Educator Opportunities – State Department Grants

BRING THE WORLD TO YOUR SCHOOL!

Explore these fully funded programs that are supported by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and
implemented by American Councils for International Education!

*CONNECT INTERNATIONALLY*

The Educational Seminars Program provides short-term professional
development opportunities to teachers and administrators from around the
world, for 2-3 week reciprocal exchange programs and one-way professional
development programs. Participating countries include Argentina, Brazil,
Thailand, and Uruguay for reciprocal exchanges and Greece, India, and Italy
for one-way programs. All Educational

Seminars provide airfare, training, travel health care, and living costs.
For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/es or email
edseminars@americancouncils.org.

*Upcoming Program Application Deadlines*: January 6 and March 30, 2012

*HOST A GUEST TEACHER*

The Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) places EFL teachers from
China and Egypt in U.S. K-12 host schools for an academic year where they
teach Mandarin or Arabic language and culture. TCLP provides teachers’
salaries, healthcare, roundtrip airfare, training, professional development
funds, and ongoing program support.

To increase the number of Americans teaching and learning these critical
languages, selected host schools also receive access to grant opportunities
to support language learning projects. For more information, please visit
www.tclprogram.org or email tclp@americancouncils.org.

*Program Application Deadline*: January 9, 2012

*STUDY LANGUAGE IN EGYPT AND CHINA*

Intensive Summer Language Institutes (ISLI) provides fellowships for U.S.
classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and
advanced-level Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt, and Chinese in Changchun,
China. Current K-12 teachers, community college instructors of Arabic and
Mandarin Chinese, and students enrolled in education programs who intend to
teach these languages can apply. Participants earn ten hours of graduate
credit through Bryn Mawr College, and are provided with peer tutors and
roundtrip airfare. All travel and study-related costs are fully covered.
For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/isli or email
isli@americancouncils.org.

*Program Application Deadline*: March 2, 2012


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
Web: www.americancouncils.org/isli