Teachers for Global Classrooms Program

From http://www.irex.org/project/teachers-global-classrooms-program-tgc?utm_source=Partnership+for+Global+Learning+General&utm_campaign=b9f18cbbf0-PGL_newsletter_0411&utm_medium=email

The Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program provides a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a program aimed at globalizing US classrooms.

Activities include:
• An online course designed specifically for US teachers aiming to globalize their classrooms;
• Two Global Education Symposiums in Washington, DC (pre and post travel); and
• An international fellowship through a two week country visit upon successful completion of the online course.
Travel under this program will be to one of the following countries: Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Ukraine.

Eligible applicants must be:
• Full-time secondary-level (middle or high school), teaching professionals with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Second Language, English Language or Literature, Social Studies, Mathematics, or Science;
• US citizens.

Applications are due June 15, 2011.

Learn more and apply at http://www.irex.org/project/teachers-global-classrooms-program-tgc?utm_source=Partnership+for+Global+Learning+General&utm_campaign=b9f18cbbf0-PGL_newsletter_0411&utm_medium=email