International travel grant available

Under the Eurasia/South Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA), the U.S. Department of State and IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) announce a competition for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a two-week professional exchange program in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Ukraine.

Eligible applicants must be: 1) secondary-level (middle or high school), teaching professionals with five or more years of classroom experience in disciplines including English as a Foreign Language, English Language or Literature, and social sciences (including social studies, civics, and history); 2) U.S. citizens, and 3) able to travel April 3-17, 2009.

The program is fully funded and provides visa support, round-trip domestic airfare, lodging and meals to attend the TEA U.S. Conference, round-trip airfare from the United States to the assigned country in Eurasia or South Asia, emergency medical evacuation plan, recommended vaccinations, and lodging and a daily stipend in the host country. The application deadline is April 29, 2008.

For further information, download the application form. You also can contact Anne Millazzo of IREX by phone at 202-628-8188, ext 197, or by e-mail at tea@irex.org.