Russian/American Educators' Exchange now accepting applications

[Genevra Gerhart]

I f you know any high school teachers of Russian, be absolutely sure that
they receive this message from the 

Russian/American Educators' Exchange. It's a chance of a lifetime. Ask me if
you are worried about something.

Genevra Gerhart

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Russian/American Educators' Exchange 

connect at the roots 

 

Now accepting applications 

 

The Russian/American Educators' Exchange will send American teachers to
rural Russian schools to meet their fellow teachers and to exchange
curriculum materials based on folklore. Each American teacher will prepare a
short lesson on some aspect of American folklore, to be presented to
teachers in Russia. 

 

In addition, the American teachers will work under the guidance of an
experienced Russian folklorist, to record songs and stories, document
traditional holiday customs, and photograph traditional handicrafts in the
Russian host village. The American teachers will choose any aspect of the
Russian folklore they have collected to incorporate into the curriculum of
their home schools. 

 

All expenses are paid, including round-trip airfare between New York and
Moscow. (Separate funding from another source is available for travel
between participants' homes and New York.) 

 

Knowledge of Russian is helpful, but not required. Translators will be
provided throughout. 

 

The trips are timed to coincide with four Russian traditional holiday
seasons: 

. Maslenitsa/Shrovetide Traditions in Bryansk province, Pochepskii district
(21 Feb - 5 March 2014) 

 

. Easter Traditions in Volgograd province, Novoannenkii district (11-23
April 2014) 

 

. Pentecost/Trinity Week in Smolensk province, Demidovkii district 30 May -
11 June 2014) 

 

. Christmas/Holy Evening Traditions, Smolensk province, Glinka district (28
Dec 2014 - 10 Jan 2015) 

 

Requirements: 

. Participants must hold a valid US passport 

. Participants may be employed at either a public or private school 

. Participants must teach at the high-school level (grades 9-12) 

. Participants must commit to creating, using and disseminating curriculum
materials that incorporate Russian folklore. The curriculum materials can be
in any subject. 

 

 

Preference will be given to teachers employed in rural school districts with
Census Bureau locale codes of 41, 42 or 43. 

For details and application instructions, visit russianfolklorefriends.org
or email us at info at russianfolklorefriends.org 

 

 

This opportunity is presented by American Friends of Russian Folklore, a
501C3 public benefit corporation.

 Funding comes from the US-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialog Program. 

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