Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 13.10.1994

Management of English Teaching Fellow Program

The Office of Academic Programs, English Language Programs Division, Programs Branch of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award. Public or private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 501(c)(3) may apply to conduct the recruitment, placement and management of 30-40 English teaching Fellows (ETFs). The exact number of ETFs will be contingent upon the amount of cost sharing by overseas posts who wish to host a fellow and by the availability of funds. The fellows will serve as full-time teachers of English as a Foreign Language, as materials or test developers or as teacher trainers in countries around the world. Overall grant making authority for this program is contained in the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87- 256, as amended, also known as the Fulbright-Hayes Act. The purpose of the Act is ``to enable the Government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries . . .; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstr