Partners in Education Program (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:55:40 -0400
From: William Morse <WMorse at actr.org>
Reply-To: civilsoc at SOLAR.RTD.UTK.EDU
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at SOLAR.RTD.UTK.EDU>
Subject: Partners in Education Program

    Announcing the Partners in Education Exchange Program

    Funded by the United States Information Agency (USIA)
    Administered by the American Council of Teacher of Russia/
    American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study
    (ACTR/ACCELS)

The Freedom Support Act-funded Partners in Education program (PIE)
supports democratic and educational reform in Russia and Ukraine
by advancing the development of civics education in NIS school systems.

Over the course of two semesters (Spring 1998 and Fall 1998) 90
secondary school social studies educators and administrators from
10 regions in Russia and Ukraine will participate in six-week
community based training and internship programs at U.S. secondary
schools.

ACTR/ACCELS is soliciting proposals from U.S. secondary school
districts to host and provide an internship program for groups
consisting of  eight teachers and one administrator from Russian
and Ukrainian secondary schools.  The last date to submit a proposal is
November 7, 1997.

ACTR/ACCELS is currently accepting applications from Russian and
Ukrainian secondary school social studies educators and
administrators.   Recruitment in Russia will be limited to educators
and administrators from the following oblasts: Khabarovsk,
Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Sverdlovsk.
Recruitment
in Ukraine will be limited to educators and administrators from the
following oblasts: Kharkiv, Kiev, Lviv, Odessa.  The deadlines for
submitting applications vary depending on the region; please contact
the nearest ACTR/ACCELS office for details.

For more information or the address if the office nearest you, please
write to William Morse <<wmorse at actr.org >>

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American Council of Teachers of Russian
American Council Collaboration in Education and Language Study
1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 833-7522
Fax (202) 833-7523



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