University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University Center for International Studies

223 East Franklin St., CB#5145

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5145

Tel: (919) 962-0299 Fax: (919) 962-5375

Email: leja@email.unc.edu

Bogdan T. Leja

NCTAN Administrator

NCTAN 2001-02 Teachers Study Tour to East Asia

The NCTAN Alumni Outreach Program is funded through the generous support of the Freeman Foundation for a period of three years (2006--09).

 

 The grant provides steipend payment of $200 for NCTA Alumni who provide a presentation on topics relating to East Asia. As part of our effort to promote greater involvement and build learning about this region, we also encourage teachers to speak at conferences and promote NCTA Seminars at educational events.

 

 The grant will support payment of conference registration fees, some travel and lodging and if needed substitute teacher payment fees.

 

 Participating teachers are asked to work with their local NCTA Seminar Director and inform about possible activities in advance.

 

 

North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN) Alumni Outreach

The North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN), a program supported by the Freeman Foundation and represented at the national level by National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Columbia University, has completed the advanced training of 259 teachers on China, Japan, and Korea.  Eighteen of these teachers participated in a three-week summer immersion tour of China and Japan.  An additional 12 teachers also completed Duke University’s NCTAN program in 1999-2000.  Together, teachers who completed the NCTA Seminar are an extraordinary resource for promoting knowledge on East Asia in North Carolina schools and K-12 classrooms, especially in rural and underprivileged schools that are far removed from the major universities. 

 

 NCTA partners who are part of the Columbia University effort are also eligible to have their seminar alumni participate in outreach activities.

 

 Teachers in our rural schools who were unable to participate in the NCTA seminars and students who otherwise would receive limited exposure to Asia will benefit from the wealth of personal experience, novel teaching techniques and hands-on materials developed by NCTA alumni.  By having middle and high school teachers and university faculty provide in-class presentations to students and focused workshops on East Asia to teachers FREE OF CHARGE, this outreach program aims to relive the burden of locating expertise on East Asia while rewarding NCTA Alumni for their participation

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NCTAN Alumni presentation to NC Teachers