The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching (DA) Program provides funding for highly accomplished international primary and secondary educators to take part in an intensive professional development program for four months in the United States. The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

International participants gather at a single U.S. university’s College of Education which will provide a broad range of education classes and faculty support. Prior to arrival in the U.S., international teachers will take part in a web-based course led by host university staff to prepare them for arrival at the university. Lear more at: http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/

Eligibility Requirements for International Applicants:

Current full-time elementary through high school teachers, guidance counselors, curriculum specialists, curriculum heads, Talented and Gifted coordinators, Special Education coordinators and media specialists/librarians are eligible to apply.

To meet the basic eligibility requirements of the program, an applicant must meet all of the following requirements at the time of application: 

• Hold citizenship and be a resident in one of the participating countries
• Hold a full-time teaching position;
  • For the purpose of determining eligibility, «full-time» refers to applicants who are currently employed full-time or who hold a combination of positions that add up to full-time equivalency in a school, school district or educational institution at the local, state/provincial or national level.
• Spend at least 50% of their time teaching or working directly with students;
  • Primary and secondary level media specialists/librarians, guidance counselors, Special Education coordinators and administrators who teach students at least fifty percent of their time may also apply to the program. In addition, teacher trainers from certain countries are eligible to apply.

• Have taught for at least five years;
  • At the time of application, teachers should be in their fifth year of full-time teaching. If selected, the year of the Fulbright exchange would be the teacher’s sixth year (or more) of full-time teaching. Teachers who are in their fourth year (or less) of full-time teaching at the time of application are not eligible.

• Demonstrate experience conducting professional development activities;

• Demonstrate accomplishment in teaching or have previously received teaching awards or exemplary evaluations;

• Possess a paper-based TOEFL score of at least 550 (213 computer-based TOEFL, 79 Internet-based TOEFL), or an IELTS score of 6.5;

• Meet current Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board policies for teachers available on the Fulbright website: http://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/chapter_900_0.pdf.

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