The online application is now posted for the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program (DA) for K-12 teachers.
By conducting educational research abroad, U.S. teachers gain new skills, learn new instructional methods and assessment methodologies, and share best practices with international colleagues and students. Teachers also have the opportunity to expand their understanding of other cultures and international education systems that will enrich their U.S. schools and local communities with global perspectives.
Teachers may travel to: Botswana, Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Palestinian Territories, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, or Vietnam. (Programs in some of these countries are still pending and may change.
This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Institute of International Education.
Please visit the program website: www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org. Email: fulbrightdat@iie.org. Twitter: @FulbrightTeach. Facebook: Fulbrightteachers. Phone: 202-326-7778.
Application deadline is December 1, 2016.