Professional Development through
Other Programs
Summer Institutes and Study Tours
- NCTA Study Tours in Asia (open to NCTA graduates). Various Deadlines
- CENTRAL ASIA IN WORLD HISTORY
Columbus, OH: July 15-27 Deadline: March 1, 2012 - CHINESE FILM AND SOCIETY
Champaign, IL: July 9-August 3 Deadline: March 1, 2012 - Indiana University- Teaching East Asian Literature in HS Workshop. Deadline- March 5, 2012
- Japan Society- Educators' Study Tour to Japan. July 1- 22. Deadline- March 15, 2012
- Korea Academy for Educators: seminar on Korean History and Culture. Deadline- March 1, 2012
- University of Colorado: Program for Teaching East Asia:
Summer Institutes on China or Japan, travel support. Deadlines- March 16, 2012
Exchanges or Teaching Abroad
- American Councils for International Education:
- EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS PROGRAM (Thailand, India)
- INTENSIVE SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTES (EGYPT AND CHINA)
- HOST A GUEST TEACHER FROM CHINA OR EGYPT
- Crane House: Teaching in Asia program to China or Vietnam
- East West Center: AsiaPacificEd Program
- Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development
- U.S.- China Teachers Exchange Program
The Asia Center icon is based on the Flying Horse of Gansu, China. On June 15, 2000, the city of Xi'an, China presented a life-size, bronze copy of this Han dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) antique to Lexington, the "Horse Capital of the World", and it is now a downtown landmark.