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Department of State Invites Applications for Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
The announcement may be read online at http://exchanges.state.gov/news/2003/june9.htm 

Text of the announcement also follows.

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MEDIA NOTE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR FULBRIGHT TEACHER AND
ADMINISTRATOR EXCHANGE PROGRAM

June 9, 2003
The U.S. Department of State's Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange
Program invites applications from U.S. administrators and teachers at K-12
schools, two-year colleges, and universities who are interested in working
abroad during the 2004-2005 academic year.



The Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers
these exchanges under the Fulbright Program, the flagship exchange program
of the U.S. government that promotes mutual understanding between citizens
of the United States and other countries. Since the establishment of the
Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 229,000 Americans and citizens of other
countries have participated.



The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program features direct
one-to-one exchanges and offers reciprocal advantages to participating
institutions. Schools and communities gain the expertise and perspective of
the visiting exchange teacher and, subsequently, share the experiences of
their returning faculty members. Approximately 400 educators take part in
the program each year. U.S. and international teachers continue to be paid
by their home institutions while exchanging classrooms, usually for a full
academic year. For the individual educator, this is the ultimate
professional development opportunity.



Administrator exchanges consist of reciprocal three- to six-week visits to
each administrator's institution. The U.S. Administrator works with his or
her foreign counterpart as a team in shadowing and sharing information on
administrative duties. There is an eight-week seminar in Italy and a
six-week seminar in Greece for two-year college faculty and teachers (grades
7-12) of Latin, Greek, or the classics.  Please note that the 2004 Greece
Classics Seminar will not be held due to preparations for the Olympic Games
in Athens.  The program will resume in summer 2005.



Participating countries for the academic year 2004-2005 include Argentina,
Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway,
Oman, Peru, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain,
Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.



U.S. educators interested in participating must be U.S. citizens, have a
full-time teaching or administrative position, be in at least the third year
of full-time employment (for teaching and administrative exchanges) or in
the second year of full-time teaching (for summer seminar participation),
and be fluent in English. In some non-English speaking countries,
demonstrated fluency in the appropriate language is required. The
Presidentially appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will
select participants.



Applications must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2003. Requests for
applications, publicity material, and general information should be directed
to Ms. Roberta Croll, Outreach Specialist, Fulbright Teacher and
Administrator Exchange Program, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 320,
Washington, DC, 20024; phone 800-726-0479; e-mail: fulbright@grad.usda.gov;
Website: www.fulbrightexchanges.org.




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