Fulbright awards in teaching - open to primary and secondary level media specialists/librarian

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) has announced the 2016 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching programme. Fulltime Indian teachers teaching any subject at any level (primary, middle or secondary) at a school in India can apply. This programme is also open to primary and secondary level media specialists/librarians, guidance counsellors, curriculum specialists, special education coordinators, gifted and talented coordinators and administrators who spend at least fifty per cent of their time teaching or working directly with students. Teacher trainers are also eligible.

Selected international participants will be placed at a U.S. host university School of Education from mid-August to mid-December, 2016. The host university will provide a broad range of resources in the teachers’ fields of expertise. International teachers who are selected to participate in the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching programme will: Enrol in advanced undergraduate or graduate-level classes; design and conduct an inquiry project; observe, team teach and/or conduct workshops for U.S. teachers and students in local schools and engage in other teaching-related activities.

Upon returning home, participants will be expected to share the knowledge and experience gained on the programme with teachers and students in their home schools and with the wider community.

The deadline for applications for Indian candidates is October 9.

Details of the programme & application procedure | www.usief.org.in.

For more information |  http://www.usief.org.in/Fellowships/Distinguished-Fulbright-Awards-Teaching-Program.aspx  

Source |The Hindu | 31 August 2015