign language, and an introduction to China and its schools. The orientation session for Chinese teachers covers the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language, instruction on American teaching methodology, and an introduction to the United States and its schools.

Those interested in the exchange should write to tep@ncuscr.org or send a letter to the for more information and an application package. The application deadline for the 2012-2013 school year will be March 1, 2012.
 * Teachers Exchange Program, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations,**
 * 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10010**

= SCOLT Scholarship Program =

The SCOLT Summer Scholarship Program offers deserving teachers the opportunity to participate in short-term study abroad programs in a variety of countries. Most programs include 2-3 weeks of classes in language and culture studies, lodging, some meals and one or more excursions or other activities. Transportation to the country of the program is the responsibility of the participant. Currently, programs are offered in France, Canada, Spain, Mexico and Ecuador. The strong applicant is one who can demonstrate that he or she will benefit from such an experience and successfully share the benefits with a variety of students, one who has demonstrated involvement in and a commitment to professional development, and one who can articulate a philosophy of education that reflects the importance of the study of world languages and cultures in the world today and in the future.

Applications are due November 1 of the year preceding the summer study experience and scholarship recipients are notified by January of the year of the summer study abroad program. Recipients must attend the conference the year they receive the scholarship in order to be recognized in person at the awards luncheon and again the year after their summer experience in order to offer a conference presentation on their experience.

The 2012 conference takes place in Atlanta, GA March 22-24.The scholarships will be presented at the awards luncheon on Friday, March 23. Information on all scholarship programs and an application can be found at the SCOLT website http://www.scolt.org > scroll down to the Scholarships link on the right sidebar (near the end of the page). The direct link is @http://scolt.webnode.com/scholarships.