This week's postings: 1. Student Travel and Hosting Opportunities with AFS-USA 2. Become a Global Educator to Thailand! 3. Ohio State University Social Studies and Global Education Study Tours to China and Tanzania 4. High School Scholarship Program for Muslim Students Seeks Cluster Leaders Nationwide 5. Cultural Explorations of the Maya Summer Program for Teachers Ellen Frierson Global TeachNet Intern National Peace Corps Association mailto:gtnintern@rpcv.org http://www.globalteachnet.org ------------------------------------------- 1. Student Travel and Hosting Opportunities with AFS-USA Posted by request: As a global educator, you are cognizant of how living and studying in another country promotes the kind of learning and understanding that changes how young people view others, and the world, for the rest of their lives. Each year, the nonprofit organization AFS-USA sends more than 1,500 students to more than 40 countries, awards more than $1 million in scholarships and financial aid to students, and places students from abroad with more than 2,700 U.S. host families. Chances are you know of some great young people who would benefit by having a study abroad experience like the new summer 3-in-1 program in Panama that provides students with a well-rounded immersion in the Panamanian culture as they live with a host family, perform community service in the mornings, and take Spanish classes in the afternoons. Your family can change the world without leaving home! AFS is always in need of host families who want to share their homes and lives. Help build bridges of intercultural understanding by welcoming an AFS Exchange Student for a year or semester. Most students arrive in late summer. AFS also needs "Aunts" and "Uncles" to share special times with students and community volunteers. For more information about AFS programs abroad, scholarships, opportunities to host a student or teacher, how to reconnect with AFS if you are a returnee, or how to volunteer in your community with AFS, please contact us at 1-800-AFS-INFO, mailto:afsinfo@afs.org, or http://www.afs.org/usa. ------------------------------------------- 2. Become a Global Educator to Thailand! Posted by request: AFS-USA and AFS Thailand, with the support of the US Embassy in Bangkok and the Ministry of Education in Thailand, are pleased to offer an innovative teaching opportunity in Thailand. Thailand needs current and former educators to assist primary and secondary school students and teachers in meeting Thailand Education Act requirements for English as a second language. Program Dates: Orientation in LA, 29 April 2005; Depart U.S. 30 April End-of-stay orientation: 17-23 Sep. 2005; Depart Thailand 24 Sept. Eligibility Pre-requisites: Teaching certificate (ESL helpful but not required) Prior teaching experience Between 25-55 years old (contact us if you are outside this range) Flexible, patient, open-minded and adaptable Able to develop English classroom content Participants will be teaching students aged 10-18, though primarily secondary school students, and will be assigned to schools in cities throughout Thailand (except Bangkok). Participants will live with host families or in teachers' living quarters on the school campus (common in Thailand). Participants receive a monthly stipend of Baht 15,000 (approximately $400.00). This is sufficient to live comfortably in Thailand. Teaching content will likely be conversational or written English rather than grammar. Participants should expect to have 18 teaching sessions per week, at 55 minutes per session. Teaching materials and advisory assistance will be provided by host schools, although US participants should prepare informal teaching materials to bring. Opportunity to participate in other school activities and AFS activities such as orientations or meetings. Orientation: Pre-departure orientation program and arrival orientation including language survival study and Thai education system. Program fee: $500 In conjunction with the scholarship fee, this includes international airfare, visa assistance, orientations, travel within Thailand, placement with carefully-screened host family and school, 24 hour AFS support while on-program. We are able to offer this program for only $500 thanks to scholarship funding from the US Embassy and Thai Ministry of Education. Please contact Nancy Levine at mailto:nlevine@afs.org or 800-876-2376, x439 for information and an application. Nancy Levine AFS-USA 198 Madison Ave., 8th floor New York, NY 10016 212.299.900 or 800.876.2376, x439 mailto:nlevine@afs.org ------------------------------------------- 3. Ohio State University Social Studies and Global Education Study Tours to China and Tanzania Posted by request: Overview of China study tour: This study tour has been planned to provide participants with opportunities to meet the Chinese people close up, to study Chinese education and cultures, and to learn about China historically, geographically, politically, and economically. Dates for