Return to June 2007 Home

        Applications are now available to participate in a fully-funded, ten-day
study tour of Saudi Arabia.   Sponsored by Aramco Services Company, this
professional development opportunity is open to full-time Social Studies
Teachers and Library Media Specialists in grades 1-12.

     The Educators to Saudi Arabia Program aims to cultivate a greater
awareness and understanding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in U.S. primary
and secondary schools and communities. The Educators to Saudi Arabia
Program will examine Saudi education, culture, history and global
relations through site visits, panel discussions and cultural activities
in the cities of Dhahran, Riyadh and Jeddah from November 19-- December 3,
2007.

     Social Studies Teachers and Library Media Specialists in grades 1-12 are
encouraged to submit applications for the Educators to Saudi Arabia

     We are pleased to announce the sixth competition for the Educators
to Saudi Arabia Program, sponsored by Aramco Services Company. The
program, which travels to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is open to
full-time Social Studies Teachers and Library Media Specialists in grades
1-12 in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Selected
participants will travel to Saudi Arabia November 19-- December 3, 2007.

      The Educators to Saudi Arabia is a fully-funded professional development
experience that seeks to introduce Social Studies Teachers and Library
Media Specialists to the history, culture, education, industry and global
relations of this culturally and politically important Middle Eastern
country.

Please note that the application deadline is Monday, June 25th.

       If you have any questions or would like more information,
please do not hesitate to contact Catherine Parker, Program Coordinator, Educators to Saudi Arabia Program, Institute of International Education by email at atsap@iie.org or by phone
at 1.800.671.0130 (toll-free).