We have an open call for applications for the East Africa Summer Institute for Educators project that Virginia Tech Global Education Office is hosting this summer in Tanzania and Kenya through the support of the United States Department of Education & Bureau of Cultural Affairs’ Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) grant program and with the leadership of Dr. Tom Hammett from the College of Natural Resources and Environment. The experience will emphasize the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals with particular focus on education and sustainable communities and will be centered on the spirit of cross-cultural exchange.
The four-week program to East Africa this summer is designed for Virginia high school educators and Virginia Tech educators/administrators as well as graduate students.
Program overview:
East Africa Summer Institute for Educators
When: June 4 – July 2, 2023
Where: Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Morogoro, Arusha, Tanzania; Nairobi and Nakuru, Kenya
Who: 12 educators (must currently be a full-time faculty/staff member at Virginia Tech or a Virginia high school educator or a graduate student enrolled in a Virginia Tech graduate program)
What: The East Africa Summer Institute for Educators provides educators an opportunity to travel to Tanzania and Kenya for four weeks to acquire first-hand knowledge, experience and resource materials for curriculum development that can be used to enrich African area studies teaching and better integrate global or intercultural dimensions into the university and high school curriculum.
Participants will invest 20 hours in the study of Swahili language at the Institute of Kiswahili Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and engage in seminars and field visits that focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, agriculture and natural resources, the foundations of intercultural teaching and learning as well as the best practices in curriculum design and study abroad program development.
Building off of Virginia Tech’s existing international partnerships in East Africa, the project will be centered on the spirit of cross-cultural exchange with faculty and administrators from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), and Ardhi University (ARU) in Tanzania, and Egerton University in Kenya with visits to primary/secondary schools in the Engaruka or Arusha area of Tanzania and engagement with local NGOs and community organizations.
This program is made possible by the United States Department of Education & Bureau of Cultural Affairs’ Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) grant program.
Costs: Most costs including airfare, local travel, hotel rooms, group meals, entrance fees and excursions will be covered under the Fulbright Hays grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Each participant will pay a $1,200 program fee and some out-of-pocket expenses.
Apply: Apply here by December 15.
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Contacts:
Dr. Tom Hammett, Project Director
See here for a bio.
himal@vt.edu
Rachel Fitzgerald, Project Coordinator
Global Education Office
raegait@vt.edu
