Travel and School Exchange Programs

• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad | www.ed.gov
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad for educators offers funded summer programs for teachers in a variety of countries annually. Check each year for the current listing.

• Colorado China Council: Teaching English in China | www.asiacouncil.org
Summer and academic-year programs available. Teachers will be asked to give classes in spoken English, reading, writing, and listening skills, as well as American/British literature, history, culture and occasionally specialized areas such as business, economics, IT, and law, for those who qualify. Most program teachers teach 14 to 20 hours per week. Knowledge of Chinese language not required. Since 1991 the Colorado China Council has placed more than 330 teachers in Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Kunming, Putian, Beijing and Guangzhou, as well as many other cities.

• Global Links: Global Educators Program | www.global-links.org
The Global Educators Program provides educators with short-term, 3-4 week, team-teaching and/or shadowing experiences in school sites around the world. All participants register for a six-credit continuing education graduate course titled "Gaining a Global Perspective through Cultural Immersion," at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN. The course/program allows each educator to design a personalized Professional Development Plan to meet his/her specific needs and interests. Individuals from any state in the USA are eligible to participate. Most educators participate during the months of June-August, but opportunities are available throughout the year.

• Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program
Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP) was launched by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to recruit foreign English teachers and teaching assistants to create more opportunities for Taiwanese students to learn English in schools nationwide. Application procedures and benefits are available on the site.

• Keizai Koho Center Study Tour to Japan
Since 1980, more than 700 social studies teachers have taken part in the KKC Study Tour to Japan. The program aims to deepen participants’ understanding of Japan and contribute to international mutual understanding across the Pacific. Their experiences and findings in Japan have significant value to their students, who will build future ties with Japan. This Study Tour to Japan for North American Middle and High School Teachers in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS).

• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program | www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel opportunities abroad for qualified US educators in the social sciences, the humanities, and the social studies to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange (Fulbright-Hays) Act of 1961. The topics of the seminars and host countries vary from year to year. All seminars are held in countries outside Western Europe. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country(ies). There are approximately 7 to 8 seminars annually with approximately 14-18 positions per seminar, subject to the availability of funds and adequate number of applications received for a given seminar. Terms of the award include a round-trip economy airfare, room and board, tuition and fees, and program-related travel within the host country(ies). The program application deadline is in late October or early November of each year. Updated applications are available in early September of each year for the upcoming summer.

• Japan Society | www.japansociety.org/page/programs/education
Connect with fellow students and future leaders from the United States and Japan this summer with the Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Program (Summer Program: for High School Students in U.S). Ten selected US high school students live with a host family and attend a high school in the Tokyo metropolitan area for approximately three weeks. Junior Fellows are selected based on their future leadership potential and demonstrated qualities necessary to a successful exchange experience.

• New Perspectives: Japan (Laurasian Institute) | www.newperspectivesprogram.org
New Perspectives: Japan (NP:J) is a three-phase program centered around a 16-day study tour to Japan. Students and teachers participate in the program as a group, sharing insights and reflections to enhance the overall experience. The program begins the second semester of the academic year -- several months prior to actual departure for Japan -- with classroom lessons on a theme related to Japanese language and culture upon which the particular group chooses to focus. Then, the group departs for Japan. On the tour the group will visit a Japanese school, live with a Japanese host family, visit historic sites in Tokyo and Kyoto, and practice Japanese on a daily basis. Upon return to the US, the group works on follow-up activities to assess the overall experience.

• The Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) sends Japanese nationals to communities, including school systems, to provide outreach programs on Japan. Co-sponsored by the Laurasian Institute and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

• Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program | www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/
The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program provides short-term study/travel opportunities abroad for qualified US educators in the social sciences, the humanities, and the social studies to improve their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of another country under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange (Fulbright-Hays) Act of 1961. The topics of the seminars and host countries vary from year to year. All seminars are held in countries outside Western Europe. Seminars are designed to provide a broad and introductory cultural orientation to a particular country(ies). There are approximately 7 to 8 seminars annually with approximately 14-18 positions per seminar, subject to the availability of funds and adequate number of applications received for a given seminar. Terms of the award include a round-trip economy airfare, room and board, tuition and fees, and program-related travel within the host country(ies). The program application deadline is in late October or early November of each year. Updated applications are available in early September of each year for the upcoming summer.