Record Number: 15123
 
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
 Institutional Hosting Opportunities
  US/NIS Curriculum Consultants Exchange Program
 
Kate Polzin, Program Officer
1616 H Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Phone: (202)628-8188  Fax: (202)628-8189
E-mail: kpolzin@irex.org
Web Site: http://www.irex.org/
E-Forms: http://www.irex.org/grants/cexhostops.htm
 
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED:         Teaching or Curric/Prog Development
                              Consultant or Visiting Personnel
LAST REVIEWED:                09/26/97
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND REQUIRED: Not Specified in Sponsor Literature
CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED:         Not Specified in Sponsor Literature
AGENCY TYPE:                  U.S. Federal Government
DEADLINES ANNOUNCED:          None
 
Under the auspices of the Curriculum Consultants Exchange Program, grants 
are provided to qualified educators and advanced graduate students from 
the United States and the Newly Independent States for projects to assist 
in the development of social science and humanities curricula in post-
secondary educational programs of the NIS. Accredited US institutions are 
invited to submit proposals to host NIS participants of the CCEP program 
for one semester this fall. Post-secondary level faculty and predoctoral 
candidates from participating countries of the NIS have already been 
selected through an open competition to collaborate with their American 
colleagues on issues of teaching methodology and course design in 
disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. SUPPORT PROVIDED: 
Curriculum Consultants will receive round trip travel from participants' 
home cities in the NIS to US placement; stipend, medical insurance, and 
limited allowances for teaching materials and professional development 
activities. Institutions should allow participants to observe two 
graduate level pedagogy training courses at no cost to the program; 
designate a faculty advisor to serve as a mentor to the participant; and 
provide basic training in and access to electronic mail. Applications 
from interested US institutions will be accepted on a rolling basis. 
Placements will be finalized by early summer, programs will begin in 
September 1997.
 
SUBJECTS: Education
          Curriculum Materials
          Teaching Methods
          Humanities
          Social Sciences