International Reading Association
3 March 2008
International travel grant available
Under the Eurasia/South Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program
(TEA), the U.S. Department of State and IREX (the International Research &
Exchanges Board) announce a competition for middle and high school teachers
>From the United States to participate in a two-week professional exchange
program in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or
Ukraine.
Eligible applicants must be: 1) secondary-level (middle or high school),
teaching professionals with five or more years of classroom experience in
disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or
Literature, and social sciences (including social studies, civics, and
history); 2) U.S. citizens, and 3) able to travel April 3-17, 2009.
The program is fully funded and provides visa support, round-trip domestic
airfare, lodging and meals to attend the TEA U.S. Conference, round-trip
airfare from the United States to the assigned country in Eurasia or South
Asia, emergency medical evacuation plan, recommended vaccinations, and
lodging and a daily stipend in the host country. The application deadline is
April 29, 2008.
For further information, download the application form. You also can contact
Anne Millazzo of IREX by phone at 202-628-8188, ext 197, or by e-mail at
tea@irex.org.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress