Fund For Teachers
Fund for Teachers has awarded $35 million in grants to nearly 9,200 of America's top educators. FFT Fellows have traveled to 170 different countries on all seven continents. Fund for Teachers honors the professionalism of dedicated teachers and values their judgment as to what best impacts their practice​.

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Visual/Performing Arts 6th - 8th Grade Explore Japan's Manga and Anime Museums to create a meaningful thematic art unit on the history and characteristics of manga that incorporates storytelling, writing skills and global awareness. GALVESTON, TX Tokyo, Kyoto, Niigata Mitaka, Suginami, Obuse, Nerima,Niigata Japan Asia Casilda Rippard CENTRAL MIDDLE 2011 Greater Houston Area Program View Report
Literature/Writing 9 - 12th Grade Participate in a creative writing workshop hosted by Western Michigan University in Prague, gaining skills to create and debut a new creative writing program at school. HOUSTON, TX Prague Bohemia Czech Republic Europe Judith Switek PERFOR & VIS ARTS H S 2011 Greater Houston Area Program View Report
Language Acquisition 9 - 12th Grade Participate in a French immersion program designed for teachers to learn about the history and culture of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and create real-life learning scenarios for students. SUGAR LAND, TX Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon France Europe Melissa Pauletti STEPHEN F AUSTIN H S 2011 Greater Houston Area Program
Literature/Writing 9 - 12th Grade Embark on a journey across Great Britain, discovering how time & place impacted the works of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, & Dickens, to better engage the digital generation in literature. Valley Springs, AR London England United Kingdom Europe Aimee Whitescarver Valley Springs High School 2011 Rural School and Community Trust Program View Report
History/Social Studies 9 - 12th Grade Connect with Holocaust education organizations across Europe to study the continued effects of the Holocaust on living populations and to use personal experiences to make the inconceivable accessible for students. Omaha, NE Amsterdam North Holland Netherlands Europe Jennifer Stastny Omaha Central High School 2011 Nebraska Program View Report
History/Social Studies 9 - 12th Grade Connect with Holocaust education organizations across Europe to study the continued effects of the Holocaust on living populations and to use personal experiences to make the inconceivable accessible for students. Omaha, NE Victoria Deniston Reed Omaha Central High School 2011 Nebraska Program
Language Acquisition 6th - 8th Grade Work with Global Volunteers in Akrade, Ghana, observing and exploring cultural traditions of a modern African country, to inform comparison studies in both French and Social Studies curriculum. Omaha, NE Akrade Greater Accra Region Ghana Africa Angela Drees Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School 2011 Nebraska Program
Other 9 - 12th Grade Study the culture and cuisine of three distinct regions of Italy under the guidance of family cooks and famous chefs to enhance students' skills and better prepare them for culinary art careers. Waurika, OK Ramona Bruner Waurika HS 2011 Oklahoma Program
Social Justice 9 - 12th Grade Study in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro how teenaged girls’view of the media’s presentation of womenimpacts their daily lives to help participants in a Women’s Studies class develop a wider understanding of issues facing women on a global level. New York, NY Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro Argentina South America Sangita Baruah Manhattan Theatre Lab 2011 New York City Program View Report
Language Acquisition 6th - 8th Grade Work with Global Volunteers in Akrade, Ghana, observing and exploring cultural traditions of a modern African country, to inform comparison studies in both French and Social Studies curriculum. Omaha, NE Lisa Krieser Alice Buffett Magnet MIddle School 2011 Nebraska Program View Report
Advanced Education/Leadership 9 - 12th Grade Visit a variety of Swedish schools specializing in individualized learning plans to better serve the growing number of students whose needs go unmet by New York City’s traditional educational system. Brooklyn, NY Maggie Schwirck School for Democracy and Leadership 2011 New York City Program View Report
