The following information is provided by the American Councils for International Eduation:
*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. Selected host schools also receive
access to grant opportunities to support language learning projects. For
more information, please visit *www.tclprogram.org*. To speak with alumni
about their TCLP experience, join an online
webinar<http://www.americancouncils.org/TCLP/newsDetail.php?news_id=NTc5NjBfNTY1XzYzNDYw>
.
*Program Application Deadline:* January 23, 2013
*CONNECT INTERNATIONALLY*
The Educational Seminars Program provides short-term professional
development opportunities to teachers and administrators from around the
world, for 3 week reciprocal exchange programs (Brazil, Portugal) and 2-5
week one-way professional development programs (India, China). Educational
Seminars provide airfare, training, travel health care, and living costs.
Visit
www.americancouncils.org/es for updates and more information or email
edseminars@americancouncils.org
*Program Application Deadlines:* January 7, 2013 (India); April 1, 2013
(Brazil, Portugal); TBD, 2013 (China)
*STUDY LANGUAGE IN CHINA*
The Intensive Summer Language Institute* *(ISLI)* *provides fully funded
fellowships for non-native speakers of Chinese who are teaching Chinese to
spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Chinese
in Changchun, China. Fellowships are available to current K-12 teachers and
community college instructors of Mandarin Chinese, as well as to students
enrolled in education programs who intend to teach Mandarin. 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. Visit *www.americancouncils.org/isli* or
email
*isli@americancouncils.org* for more information.
*Program Application Deadline:* February 11, 2013
Thank you very much for sharing these opportunities with your networks! If
there are any questions about the Teacher Programs, please feel free to
share my contact information.
Alena Palevitz
Program Officer, Teacher Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202.833.7522
Fax: 202.833.7523
