Teachers of Critical Languages Program

Program Press Releases

• Host a Guest Teacher with the Teachers of Critical Languages Program 11/23/11
  The Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) places teachers from China and Egypt in K-12 host schools around the U.S. TCLP guest teachers instruct students in Mandarin or Arabic language and culture for one academic year. Hosting an exchange teacher allows schools and districts to build relationships with native Arabic and Chinese speakers, connect with schools overseas, increase capacity in their language programs, and bring international perspectives to their faculty and student body. TCLP provides teachers’ salaries, healthcare, roundtrip airfare, training, professional development funds, and ongoing program support. To increase the number of Americans teaching and learning these critical languages, selected host schools receive access to grant opportunities to support language-learning projects.
• Critical Language Projects 10/07/10
  On behalf of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State, American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce an open competition for the Critical Language Projects for program alumni, current exchange teachers, mentor teachers, administrative representatives, and U.S. schools and districts. This program supports special projects that promote the teaching and learning of critical languages in the United States; advances English, Chinese or Arabic as a Foreign Language teaching and learning in China and Egypt; and/or those that support mutual understanding among the participating countries.