Advanced Education/Leadership 9 - 12th Grade Visit a variety of Swedish schools specializing in individualized learning plans to better serve the growing number of students whose needs go unmet by New York City’s traditional educational system. Brooklyn, NY JARVIS NICOLE School for Democracy and Leadership 2011 New York City Program
Visual/Performing Arts Pre-K - 5th Grade Study the Kodaly method of music education at the Lizst Academy of Music’s Kodaly Institute in Kecskemet, Hungary, followed by a tour of the Kodaly museum in Budapest, to study Kodaly pedagogy that will help acheive high level music literacy goals for all students. Oakland, CA Budapest and Kecskemet Central Hungary Hungary Europe Thomas Salvatore Marshall Elementary 2011 Oakland Program View Report
Math 6th - 8th Grade,9 - 12th Grade Travel throughout Scotland analyzing the use of geometry in the construction of castles, historic sites, formal gardens and landmarks to underscore the real world application of math in everyday life. Holdenville, OK Edinburgh Scotland United Kingdom Europe Cherina Brown Moss HS 2011 Oklahoma Program View Report
Social Justice 9 - 12th Grade Observe how indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico, celebrate, preserve and represent their cultures through community-based museums to lead students in a recreation of these museums that highlight Boston's local, and often unrecognized, cultures. Boston, MA Oaxaca City Oaxaca Mexico North America Robin Hennessy Fenway High School 2011 Boston Program View Report
Literacy Pre-K - 5th Grade Participate in the Reading Workshop at Teachers College, Columbia University, learning how to teach students to read with purpose and lead school-wide professional development in literacy. San Francisco, CA Amy Sullivan Jose Ortega Elementary School 2011 San Francisco Program
Literacy Pre-K - 5th Grade Participate in the Reading Workshop at Teachers College, Columbia University, learning how to teach students to read with purpose and lead school-wide professional development in literacy. San Francisco, CA Cui Qin Li Jose Ortega Elementary School 2011 San Francisco Program
Literacy Pre-K - 5th Grade Participate in the Reading Workshop at Teachers College, Columbia University, learning how to teach students to read with purpose and lead school-wide professional development in literacy. San Francisco, CA Dolores Mendieta Jose Ortega Elementary School 2011 San Francisco Program
Visual/Performing Arts Pre-K - 5th Grade Study folk music, cumbia dance and marimba playing in three distinct regions of Mexico (Mexico City, Cuernavaca, and Morelia) to authentically teach Mexican music and validate the culture for students of Mexican heritage. St. Paul, MN Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Morelia Federal District, Morelos, Michoacán Mexico North America Brad Ollmann St. Anthony Park Elementary 2011 Saint Paul Program
Language Acquisition 9 - 12th Grade Examine the importance of weaving as a social, cultural, and economic tool throughout Peru to diversify cultural units in school's Spanish language curriculum. Chicago, IL Kelly Horn Benito Juarez Community Academy High School 2011 Chicago Program View Report
Math 9 - 12th Grade Trace the footsteps of prominent mathematicians through Greece and Italy to infuse history into Algebra/Geometry curriculum and reduce students’ math anxiety. New York, NY Athens Greece Greece Europe Faye Chiu Millennium High School 2011 New York City Program View Report
Math 9 - 12th Grade Trace the footsteps of prominent mathematicians through Greece and Italy to infuse history into Algebra/Geometry curriculum and reduce students’ math anxiety. New York, NY Eszter Weisz Millennium High School 2011 New York City Program
Other 9 - 12th Grade Meet with microfinance institutions in India and interviewsmall entrepreneurs to engage urban students in complex economic ideas and encourage exploration of a world far larger than their own. Houston, TX Mumbai Maharashtra India Asia Morgan Krueger-Miller Houston Academy for International Studies 2011 Greater Houston Area Program
Other Pre-K - 5th Grade Meet with microfinance institutions in India and interviewsmall entrepreneurs to engage urban students in complex economic ideas and encourage exploration of a world far larger than their own. HOUSTON, TX Marie Krueger-Miller Travis Elem 2011 Greater Houston Area Program View Report
History/Social Studies 9 - 12th Grade Observe human rights and education programs in Cuba to enrich a learning expedition centered on the global economy and human rights. New York, NY Havana Havana Cuba North America Seth Rader James Baldwin School 2011 EL Education Program View Report
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