Deadline Reminder: Fellowships for Summer Russian Teacher Programs

[Brita Ericson]

Deadlines are fast approaching for Summer 2010 professional development
programs for Russian teachers and graduate students!

All online applications must be completed by March 1st, 2010.

*Summer Russian Language Teachers Program:
http://www.americancouncils.org/program/29/ST/
The American Councils Summer Program for Russian Language Teachers offers
qualified U.S. pre- and in-service teachers of Russian language and culture
from both high schools and universities the opportunity to reach new levels
of competency in Russian, and to experience firsthand the latest
developments in the discipline. Advanced-level courses on teaching
methodology, Russian language, literature and culture are led by
distinguished faculty from Moscow State University’s Department of
Philology. The program is six-weeks long, and takes place from mid-June to
early-August. All selected participants will receive scholarship funding
through a Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant. Scholarship
benefits include: full tuition; round-trip international airfare; housing
and partial board; living stipend; Russian visa; accident and illness
insurance; pre-departure orientation; and ten graduate credit hours.

*Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Russian Teachers:
http://www.americancouncils.org/program/3g/ISLI/
The Intensive Summer Language Institutes program is funded by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U. S. Department of State, and
administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.
The goal of the program is to strengthen foreign language instruction in
critical languages at U.S. schools by providing teachers with the
opportunity to study intermediate and advanced level Russian overseas. The
program is open to current K-12 teachers as well as community college
instructors of Russian who are non-native speakers of the target language.
It is also open to graduate students enrolled in education programs
intending to teach Russian. Scholarship benefits include: pre-departure
orientation in Washington, D.C.; academic program in Kazan, Russia;
international and U.S. domestic airfare; housing; meals; stipend for
purchase and shipping of teaching materials; peer tutors; educational and
cultural excursions; visa; program insurance; on-site program management;
and ten graduate credit hours.

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