Message-ID: <MAC.951012200337@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:03:37 EDT From: "Dennis McConnell - UMaine, U.S.A." <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Teaching Opportunities in NIS To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
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Teaching Opportunity in the Newly-Independent States (NIS)
American Council of Teachers of Russian/
American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study
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The American Council of Teachers of Russian/American Council for
Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACTR/ACCELS) wel-
comes applications from secondary school teachers of civics, in-
cluding government, political science, social studies, history,
and/or American studies to participate in an academic year-long
program teaching at a secondary school or pedagogical institute in
one of the countries of the New Independent States (NIS).
Participants will serve as visiting faculty to a school in Armenia,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Moldova, Russia or Ukraine during the
1996-97 school year in the area of civics education. In addition
to teaching in the subjects listed above, participants may be asked
to teach U.S. language, culture, and/or literature.
This program is sponsored by the United States Information Agency,
administered on its behalf by ACTR/ACCELS, and funded under the
Freedom Support Act. The program covers the cost of domestic
airfare to Washington, DC, international airfare from Washington,
DC, orientation, a monthly maintenance stipend which includes a
housing allowance, and emergency medical insurance during the
exchange. Applicants must be U.S. citizens to be eligible.
The application deadline for this program is December 15, 1995.
For applications and additional information, contact:
ACTR/ACCELS Faculty Exchange Office
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 833-7522
Fax: (202) 833-7523
E-mail: mailto:millis@actr.org
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