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Central Asian Fellows Develop Critical Business Skills Through D.C. Internships
From American Councils for International Education
Last quarter, American Councils and the U.S.-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) welcomed six of its first international internship fellows to Washington D.C. Overseen by American Councils, US-CAEF provides full scholarships to undergraduates at leading universities in Central Asia to strengthen business education in the region. After graduation, select US-CAEF scholarship recipients spend four months interning at companies in Washington, D.C. as international internship fellows gaining valuable professional skills and building their international business networks.

American Councils Co-Sponsors Major International Conference at Harvard University on the Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora
From American Councils for International Education

Connect Internationally with the Educational Seminars Program
From American Councils for International Education
The Educational Seminars Program provides short-term professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators. Current programs include two to three week reciprocal exchange programs with Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, and Uruguay and five to eight week one-way professional development programs to Greece, India, and Italy. All Educational Seminars cover airfare, program preparation, travel health care, and living costs. Upcoming Program Application Deadlines: January 6 (India, Italy, and Greece); March 30 (Argentina, Brazil, and Thailand)

Study Language in Egypt and China with The Intensive Summer Language Institutes program
From American Councils for International Education
The Intensive Summer Language Institutes (ISLI) provide fellowships for American teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced level Arabic and Chinese in Alexandria, Egypt, and Changchun, China, respectively. Current K-12 teachers, community college instructors, and students enrolled in Arabic or Chinese teacher training programs are eligible to apply. Participants earn ten hours of graduate-level course credit through Bryn Mawr College. The program covers peer tutoring, round-trip airfare, and all study-related costs. Program Application Deadline: March 2, 2012

Host a Guest Teacher with the Teachers of Critical Languages Program
From American Councils for International Education
The Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) places teachers from China and Egypt in K-12 host schools around the U.S. TCLP guest teachers instruct students in Mandarin or Arabic language and culture for one academic year. Hosting an exchange teacher allows schools and districts to build relationships with native Arabic and Chinese speakers, connect with schools overseas, increase capacity in their language programs, and bring international perspectives to their faculty and student body. TCLP provides teachers’ salaries, healthcare, roundtrip airfare, training, professional development funds, and ongoing program support.