International Faculty Development Opportunities
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Several of our study abroad affiliates offer opportunities for university faculty to visit study abroad centers, increase their knowledge about education abroad issues, and enhance their own pedagogical and research skills. What follows are a few such opportunities. If you are interested in pursuing any of these development opportunities, please contact the International Office. |
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Studienforum Berlin is an independent, non-governmental,not-for-profit organization that promotes better understanding of the people, society, culture, and institutions of Germany and Europe. Studienforum Berlin annually offers faculty development programs and conducts research on political and economic developments in Germany and Europe. The 2010 topic will be: Germany as a model?: Local, Regional, and National Approaches to Sustainability.
For more information on upcoming Studienforum faculty programs, please visit the Studienforum website.
Each year, IES sponsors one or more trips to familiarize faculty and administrators at member institutions with IES Study Centers. IES subsidizes much of the associated costs, but participants are asked to contribute as well.
Through these familiarization trips, faculty develop first-hand familiarity with all facets of IES programs through visiting the IES Center facilities, touring local partner universities, attending classes, visiting student accommodations, and meeting IES students, staff, and faculty. In addition, attendees have the chance to explore the program locations through cultural activities and regional excursions.
The IES website provides information on upcoming familiarization trips. If you are interested in being nominated to participate in a familiarization trip, please contact the director of the International Office.
The Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE) has been involved in study abroad since 1947 and today runs over 130 programs in over 30 countries. Each year, CIEE sponsors site visits to a select number of CIEE Academic Centers. CIEE subsidizes most of the expenses associated with these visits, but does request an institutional contribution.
Each site visit lasts approximately seven days and is designed to help faculty gain first-hand knowledge about the on-site facilities, meet with faculty, resident staff, and participants, and acquire a better understanding of the culture in which the programs operate. Schedules include visits to the host institution at which the program is based, class attendance, visits to homestays and/or dormitories, participation in student excursions, and adequate time to meet with CIEE resident staff and students, providing participants with an in-depth view of each program.
In 2010-11, CIEE is planning to offer the following site visits:
CIEE Study Center in Rennes: Open House prior to the EAIE Conference (September 15-18)
CIEE Study Centers in Perth and Wollongong, Australia (March 4-14)
CIEE Study Centers in Khon Kaen, Thailand; Siem Reap, Cambodia; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (March 11-23)
CIEE Study Centers in Paris and Rennes, France (March 28-April 2)
CIEE Study Centers in Uppsala, Sweden (April 12-16)
For more information on these CIEE Site Visits, please refer to the CIEE website. If you are interested in participating, please contact the director of the International Office.
CIEE International Faculty Development Seminars
CIEE International Faculty Development Seminars (IFDS) are intensive educational experiences designed to explore fascinations, challenge preconceptions, and open eyes to global issues shaping the world today. Each program features lectures, site visits, and discussions with overseas academics and colleagues. Participants return to campus poised to incorporate an international dimension into administration, course design, research, and teaching.
A partial list of 2011 seminars includes the following:
- Tibet (China): Religion, Ecology, and Identity in Tibet (June 17-29)
- Germany & Poland: Ruin and Revival/ History, Modern Memory, and Identity (Late June)
- Spain & Morocco: Exploring the Coexistence and Challenges of Neighboring Cultures (May 30–June 10)
- Costa Rica & Nicaragua: Lessons in Sustainability (June 5-16)
- Jordan: Middle Eastern Women/ Tradition, Development, and Change (June 16-23)
Thecomplete list of 2011 seminars are available on the CIEE website.
IES Faculty Development Seminar
March 17-25, 2010: Quito, Ecuador and the Amazon
Environmental Studies Seminar
Each year, IES offers development seminars for faculty members from the IES consortium. Seminars are sponsored either by an IES Center or jointly by IES and an overseas or US institution.
This seminar will study the tropical forests of the Amazon basin and analyze the major changes resulting from industrial extractions and oil and minerals. Different environments and diversity in tropical environments will be discussed as well as the possible impacts of global warming on tropical ecosystems and biodiversity.
If you are interested in being nominated to participate in future familiarization trips, please contact the director of the International Office.
International Educators Workshops in Copenhagen
For one week each semester, the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) hosts international educators for an International Educators Workshop (IEW) in Copenhagen.
The purposes of the IEW are to provide professional development to international educators and to provide an interactive introduction to the DIS programs and curriculum, the city of Copenhagen, and to Danish culture and society. Indeed, the IEW is like a mini-semester at DIS: participants attend classes; participate in field studies; get to know students, Danish faculty and DIS staff; live with a Danish host family (or stay at a B&B); and are introduced to Danish culture and society.
If you are interested in participating in either of the 2010-11 IEWs, please contact the director of the International Office.
IES Visiting Scholars Program and IES International Faculty in Residence
The IES Visiting Scholars program awards grants to U.S. faculty members for week-long participation in a structured activity at an IES Center. Grants range from $500 to $1000 and provide participants with the opportunity to enrich current research or teaching practices and gain a better understanding of study abroad. Applicants must be from IES Member institutions and should have existing plans, either a research sabbatical or other professional pursuit, near an IES program site. Selected faculty members will ordinarily spend up to one week at an IES Center.
The IES Faculty in Residence Program provides the opportunity for US institutions to host faculty from any of IES's 30+ Centers for lectures and class visits, and for those visiting faculty to conduct research at US university libraries, observe classes in order to better understand a US college experience, and meet with prospective study abroad students.
For more information on the Visiting Scholars Program, please visit the IES website. For more information on the IES Faculty in Residence Program, please contact the director of the international office or send an email to the IES Faculty Development Team at facultydevelopment@IESabroad.org.