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 Follow-On Project.
Please note, the deadline is March 31, 2010, with all approved projects to be completed by June 30, 2010
Rawan Ibrahim was hosted by Lindblom Math and Science Academy in Chicago, Illinois where she preferred to teach communicatively. Among her many accomplishments were getting her students involved in an international and cross-cultural play- writing contest and using authentic materials such as her family's identification card and henna to keep her students' interest high. Ms. Ibrahim, who is from Zarqa City, Jordan, is a MA candidate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Hashemite University, teaches Beginning English within the Ministry of Education.
TCLP teacher is highlighted in The Hour for his work in the Brien McMahon High School and Norwalk Public Schools. Posted on 6/9/2009
Each November, after Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) exchange teachers have transitioned into their school communities and more fully understand the needs of their students, American Councils organizes a Fall Workshop to provide supplemental professional development before their first semester closes.