Expand Your Teaching Horizons

Try Teaching Abroad

Have you dreamed of teaching overseas? Then, you'll want to read about the opportunities these organizations provide.

AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS is a voluntary, international, non-governmental non-profit organization that offers exchange programs in 55 countries. Over 11,000 students, young adults, and teachers participate annually. Programs present a variety of choices, allowing participants to develop a program focus that meets their individual needs.
http://www.afs.org/AFSI/ 

European Council of International Schools
This non-profit membership organization helps recruit professional staff for international schools. The Web site includes resource contacts for heads of international schools.
http://www.ecis.org/

Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
Qualified teachers participate in a one-year (sometimes one-semester) direct exchange of positions with teachers from other countries during an academic year. Or they may attend seminars abroad during the summer.
http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/

Hands Across the Water
In this teacher exchange program, an American teacher spends several weeks in another country, living and working with a teacher, traveling with a small delegation of other American teachers.
http://www.eirc.org/content/global_connections/hands_across_water/

Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
This program provides opportunities for U.S. primary and secondary school teachers and administrators for fully-funded short-term study programs in Japan.
http://www.iie.org/template.cfm?&template=/programs/fmf/overview.htm

Overseas Placement Service for Educators (University of Northern Iowa)
This program connects international K-12 schools with certified educators year round. Services offered include a recruiting fair, credential and referral services, and related publications.  http://www.uni.edu/placement/overseas/