Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA)

The Eurasia/South Asia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA), a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, provides secondary-school teachers from Eurasia and South Asia with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. The schoolteachers travel to the United States to participate in a six-week professional development program at a US university. This is followed by a reciprocal visit by US teachers to work on joined teacher-training projects in TEA alumni schools overseas. TEA also provides follow-on grants to the Eurasian/South Asian teachers to purchase essential materials for their schools, offer follow-on training for other teachers, and conduct activities that will build on the exchange visits.

KEY ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES

• Contribute to improving the quality of secondary education in participating countries
• Develop professional and personal relationships between American teachers and teachers overseas

PROJECT PLAN

• Professional training for 136 educators
• Reciprocal visits of 36 US teachers to TEA schools overseas
• 10 grants issued for collaborative projects between American schools and schools overseas
• Teacher training conferences in participating countrie