Host a Chinese or Arabic Teacher in 2010-11
The Teachers of Critical Languages Program, a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is designed to expand schools’ abilities to teach Chinese and Arabic, placing experienced EFL teachers from China and Egypt in American K-12 schools for an academic year where they teach Mandarin or Arabic language and culture.
- US elementary or secondary schools, both public and private, may apply
- Applications are due February 12, 2010.
- TCLP provides broad-based integrated support:
For exchange teachers
- round-trip airfare,
- ~$30,000 to support living expenses
- J-1 visa support
- health insurance
- professional development funds
- Pre-departure orientation in Beijing and Cairo
- 2-week Orientation and methodological practicum
- professional development workshops in November and May
For host schools
- $5,000 grant opportunities for language-learning projects
- monthly honoraria for school-designated mentors
- in-person site visits by TCLP staff
- on-going support from experienced staff
Complete the Online Host School Application
or
Download the Host School Application
Highlights
TCLP Arabic Highlights January 2010
Featured in this month's highlights
TCLP Chinese Highlights January 2010
Featured in this month's highlights
Announcements
Follow-On 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 Follow-On Project.
Please note, the deadline is March 31, 2010, with all approved projects to be completed by June 30, 2010
Featured Teacher - Bai Jinguo (Chinese Teacher)
Bai Jinguo is from Harbin and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Qiqihar University. Since 2003, he has been teaching English at Harbin No.1 High School (2,500 students and 230 teachers). In addition to having published four books and several essays, Mr. Bai has won a number of prizes in English teaching and tutoring such as the Excellent English Teaching Award which he won six times (2004-2009). He has experience working cross-culturally and with both American and British secondary students, serving as the chief facilitator for a group of AFS students from Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2005 and as an interpreter for delegations from King’s College School and Lambeth Academy in 2008 during their respective visits to China and to his school.
Featured Alumni Member - Sun Jing (Chinese Teacher)
Sun Jing is from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province and holds degrees in English Language and Literature. She has taught since 2000 and is one of 246 teachers at the Harbin No 6 Middle School, one of the most prestigious high schools in Harbin. Her awards include the “National English Proficiency Competition” and “Learning from Experience of Teaching Reading”.
PROGRAM NEWS
Cross cultural exchange: Chinese teacher adapts and thrives in Swain County
"After making the journey to Western North Carolina from China, Niu Jun discovered Bryson City was nothing like she imagined.
Driving through the town of about 1,300, a confused Niu Jun asked, “Bryson City? Where’s the city?”
Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese
"WASHINGTON — Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a government-financed survey — dismal news for a nation that needs more linguists to conduct its global business and diplomacy...The State Department has paid for a smaller program — the Teachers of Critical Languages Program — to bring Chinese teachers to schools here, with each staying for a year."