Travel Opportunities for Teachers
Edutopia This site below links to an Edutopia article titled "No-Cost Summer Travel for Teachers and lists a variety of opportunities ranging in length from one week to a year for teachers to travel abroad. Most are fellowship opportunities that require you to use what you've learned abroad and apply it to what you teach and share it with your colleagues. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summer-travel-for-teachers-suzanne-acord Travel Exchange Programs This resource is an article written by Lillie, a traveling teacher who loves global education. This is a link to the article and her site which is devoted to sharing inspiring stories from teachers who travel. This article describes a useful tool for teachers to get information on free travel exchange scholarships. It walks you through how to use the website: http://exchanges.state.gov. Click on the link below to read the article! http://www.teachingtraveling.com/2014/12/31/travel-scholarships/ Teachers for Global Classrooms is a program funded through IREX and the State Department. It provides elementary and secondary teachers with the opportunity to learn more about global education through professional development and then participate in a two-three week international field experience. It is an incredibly rich and life-changing experience and it is the program I went through. https://www.irex.org/projects/tgc |
Travel Opportunities for Students
Global Kids is an organization that recruits middle and high school students from underserved populations and provides them opportunities to develop global competencies through workshops, travel, and service projects. Check out the site below for more information on how you or your students can apply! http://www.globalkids.org/#/our-programs The Global SchoolNet aims to improve academic performance through content driven collaboration. Links teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/ AFS is the leading international high school exchange program in the United States. They provide high school students with opportunities to study abroad, live with a host family, or volunteer. If you are heading to high school soon and want to look into this international exchange program check out this site! http://www.afsusa.org/ |