Travel Opportunity Available for U.S. Secondary-Level Teachers

IREX, an international non-profit organization in Washington, DC, is offering an exciting international travel grant opportunity for US secondary level teachers through the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA).  This program is funded by the U.S. Department of State. 

IREX is recruiting for the U.S. teachers reciprocal visit component of the program. The applicants we are seeking are U.S. secondary-level teachers of English or the social sciences to participate in a two-week professional exchange program in one of the following countries: Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Senegal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

Eligible applicants must be:

Secondary-level (middle or high school), full-time teachers with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or Literature, and the Social Sciences (including social studies, civics, and history); U.S. citizenship; and ability to travel in April, 2010.

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 U.S. to the assigned country; emergency medical insurance; as well as lodging and a daily stipend in host country.

The TEA U.S. teacher application is available for download at our website: www.irex.org.