Participating in the English Language Fellow Program (Video)
Michael McCoy (EL Fellow, Indonesia, American Indonesian Exchange Foundation)
I learned that to be successful in the fellow program you have be very flexible.
Carol Haddaway (EL Fellow, Syria, Anne Arundel Community College)
It was worth every minute.
Caralyn Bushey (EL Fellow, Russia, Literacy Council of Montgomery County)
I had a great deal of autonomy which was exciting.
Speaker 1
The fellowship opened a lot of opportunities for me to use my ELT experience
Larry Corwin (Director, Office of English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State)
The English Language Fellow Program is one of the State Department's oldest and most effective public diplomacy program.
Speaker 2
Since 1969, the program has sent thousands of teachers overseas. Today, well over a 100 teachers per year travel to more than 80 countries all over the world.
Michael McCoy (EL Fellow, Indonesia, American Indonesian Exchange Foundation)
Thanks to the English Language Fellow Program, I became the executive director of one of largest Fulbright Commissions in the world.
Carol Haddaway (EL Fellow, Syria, Anne Arundel Community College)
I went to Syria on and I worked with the ministry of education and the training of all their regional english language supervisors.
Caralyn Bushey (EL Fellow, Russia, Literacy Council of Montgomery County)
I had a chance to do so many different things and work with so many different teachers throughout the country. I could design all of my own teacher training.
Maria Snarksi (El Fellow Mozambique, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs)
When my fellowship group hired me for my career in Foreign Services through the day to day interaction I had with the public affairs section at the Embassy in Maputu.
Diane Larsen-Freeman (Director, English Language Institute, University of Michigan)
Fellows can energize the faculty. They come back from overseas with a renewed confidence.
Speaker 3
It's a transformational process, both for them and the people they work with.
Speaker 4
The English Language Fellow Program, the number one fellowship for TESOL professionals. Learn more about the fellowship at the Department of State website.
