2020-2021 Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program

Deadline: March 31, 2020

Welcome to the 2020-2021 Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA)!

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2020-2021 Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program. This program will provide Cambodian teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge of the United States.

The Fulbright TEA is a six-week non-degree, non-credit academic program at a U.S. university. 160 international participants will travel to the United States for one of two six-week professional development programs in either spring of 2021 or fall of 2021. Fulbright TEA provides academic seminars on teaching methodologies and strategies, curriculum development, lesson planning, and instructional technology training. Intensive English language instruction will be offered to teachers who need additional practice. The program will consist of general academic seminars focusing on new teaching methodologies, content-based instruction, project-based learning, infusing thematic topics into curriculum, lesson planning, and instructional technology training for teachers. Intensive English language instruction will be offered to teachers who need additional practice. The program will include a practicum of at least 40 hours with a U.S. partner teacher in a U.S. secondary school near the host university to actively engage participants in the U.S. classroom environment. Cultural enrichment, mentoring, and support will be provided to participants throughout the program.

After returning home, teachers who successfully complete the program will be eligible to compete for small grant awards for essential teaching materials, follow-on training for other teachers, collaborative projects between participating American schools and their home schools, and other activities that build on the exchange experience.

Teaching disciplines for the Fulbright TEA Program are:

• English or English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
• Social Studies (social studies, civics, history, geography, etc.)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Special Education teachers in the disciplines listed above

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be current secondary school-level, full-time teachers in a school that serves a primarily local (not expatriate) population;
• Have five or more years of classroom experience in Fulbright TEA teaching disciplines: English, EFL, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, or Special Education;
• Be citizens of and residents in Cambodia;
• Have earned a bachelor’s degree or equivalent;

Obtain a minimum score of 450 on paper based TOEFL or equivalent English language examination.  *Please note that candidates do not need to take the test before applying.  If selected after an interview, candidates will be required to take TOEFL iBT test, with financial support from the U.S. Embassy. A limited number of participants with TOEFL scores between 425 and 450, or equivalent, will be accepted for the program into a special cohort with additional English language training included in the professional development program;

• Demonstrate a commitment to continue teaching after completion of the program; and
• Submit a complete application.

* Please note that this is a program for practicing teachers of Cambodian students. Ministry of Education officials, full-time principals or educational administrators, full-time teacher trainers, university faculty, private English language tutors, and teachers from schools primarily serving expatriates are not eligible.

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