Welcome to TCLP
Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) is a multi-layered cross-cultural program funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State and administered by American Councils for International Education. TCLP is designed to increase the number of Americans teaching and studying Arabic and Mandarin. We invite you to explore our site, starting with the video below sharing TCLP teachers' highlights of interactive classroom experiences.
Program Highlights
TCLP Welcome Orientation 2010 Highlights
TCLP Chinese Highlights May 2010
Video Highlights
TCLP Welcome Orientation 2010 Highlights
TCLP Chinese Highlights May 2010
Video Highlights
Announcements
Critical Language Projects
These projects can be proposed by current or previous exchange teachers, mentor teachers, host schools, or host school districts. Projects that allow continued collaboration between schools and their exchange teachers, as well as those that contribute to or develop US schools' critical foreign language programs, can be supported with awards up to approximately $5,000. Grants will be awarded on an ongoing basis, and application materials can be found under "Document Resources" in the "Programmatic" section using the link below:
TCLP Resource Document.
Teachers of Critical Languages: Critical Language Projects.
Please note that the deadline is ongoing
PROGRAM NEWS
Chinese teacher spending year in Hopkinton
Pan Jiling is taking a break from teaching English in a Chinese high school with 3,000 students to help jump-start a new Chinese language program in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, thanks to the district winning one of just 15 Teachers of Critical Lanagues Program (TCLP) grants awarded nationally.
"We're very fortunate that she is assigned to our school," Assistant Superintendent Mary Colombo said.
Grant offers Berkeley High School students opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese
When Berkeley High School students in Moncks Corner, South Carolina arrive for the first day of classes today, dozens of them will have the opportunity to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese. The school was awarded a grant from the American Councils for International Education's Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) to bring in a teacher from China for a year, said Berkeley High Principal Kim McLaren. Ru Yi, Berkeley's Chinese teacher, is excited not only about teaching students to speak her language, but also about helping them learn about her culture.