- The annual TCLP Orientation began on August 3 and, over the course of nine days, the exchange teachers participated in a variety of in-person sessions to prepare them to effectively transition into their schools and communities. Throughout the Orientation, the exchange teachers attended pedagogical sessions on lesson planning, differentiated instruction, total physical response (TPR), assessment and cooperative learning.The exchange teachers also visited the National Portrait Gallery, where… Read More
- Enhancing Assistance to Internally Displaced People in Lviv With assistance from the initiative, Olena Gunko, an alumna of the Professional Fellows Program (PFP), recently secured resources for internally displaced people living in Lviv. Through her works as a Director of Information Technology for the Lviv City Council, Olena used the funds to purchase computer equipment to facilitate communication, legal, educational, and employment assistance for forcibly displaced Ukrainians. The… Read More
- While host families provide international students with transforming opportunities for language and personal development—the experience can be equally rewarding for participating families. Each day is a chance to appreciate new perspectives and welcome an exchange student into their community. U.S. host families include single parents, couples without children, military families, empty nesters, and retirees. “The main thing that matters is your heart for hosting and desire to learn about other… Read More
- The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop is one of several ongoing initiatives under the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UniCEN) platform. UniCEN was launched in 2018 as a regional public affairs and higher education initiative to enhance and promote partnership between higher education institutions in the United States and Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). Since its inception, UniCEN has cultivated over 70 collaborative university-to-… Read More
- Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan and implemented by American Councils for International Education, the ESN:STT program is professionally re-training and certifying over 15,000 English language teachers within the Ministry of Public Education in all 14 regions of Uzbekistan. The Regional TESOL Conference serves as the culmination of the ESN:STT program and has brought together 524 educators from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as well as over 20 other… Read More
- The focus of American Councils’ assistance is the Parliamentary Education Center (PEC) of the Verkhovna Rada, which regrouped almost immediately after the Russian invasion. During this challenging time the PEC became a channel for relevant information and support to the Ukrainian people. Every week the PEC conducts new online meetings, classes, presentations for Ukrainian and global citizens, particularly schoolchildren and other students. The PEC offers classes on parliamentarism and the… Read More
- The participants were part of the University Capacity Building Program (UCBP), funded by the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi and administered by American Councils for International Education, a one-year initiative to build entrepreneurial networks among Georgia’s higher education institutions and identify practices from the United States that connect research to business with the goal of increasing innovation and economic growth. The goal of the University Capacity Building Program is to foster an… Read More
- The program, which develops a professionalized workforce of educators and administrators who support academic integrity across Ukrainian higher education institutions (HEIs) and secondary schools, has shifted to help support Ukrainian universities maintain continuity in their curriculum. Immediately after the war begin in February, the Academic IQ team began issuing weekly newsletters to the participating 60 universities with opportunities for faculty members, scholars, and students that aided… Read More
- The workshop opened with a welcome dinner, which featured opening remarks by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Senior Program Officer Michael Kuban and American Councils Senior Program Officer Zoe Kosoff, as well as the awarding of prizes for the annual TCLP video and essay contests. On May 7, the exchange teachers attended two sessions led by guest presenters. First, Jennifer Manise, Executive Director of the Longview Foundation, led a session on the importance of preparing globalized… Read More
- American Councils is excited to announce that the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program has launched a pilot initiative to make critical language learning more accessible. CLS Spark, a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, provides virtual opportunities for American undergraduate students to further their language learning journey. Offering courses in Russian, Chinese, and Arabic, CLS Spark encourages students to study languages essential to… Read More
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