Category: Education

Fulbright Scholarships Meeting: Tuesday, May 3, 4:30pm in Library 201

Lisa Gates / / Education, Graduate School Funding, Study Abroad

For juniors and aspiring sophomores, the Fulbright Grants Information Session will be on Tuesday, May 3 at 4:30pm in Library 201.

The US Fulbright Scholars Program is open to seniors and alumni and supports one academic year of study, research, or teaching in any of over 155 countries, with the goal of promoting cross-cultural interaction and mutual understanding. Open to U.S. citizens with a GPA of 3.4 or above and with appropriate language skills.  For more information view our Fellowships page or go to http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applynow.html.

The application cycle for 2012-13 will open in early May.  The Middlebury deadline for applicants is early-to-mid-September, so be thinking NOW about proposal ideas.  Come see Professor Jeffrey Cason in Study Abroad (cason@middlebury.edu, x5745) or Amy McGlashan, Fellowships Advisor in the Center for Education in Action (agibansm@middlebury.edu, 5103).

Fellowship for Teaching Science, Technology, Math and Engineering

Lisa Gates / / Education, Uncategorized

From the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: This Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation seeks to recruit talented college graduates and mid-career professionals to teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (the STEM fields).

About the fellowship: Woodrow Wilson’s Teaching Fellowship offers rigorous teaching preparation, extensive clinical experience, and ongoing mentoring, as well as a $30,000 stipend.  These Woodrow Wilson Fellows will be STEM scholars and experts—outstanding college juniors and seniors majoring in these fields, recent college graduates, and second-career professionals—interested in teaching in high-need middle or secondary schools.

Accepted Fellows will begin their studies in summer 2011 in a master’s degree program at institutions in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. In exchange, Fellows will commit to teaching math or science in a high-need middle or high school for three years upon completing the master’s degree and teaching certification.

The intent of this program is both to bring talented people into teaching in much-needed areas and also to help elevate the status of the profession.  Fellows from various Woodrow Wilson programs have gone on to achieve international recognition as intellectual leaders and top scholars, including 13 Nobel Laureates, 35 MacArthur “genius grant” Fellows, and two Fields Medalists in mathematics. The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows will become lifelong members of this network of scholars and intellectual leaders.

For additional information visit: www.woodrow.org/bestteach . Candidates may apply online directly but may also be nominated by Fellowship Directors.

All applications are due online by January 12, 2011

Inquiries may be directed to Sylvia Kovac, at: kovac@woodrow.org.

Teach English in Spain!

Lisa Gates / / Education, Uncategorized

For current seniors interested in teaching English abroad next year:

GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN GRANTS 2011

The Education Office of the Embassy of Spain is pleased to announce that the Spanish Ministry of Education will be sponsoring a North American Language and Culture Assistant Program for elementary and secondary schools in Spain. This program enables more than 2000 US and Canadian College students or graduates to train as English Language Assistants in Spain for the school year 2011-2012. The assistants will be in close connection with experienced Spanish teachers and are meant to collaborate mostly in teaching English oral skills.

Candidates can find information and requirements on the following link in our website:

http://www.educacion.es/exterior/usa/es/programas/auxiliares_us/aux_us.shtml

Applications for the grants offered should be completed and submitted online by March, 2011.

Any questions regarding this program? Please contact our office:  e-mail: norteamericanos@educacion.es