TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM MEXICO-UNITED STATES 2014
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Federal Government of Mexico through the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs, invite all state level (local) authorities in Mexico and the United Sates to submit nominations to the “Teachers’ Exchange Program Mexico-US 2014. GUIDELINES 1.
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Selected teachers will exchange pedagogical experiences regarding preschool, elementary, middle and high school teaching at different School District participating in the program. Visiting teachers, in coordination with the lead teacher, will attend to children and young Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, Hispanics and students of other origins due to the cultural diversity of United States. They must elaborate a work plan in collaboration with the School District that will host them in the United States. They will: o Support the School District’s efforts at identifying and recruiting families to the Migrant Education Program. o Assist in activities of information dissemination among parents. o Participate in community and extracurricular activities. o Collaborate in the development of educational materials and their utilization in order to strengthen programs directed to children and young Mexicans in the United States. o Assist the School Districts by teaching courses in mathematics, reading, science, history, Mexican culture and other fields of knowledge that may foster educational achievement among the target population. o Submit a final report of exchange-activities to the local Coordinator of PROBEM in the Mexican State that nominated them, the report should include suggestions and contributions that participants might consider relevant.
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