Exchanges are very much two-way projects, with benefits to the schools in both countries as well as to the teachers. The visits provide a basis for links, networking and joint projects, and access to authentic teaching materials and a native speaker. Travel broadens the mind as well as the vocabulary and opportunities are not limited to language teachers. The Bureau also runs the German hospitality programme, which organises three-week work shadowing exhanges as an aid to curriculum development. You don't need to know any German and you have until September to apply.
Funding is available to cover travel costs.
Apply by the end of November. With any exchange you take one lot of skills and approaches to the country you visit and return to your own school with a different lot. And this applies even more if you venture beyond Europe and the States. There are great benefits in being exposed to a fundamentally different culture, economic system, religion and educational methods. Both legs of the visit have to be completed within 18 months of receiving the grant.