Study of the United States Institutes for Secondary School Educators

This programme will provide two multinational groups of 30 experienced and highly-motivated secondary school educators with a deeper understanding of US society, education and culture, with the ultimate goal to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States. The programme will be organised around a central theme of US civilisation and will have a strong contemporary component.  Through a combination of traditional, multi-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary approaches, the programme will elucidate the history and evolution of US educational institutions and values. The programme also serves to illuminate contemporary political, social and economic debates in American society. Two Institutes will take place ; one at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 11 June - 24 July 2010 and the other at the Institute for Training & Development - Amherst with the dates to be determined.

Award Benefits

The programme covers all participant costs including travel, housing, subsistence, book, cultural and incidental allowances and limited sickness and accident benefits coverage. Participants will have a private room with a shared bathroom during the residency portion (4 weeks) of the Institute, and will have to share a hotel room during the study tour (up to 2 weeks). Family members and/or friends are not permitted to accompany participants on any part of the programme.

The Fulbright Commission will assist successful nominees in obtaining a US visa.

Special Programmes do not preclude participants from applying for a Fulbright Award upon returning to the UK.

Selection Criteria

This programme is open to all UK-based secondary school educators (such as classroom teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, textbook writers and department of education officials).

The ideal candidate will be a mid-career (typically this means aged 25-50), highly-motivated and experienced secondary school educator, with little or no experience in the United States, who is seeking to introduce or enhance aspects of US studies into their curriculum.

If successful in obtaining nomination from the Fulbright Commission, the candidate's application materials will be forwarded to the US Department of State for final approval/selection. Candidates will be notified if they are invited to participate in the institute in mid-March 2010.

Applying

This application is now closed.

Each candidate will be required to submit:

(a)    Application form
(b)    One page personal statement
(c)    Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Applicants may either send their completed application forms by email to programmes@fulbright.co.uk or by post, to the following address:

Study of the US Institutes
Fulbright Awards Programme
The US-UK Fulbright Commission
Fulbright House
62 Doughty St
LONDON
WC1N 2JZ

Please note: Applications which arrive by fax or late will not be considered. Please ensure that you attach sufficient postage when sending forms/letters to the US-UK Fulbright Commission in London. We will not accept excess charges for items of mail which have been underpaid -- they will be returned unopened.

If you would like confirmation that your application has been received by the Fulbright Commission, you must send your application via Recorded Delivery.

Commission staff will not confirm receipt of applications by email or phone.

Interviews

Applications will be short-listed and successful applicants will be invited to interview on Friday 19 February 2010. Interviews will only be held on this day and may not be rescheduled. All interviews must be in-person without exception; the Fulbright Commission will not conduct telephone interviews for this programme category.

If you are making an application, please save this date as an invitation to interview may come within a few days of the interview date.

Candidates will be considered without respect to race, colour, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual preference or gender (including gender reassignment).

Important note: The US-UK Fulbright Commission is unable to comment on individual applications or the reason for their refusal.

Timeline

16 December – Competition opens, applications available online
10 February – Application deadline
19 February – Interviews
26 February – Fulbright Commision nominations sent to Department of State
Mid-March – Confirmation of participants
April-June – Programme paperwork and visa processing
mid-June – Departure for the US
late July – Programme concludes, return to the UK
September – Reception in London and re-entry session