5/31/2007 - Invite a Visiting Teacher from Around the World Into Your School!
This coming year we will be welcoming teachers from China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Colombia, The Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. The Visiting Teacher Program hosted 55 teachers in 2006.
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Educators from around the world have long understood the many benefits that young people receive by having opportunities to live and study abroad, and have supported AFS as a worldwide leader in international student exchange for nearly 60 years.
This program is for people who work in the field of education—outstanding international teachers who come to work with K-12 schools in the United States. Since 1972, AFS-USA has made it possible for international educators from other countries to live, work, teach, and learn in the United States for either a semester or a year at a time. A visiting teacher brings a different area’s geography, history, culture, politics, and economy to life in a way that is not just educational but colorful, current, and exciting.
All Visiting Teachers are professional educators in their home countires; most are English teachers. Through AFS’ Global Educators Program, participants expand their knowledge of other cultures and educational systems, exchange teaching methods, and learn from teachers and administrators, all while acquiring first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to live in another country.
AFS Global Educators Program and the Host School
The AFS Global Educators Program is one way to bring professional educators from other cultures into your classrooms, school, and community.
Since their hosting costs are borne by AFS-USA (through program fees or through foundation support), the financial support expected from Host Schools is not great. Usually, the only expenses that school administrators will need to consider are for such items as school lunches, textbooks, and other teaching materials needed for the host school; transportation to and from school; and school activities (such as field trips or after-school sporting events). U.S. schools are not asked to pay any fees to host a Visiting Teacher. In fact, there are some fairly strict rules as to work and remuneration policies for Visiting Teachers, as holders of J-1 visas.
In our experience, communities throughout the United States have been excited about hosting a visiting teacher. Administrators are key players in publicizing the program and articulating its goals to the school and community at large. Bringing a small part of the world into your community is a “big thing!” The students will love it–and so will their parents!
Check out more Visiting Teacher Information:
Visiting Teacher Program Goals and Support
What It Takes to Host a Teacher
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