China study tour: Depart for Beijing from Columbus on Thursday, August 4 and return on Tuesday, August 23. A roundtrip group fare from Chicago to Beijing on United Airlines has been scheduled. Independent flights to Beijing can be arranged if so desired. Overview of Tanzania study tour: This study tour is being planned to provide participants with opportunities to meet the Tanzanian people close up, to study Tanzanian education and cultures, and to participate in photographic wildlife safaris into a wide variety of Tanzania's outstanding game preserves and national parks. Dates for Tanzania study tour: Depart JFK International Airport in New York on the evening of July 5 and fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport by way of London and Nairobi. Return from Tanzania to New York on July 20. Travel arrangements are being handled by TraveLearn, Inc. Approximately eighteen applicants will be accepted into these programs. Enrollment is open to undergraduate and graduate students at Ohio State and other universities, educators at the elementary, secondary, and university levels, and persons with an interest in Social Studies, Global Education, and the history and cultures of China or Tanzania. Academic credit can be earned through the College of Education at the Ohio State University. For more information, please contact the tour leader: M. Eugene Gilliom 2495 Haverford Road Columbus, OH 43220 Telephone: (614) 451-1518, e-mail: mailto:genegillion@mac.com Fax: (614) 451-1763 ------------------------------------------- 4. High School Scholarship Program for Muslim Students Seeks Cluster Leaders Nationwide Posted by request: PAX-Program of Academic Exchange is a non-profit educational foundation that promotes and arranges inbound and outbound high school/homestay programs. In 2003 PAX administered the first year of the "Partnerships for Learning Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES)," an innovative high school exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State to create exchange opportunities between the U.S. and the Muslim world. To date, PAX has received full scholarship students from Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Due to the success of the past two years, the program will double the number of finalists this spring! PAX YES is looking for Cluster Leaders to represent the PAX program in their local communities (any state is welcome). Working directly with the regional director in the national office, a Cluster Leader will help to arrange homestays and high school enrollment for 3 scholarship finalists per year. Cluster Leaders will earn commission per student (which is part of the grant), will be cordially invited to attend an annual PAX 4-day national meeting (held each year at a different resort location, all expenses paid), and will have a chance to get to know their neighbors and communities better, while showing America to these most deserving youngsters. Last year several RPCVs served as YES Cluster Leaders: Karen Hagewood and Dennis McMahon of CA, Maranee Sanders of OR, Carol Radomski of MD and Sarah Morari of MN. YES Development Director Oksana Pavliouk is looking for 8 other RPCVs nation wide who would enjoy a flexible, part-time job from home that combines a little compensation with the chance to work with some amazing teenagers in the U.S. for a school year. If interested or for more information, contact Oksana Pavliouk at mailto:oxanap@pax.org ------------------------------------------- 5. Cultural Explorations of the Maya Summer Program for Teachers Posted by request: The Latin American Resource Center at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans are please to notice Cultural Explorations of the Maya Summer Program for Teachers, July 1-13, 2005. This program will take pre-service and in-service teachers on a two-week journey throughout the Yucatán Peninsula visiting such places as Mérida, Tulúm, Valladolid, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal and more. Teachers will receive 6 hours of graduate or undergraduate Curriculum and Instruction credit from the University of New Orleans' College of Education. The courses include Cultural Explorations of the Maya Professional Development Program and Mayan Art in the Classroom. Cost of the program is $2,695.00, which includes six hours credit, housing, most meals and more. For more information, please visit http://inst.uno.edu/mayan/ If you have any questions, please contact Brian Knighten at mailto:bknighte@tulane.edu _______________________________________________ Please note: The materials and information included in this listserv are provided as a service to you and do not necessarily reflect endorsement by Global TeachNet or the National Peace Corps Association. We encourage subscribers to pass the information along to colleagues and other interested parties. Please credit this listserv as the source and include subscription information. 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