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Teacher Exchange Programs
Italian Language Teacher Program
Designed for: Michigan schools seeking to employ Italian Language and Culture teachers for up to three academic years under a J-1 visa.
Spanish Language Teacher Program
Designed for: Michigan schools seeking to employ Spanish Language and Culture teachers for up to three academic years under a J-1 visa.
Teaching in Taiwan and Chinese Language Teacher Exchange
Designed for: Michigan schools seeking to employ Chinese Language and Culture teachers for up to three academic years under a J-1 visa and Michigan teachers who hold elementary, English, ESL or bilingual endorsements, who are native English speakers, wishing to teach in Taiwan.
The Teachers of Critical Languages Program
A program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, is designed to increase the study and acquisition of important world languages in U.S. schools. This program enables primary and secondary schools to strengthen their teaching of Mandarin and Arabic by bringing Chinese, Egyptian, and Moroccan, teachers to the U.S. to teach their native languages and culture for an academic year. The exchange teachers receive on-going methodological observation and training opportunities, live and work in an immersive English environment, and receive a certificate of participation following their exchange.
Tribal Language Teacher Program
Designed for: Michigan schools seeking to employ for a Native American tribal language and culture class for up to three academic years under Michigan Compiled Law 380.1531f.