Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program Recruitment

23 February 2010

Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program Recruitment

The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission are pleased to announce recruitment for the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program – a six-week program in the United States for high school teachers of either English as a Foreign Language, Social Science or Math and Sciences in the Spring or Fall 2011.  Applications are due by March 15, 2010 to tea_poland@state.gov

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State implemented by IREX, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization.

The fellowship covers all costs associated with the program, including travel to the final interview, TOEFL testing, and J-1 visa support in Poland, plus round-trip airfare to the United States, housing, meals, insurance, local transportation, a pre-departure orientation, a closing seminar, and a book/professional development allowance.

This six-week program includes:

• coursework and intensive training in teaching methodologies, lesson planning, and teaching strategies for the participants’ home environment
• the use of computers for Internet and word processing and as teaching tools
• a two-week internship at a U.S. secondary school
• visits to local schools, NGOs, and local government offices
• trips to U.S. cultural sites
• full academic support

Exchange participants will also have the opportunity to host a U.S. teacher for two weeks and to apply for follow-on grants.
 
TEA fellows will be selected through an open, merit-based competition. After the application deadline, the U.S. Embassy and Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission will review all eligible applications. Top candidates will be interviewed and must take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination or provide valid results no more than one year old. The final selection will be based on the top candidates’ applications, interviews, and TOEFL test results.

The TEA program brochure (PDF 161kb) - a very useful information tool.

You can download the full program description (PDF 155kb).

Please click here (part I [PDF 448kb], part II [PDF 165kb]) to download the application form

Submit your application by March 15, 2010 to tea_poland@state.gov

Please send your questions to tea_poland@state.gov or call 022-504-2363.