MIDTESOL Matters
Fall 2004

 

DISCOVER A NEW WORLD OF EDUCATION

 

Sponsored by the United States Department of State, the Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange arranges direct one-to-one classroom exchanges to over thirty countries for teachers at all levels. Most exchanges occur for an academic year. Argentina, Mexico, and the United Kingdom offer fall-semester exchanges. The United Kingdom and Morocco offer six-week exchanges. 

 

In addition to the teacher exchanges, there are administrative exchange opportunities in Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Mexico, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Jordan, Oman, and Uruguay currently offer opportunities to host incoming administrators during site visits to the United States. Germany offers a two-week special program for U.S. principals to study school systems there for several weeks. 

 

The program also offers eight-week seminars in Italy or Greece for teachers of Italian, Latin, Greek or the Classics. 

 

Prospective applicants must meet the following general eligibility requirements:

            U.S. Citizenship

            Fluency in English

            Bachelor’s degree or higher

            Be in at least third year of full-time teaching

            A current full-time position

 

The application deadline is October 15, 2004 for the 2005-2006 program year. For more information and/or an application please visit our Web site: 

www.fulbrightexchanges.org or call (800)726-0479.

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