Opportunities

2010 Toyota International Teacher Program to Costa Rica

The application is now available for the 2010 Toyota International Teacher Program to Costa Rica, a fully-funded professional development program for U.S. educators. Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education, the program aims to advance environmental stewardship and global connectedness in U.S. schools and communities.

The program will take place June 18 - July 3, 2010 and the deadline to apply is January 6, 2010 . Please visit our website at www.toyota4education.com for application instructions, FAQs, and to apply online. Full-time classroom teachers and librarians of all subjects for grades 6 ? 12 are eligible to apply!

Educators Tour to China, 2010

The Chinese American Cultural Bridge Center, a nonprofit organization since 1992 is organizing a 2010 Educators Tour to China. This cultural exchange tour has two different routes; one is Trip A, 15 day June 29 - July 13, 2010 for $3,995 per person. The other is special sponsored Trip B, 12 day from July 15 - 26, 2010 for $2,995 per person. Educators that participate in this trip will learn all aspect of China, and at the end of this trip each educators will receive 50 CPDU's . One of the highlight of this trip is the 2010 Shanghai Expo .

As our ways of giving back to the community, we are also offered 3 scholarships for three lucky participants attending one of these two tours. These three scholarships will help to pay the cost of the trip; each varies in its own amount and requires all participants to give a presentation in a conference/workshop after their trip ? but at different level. The highest amount is $1,500, the gold scholarship which requires the participants to present at a National Conference in their subject area. The 2 nd highest is $1,000, the Silver scholarship which requires the participant to present at a National/Regional Conference in their subject area. The 3 rd scholarship is $500, the Bronze scholarship which requires the participants to present at a regional/local conference in their subject area.

Although this is an educator's trip, people who work with education, their family and friends are invited as well . Please check your attachment for the 2010 Educators Itinerary's, reservation forms and the scholarship application, or our website at http://www.cacbc.org/Educational_Tours/ All inquiry can be sent to Jennifer Chan, jc120882@hotmail.com , or phone 847-902-7229.

Trip A Itinerary

Trip A Reservation Form

Traip B Itinerary

Trip B Reservation Form

2010 Educators Tour to China Scholarship

 

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Keizai Koho Center Fellowship in Japan for Social Studies Teachers, summer 2010

Keizai Koho Center Fellowship occurs in Japan, summer of 2010 for Social Studies teachers. The Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) will sponsor a ten day Fellowship to Japan in Summer 2010 for educators in the U.S. and Canada. The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives.

More information about the fellowship can be found by clicking this link: Keizai Koho Center Fellowship

Conference on "Best Practices in ESD"
Invitation for Nominations/Applications

Fulbright Japan is pleased to announce a conference to be held in Portland, Oregon during the period November 1-6, 2009 on the theme "Best Practices in ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)." The conference will be the inaugural event for a new Japan-U.S. ESD Teacher Exchange Program administered by Fulbright Japan. ESD is “a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth's natural resources,” according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Designed to bring together innovative teachers from Japan and the United States, representing K-12 schools in each country with focused ESD-oriented projects or programs, the bi-nationally fully-funded conference will entail presentations, workshops, and site visits to Portland area ESD-focused schools.

The sharing of "Best Practices" from both countries is designed to raise awareness of ESD-oriented school programs, enhance ESD-related curricula in both countries, and deepen a sense of global interconnectedness between teachers in Japan and the United States in four vital areas of ESD focus: food and sustainable nutrition; environment; energy and resources; and international understanding and cooperation.

The conference seeks a maximum of 15 teacher participants competitively selected from a broad cross-section of the American primary and secondary educational community in order to reflect the rich cultural, institutional, and regional diversity of the United States. Fifteen teachers from throughout Japan will also be selected to take part in this innovative event.

Applicants for the "Best Practices in ESD" conference must meet the following qualifications:

1. Be employed full-time as teachers or administrators at primary or secondary levels (grades K-12); please note that auxiliary personnel (nurses, social workers, guidance counselors, speech pathologists) and university professors are not eligible.
2. Be a U.S. citizen, and resident in the United States or its territories.
3. Be involved in ESD activities in a U.S. school and/or be engaged in ESD curriculum development.

Applicants should demonstrate the following attributes:

1. Experience implementing school activities related to Education for Sustainable Development.
2. Experience implementing or participating in activities related to international exchange.
3. Serious academic/professional interest in curriculum development, teaching methodologies and/or projects and activities related to ESD.
4. Serious interest in international exchange, including Japan-U.S. exchange, as a component of ESD activities.
5. Personal adaptability and flexibility, sensitivity to group dynamics, and the ability to be a team player as demonstrated by the applicant's recommendations from supervisor(s) and other education professionals.

The Japan-U.S. ESD Teacher Exchange Program administered by Fulbright Japan is jointly funded by the Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State and the Japanese Government's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

For more information on the Japan-U.S. ESD Teacher Exchange Program please contact:

Institute of International Education
Ms. Susan Gundersen
Tel 1-888-527-2636
Email ESDteacher@iie.org

To access the online application, please visit our website at www.iie.org/ESDteacher. Applications for the Conference on “Best Practices in ESD” must be completed online and submitted no later than September 14, 2009.