Do you like to travel?Do you like to learn?

Why not do both?

You could go local.

• Florida Humanities Council offers fantastic in state opportunities for teachers in both spring and summer.– Summer 2014 Professional Development

Workshops for Educators.

Workshops for 2014

• Tallahassee Citizenship, a Study in Florida Civics.• The Florida Civil Rights Movement.• The Civil War in Florida• And many more.– http://www.flahum.org/Teachers/Summer2014_PD– Deadline was March 14, but why not contact them

and see if any of the sessions are in need of participants. Get your name out there for next year.

Spring workshops also available

• Apalachicola: Rivers and Seafood• La Florida: Colonial Spanish St. Augustine• Clewiston: The Sweetest Town in Florida

– http://www.flahum.org/Teachers/Spring2014_PD– Deadline to apply usually in January. Look for

application November.

National Endowment of the Humanities

• Each year, NEH offers generous stipends for school, college and university educators to study a variety of humanities topics.

• Programs range in length from one-four weeks.

• Opportunities available both domestically and internationally.

Some examples,

– Multiple week seminars

• Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales-London, UK• Communism and American Life-Emory

University. Atlanta Georgia.• Existentialsim- Mount Holyoke. South Hadley,

MA.

One Week OnlyThese are just a sample.

• The Cold War Home Front in Southern California.

• The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Music History and Culture of the Mississippi Delta.

• The San Francisco Bay Area Home front during WWII.– http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/

summer-programs

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching

• Used to be Fulbright Teacher Exchange• Available to all teachers of all subjects, guidance counselors, curriculum

specialists, curriculum heads, Special Education coordinators and media specialists/librarians.

• Go abroad for three to four months to study in an overseas research center or university, work within local schools in the host country, and to complete a capstone project that should enhance their learning and have practical applications to their teaching.

• Countries: Chile, Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Palestinian Territories, Singapore, South Korea and United Kingdom

• Application usually due in December.– Website: http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/

Fulbright Hayes Seminar Abroad Program

• Destination different every year. 2014 is to China.• Lasts 4-6 weeks.• Includes, round-trip economy airfare; room and

board; fees; and program-related travel within the host country(ies).

• $450 cost share for participants. Covers cost of orientation.– Website

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/sapfacts.html

Other Places to Search

• AFT http://www.aft.org/about/world/resources-opportunities/index.cfm

• The Korea Society --http://www.aft.org/about/world/resources-opportunities/index.cfm

• Hilton– http://www.iie.org/Programs/Hilton-Teacher-

Treks-Program

Others

• Amerispan- Study in another country. Costs money, but an inexpensive option.

• Department of Defense Schools. DoDs. Long term… Maybe retirement career?

• Feel free to contact me.– Jeanne.pellegrino@browardschools.com