Summer 2013
Field Study Opportunities in East Asia

For NCTA Alumni in the states of:

Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (lower), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas

Dates

July 1 – July 17, 2013

Itinerary

China (The Silk Road)
Beijing, Xi’an, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, and Shanghai

Study Tour Goals

The goal of the Study Tour experience is to provide individual educators with professional development opportunities that will help expand their understanding of East Asia. As a professional development opportunity for educators, the Study Tour is designed to provide a pivotal experience. It is the culmination of a period of classroom study (NCTA seminar or NCTA online offering) during which educators have acquired new professional expertise on East Asia. The Study Tour provides them with a practical experience helpful in utilizing this new expertise. The Study Tour will prepare educators to strengthen curriculum on East Asia in their school districts.

Study Tour Prerequisites

1. A total of 30 hours in NCTA-sponsored professional development programs; these can be face-to-face seminars and workshops in their state, on-line 30-hour courses, on-line mini-courses, on-line simulcasts, or any combination thereof. Applicants for the summer 2013 trips must have completed their NCTA course requirements by February 8, 2013 in order to be considered for the trip.
2. Taught full-time for two years.
3. Currently teaching or supervising curriculum areas with significant Asia content.
4. Plan to teach or supervise full-time for the academic year following the Study Tour.
5. If you have traveled previously on a NCTA Study Tour, you are not eligible to apply in 2013.

Application Deadline

February 8, 2013
Applicants for the summer 2013 trips must have completed their NCTA course requirements by February 8, 2013 in order to be considered for the trip.