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Program Description:
The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) provides secondary teaching professionals with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Second Language, English Language or Literature, social studies, math, or science with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. Under the TEA program, more than one hundred international secondary school teachers from Eurasia, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere will come to the United States to participate in a six-week professional development program, which will include pedagogy seminars, curriculum development training, and instruction in new teaching methodologies, at one of four selected U.S. universities.
The program will also feature a two week internship at a U.S. secondary school, which will allow the participants to enhance their practical teaching skills in a U.S. student-centered classroom environment. This component of the program will be followed by a reciprocal visit of approximately 80 U.S. teachers to these regions for two weeks where they will collaborate on joint projects to build on the linkages established during the U.S.-based program for international teachers.
General Program Requirements:
In order to be eligible for this program, you must:
- Be a secondary-level (middle or high school), teaching professional with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Second Language, English Language or Literature, social studies, math, or science
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be able to travel in spring or summer 2011 to one of the aforementioned countries
Status
Active
Loan Terms:
Not Applicable
Application Process:
For more information on the application process, please visit:
http://www.irex.org/programs/tea/tea_info.asp
Program Contact Information:
For more information, visit:
http://www.irex.org/programs/tea/index.asp
You may also write to us at:
Teacher Exchange Branch
SA-5, 4th floor
Department of State
2200 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20522-0504
For additional information, please call:
202-632-6346
Or email us at:
Teacherexchange@state.gov
Managing Agency:
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/
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