Tyler Junior College has established a Teacher Exchange Program with three countries: Japan, Poland and Turkey . The Tyler Junior College Teacher Exchange Program provides the opportunity for qualified educators to participate in direct exchanges of positions with colleagues from other countries for six weeks, a semester, or a full academic year. The purpose of the program is to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the peoples of other countries through educational exchange. In exchanging positions with foreign teachers, program participants will live and work in the cultures of their host countries, an experience which benefits the teachers, their students, their schools, and their communities.

* increased understanding of host country, language, and academic field;

* opportunity for a career-enhancing experience which allows teachers to gain new perspectives and be exposed to new teaching methods and administrators to share professional expertise;

* opportunity to develop lifelong friendships and professional relationships and to become a member of an international community of scholars.

* increased global awareness among students taught by foreign exchange teachers;

* opportunity for students to learn foreign languages from native speakers;

* increased knowledge and international

awareness among professional colleagues through interactions with

exchange teachers;

* development of a professional relationship between the two

participating institutions, which can lead to privately arranged

teacher exchanges, student linkages, and future student exchanges.

* presence of foreign teacher and his or her

family as resources in the community, allowing whole community the opportunity to learn of another nation and to see Americans as others in the world see us;

* opportunity for increased awareness of diversity of ideas, values, world views, and ways of life. Eligibility requirements, terms of contracts, deadline applications, compensation and other specific requirements for both U.S. teachers and foreign teachers will be determined by the appropriate program coordinators and deans on an individual basis.

For participating universities please contact the followings:

Japan: Pat Johns

Poland: Mickey Slimp