Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program 2019-2020brings international teachers to the United States for a six-week program that offers academic seminars for professional development at a host university.

Participants observe classrooms and share their expertise with teachers and students at the host university and at local secondary schools. Depending on the country of origin, international teachers have the opportunity to apply to either the Fulbright TEA General Pedagogy track or the Media Literacy track.

Program Tracks

• Fulbright TEA General Pedagogy: The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program, General Pedagogy track, will provide approximately 170 fellowships to international secondary school teachers from around the world to participate in a six-week non-degree, non-credit academic program at a U.S. university. The international participants will travel to the United States for one of two six-week professional development programs in either spring of 2020 or fall of 2020.
• Fulbright TEA Media Literacy: The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program, Media Literacy track, will provide approximately 40 fellowships to international secondary school teachers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to participate in a six-week non-degree, non-credit academic program at a U.S. university. The international participants will travel to the United States for one of two six-week professional development programs in either fall of 2019 or spring of 2020.

Eligible countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia,  Burkina Faso,  Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank/Gaza, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Eligible disciplines include:

• English or English as a Foreign Language
• Language/Literature of your home country
• Social Studies civics, history, geography, global studies, law, etc.
• Math
• Science
• Special Education in the disciplines listed above

The Fulbright TEA Media Literacy track is

Eligible Countries

Open to teachers from Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Eligible disciplines include:

• English or English as a Foreign Language
• Language/Literature of your home country
• Social Studies (civics, history, geography, global studies, law, etc.)
• Media studies, communications, journalism, or related fields