International Resources for Teachers & Students
Check out these international resources for teachers and students -- grouped into three categories: Lessons, Volunteer Interns, & Service Learning; Teacher Grants & Awards; and Teacher Exchange Programs.
Lessons, Volunteer Interns, & Service Learning
Choices for the 21st Century Education Project (Brown University)
Through its curricular resources, professional development workshops, and special projects, Choices engages secondary level students in international issues and contributes to a renewal of civic engagement among young people in the United States.
http://www.choices.edu/
Cross-Cultural Solutions
Volunteer abroad and work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. For all ages.
http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/
Globalization 101
This Web site features cross-disciplinary lessons for high school students that address globalization through different perspectives. The issue briefs, news reports, and video clips are important resources for educators wanting to address this hot international issue.
http://www.globalization101.org/
Japanese School Teaching Assistant Program
This program provides Japanese volunteer interns to elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States. The interns introduce students to Japanese culture, language, and arts at no charge to the U.S. hosts school or students.
http://www.internpro.com/jstap.htm
Teach UNICEF
This Web site provides online resources to help teachers engage students as active global citizens in learning about UNICEF's efforts worldwide.
http://www.teachunicef.org/
UNICEF Service Learning
UNICEF provides service-learning opportunities for students that address values, self-reflection, and knowledge about the lives of children around the world. For free materials, visit the UNICEF Web site.
http://www.unicefusa.org/site/c.duLRI8O0H/b.132700/k.F550/About_ServiceLearning__For_Teachers__TrickorTreat_for_UNICEF__Youth_Action__US_Fund_for_UNICEF.htm
World Trade Organization and Globalization
The American Forum for Global Education provides leadership to strengthen the education of our nation’s youth by fostering the ability to think about issues in a global context.
http://www.globaled.org/issues/160/index.html
Teacher Exchange Programs
AFS International
AFS is a voluntary, international, non-governmental non-profit organization that offers exchange programs in 55 countries. Over 11,000 students, young adults, and teachers participate annually. Programs present a variety of choices, allowing participants to develop a program focus that meets their individual needs.
http://www.afs.org/AFSI/
European Council of International Schools
This non-profit membership organization helps recruit professional staff for international schools.
http://www.ecis.org/
Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
In this program, qualified teachers participate in a one-year (sometimes one-semester) direct exchange of positions with teachers from other countries during an academic year. Or they may attend seminars abroad during the summer.
http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/
Hands Across the Water
In this teacher exchange program, an American teacher spends several weeks in another country living and working with a teacher, traveling with a small delegation of other American teachers.
http://www.eirc.org/content/global_connections/hands_across_water/index.html
Overseas Placement Service for Educators (University of Northern Iowa)
This program connects international K-12 schools with certified educators year round. Services offered include a recruiting fair, credential and referral services, and related publications.
http://www.uni.edu/placement/overseas/
Teacher Grants & Awards
Fulbright Scholar Program
This program for faculty and professionals offers more than 70 awards in education for lecturing or doing research abroad.
http://www.iie.org/cies/
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
This program provides American primary and secondary school teachers and administrators with opportunities for fully funded short-term study programs in Japan.
http://www.iie.org/template.cfm?&template=/programs/fmf/overview.htm
