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May 13, 2004

U.S. Department of State Invites Applications for Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program

The U.S. Department of State's Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program invites applications from U.S. administrators and teachers at K-12 schools, and two-year colleges, who wish to participate in teacher exchange abroad during the 2005-2006 academic year.

The Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers these exchanges under the Fulbright Program, the flagship exchange program of the U.S. government that promotes mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and other countries. More than 229,000 Americans and citizens of other countries have participated since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946.

The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program features direct one-to-one exchanges and offers advantages to participating institutions. Schools and communities gain the expertise and perspective of the visiting exchange teacher and, subsequently, share the experiences of their returning faculty members. Approximately 400 educators take part in the program each year. U.S. and international teachers continue to be paid by their home institutions while exchanging classrooms, usually for a full academic year. For the individual educator, this is the ultimate professional development opportunity.

Administrator exchanges consist of reciprocal three- to six-week visits to each administrator's institution. The U.S. Administrator works with his or her foreign counterpart as a team in shadowing and sharing information on administrative duties. The program also offers three summer seminars for faculty of Latin, Greek, Italian or the classics. Participating countries for the academic year 2005-2006 include Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uruguay.

U.S. educators interested in participating must be U.S. citizens, have a full-time teaching or administrative position, be in at least the third year of full-time employment (for teaching and administrative exchanges) or in the second year of full-time teaching (for summer seminar participation), and be fluent in English. In some countries, demonstrated fluency in the appropriate language is required. The Presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will select participants.

Applications must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2004. Requests for applications, publicity material, and general information should be directed to
Ms. Roberta Croll, Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 320, Washington, DC, 20024; phone 800-726-0479;
e-mail: fulbright@grad.usda.gov; Website: www.fulbrightexchanges.org.

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