Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, state departments of education, nonprofit private educational organizations, and consortia of these entities. Information available from Lungching Chiao, U.S. Department of Education. To underwrite professional development for public school teachers, support personnel, and higher education faculty and staff, and thereby enable them to provide collegial leadership in efforts to improve teaching and learning. Proposals must generally come from postsecondary institutions or education research institutes. Projects seeking to address the concerns and problems of secondary education on a national level will receive special consideration.
Award includes on-site trainers and copies of training materials.
Primary and secondary school teachers and administrators are invited to apply to spend three weeks in Japan in either the spring or fall of 2001. Approximately 600 educators will be selected to participate. 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580.