Fulbright Distinguished Teachers Participate in Orientation Workshop in Washington, DC
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From August 7-10, 2016, 44 U.S. teachers and 21 international teachers who were selected to participate in the 2016-2017 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program convened in Washington, DC for the program’s orientation workshop. Several alumni of the program also attended to share their experiences abroad, answer questions, and serve as resources to teachers throughout the workshop.
International teachers from Botswana, Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Palestinian Territories, Singapore, and Taiwan met with U.S. teachers who will be traveling to Botswana, Chile, Finland, India, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Palestinian Territories, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam to engage in discussions about their countries’ educational systems and their individual inquiry projects which they will develop during their program. During the workshop, teachers discussed varied topics such as ways to improve global competence in their classrooms and how to meet the needs of underserved students and communities.
Guest speakers included Evan Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and Betty Castor, Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Teachers were motivated by these sessions and expressed how much they look forward to further developing their inquiry projects and learning about their host country educational systems throughout the program.
The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by IIE. The application for the 2017-2018 school year will be available in late August 2016.
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