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Monday, March 15, 2010

Teaching Excellence and Achievement awards for For Argentine Citizens

Overview

Scholarships for teachers of English from the Western Hemisphere (including Argentina), Eurasia, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The grantees will travel to the United States to participate in a 6-week professional development program at a U.S. university. The professional development program will include coursework and intensive training in teaching methodologies, lesson planning, teaching strategies for the participants’ home environment, educational leadership, as well as the use of computers for Internet, word processing, and as teaching tools. The 6-week program will include a 2 to 3-week internship at a secondary school. Trips to U.S. cultural sites and academic support will be provided for participants throughout the program. In April 2012 a cohort of 40 U.S. teachers will reciprocate the visits of the international teachers. Each U.S. teacher will be hosted by an alumni school in the participating country where they will team-teach, and discuss best teaching practices, curriculum, and educational issues in the host country.

Eligible applicants must be:

- Secondary-level, full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in English as a Foreign Language after graduating
- Citizens of Argentina.
- Degree in Teaching of English from a University or Instituto del Profesorado (minimum four- year course work) .
- GPA 7 points or more
- English proficiency equivalent to 550 TOEFL.
- Excellent academic and professional background.
- Up to 45 years old


Benefits

The TEA fellowship is fully funded and provides:

• J-1 visa support;
• Round-trip airfare from participant’s home city to and within the United States;
• A Welcome Orientation in Washington, D.C.;
• University training program;
• Accident and sickness coverage;
• Housing (generally shared with other program participants) and meals;
• Transportation allowance for travel to school internship (if necessary);
• Book allowance;
• An End of Program Conference hosted by one of the TEA host universities in the U.S.;
• The opportunity to host a U.S. teacher for two weeks; and
• The opportunity to apply for follow-on grants

Duration

Six weeks in February or September, 2011.

Deadline

April 26, 2010

Applications for the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program can be obtained and submitted by contacting:

Fulbright Commission: Viamonte 1653, P. 2º, C1055ABE, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; tel.: (011) 48143561/62

info@fulbright.com.ar; www.fulbright.edu.ar


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