TCLP Teachers Participate in the End of Program Leadership Workshop

The exchange teachers of the 2009-2010 Teachers of Critical Languages Program convened in Washington DC for a two day Leadership Workshop from May 12-14, 2010. Throughout the workshop, Chinese and Egyptian teachers interacted in sessions where they acquired new leadership methods for sharing their experiences in the US with colleagues and students in China and Egypt. They completed their sessions on May 14 with the expertise to design and conduct a peer training workshop with colleagues in China and Egypt, a new bank of lesson plans and materials for teaching their students about American culture, and knowledge about the resources available to them as Department of State Alumni. Thoughtful reflections about their past year in the U.S. redirected their focus as they prepared to assume new responsibilities as leaders of their educational communities in China and Egypt.

In between a reuniting opening dinner featuring a screening of the TLCP Video Contest winners and a closing dinner overlooking the U.S. Capitol Building, TCLP exchange teachers gained a new perspective on their experience and departed ready to lead their colleagues and students toward further mutual understanding and exchanges in educational best practices.