Přeskočit na hlavní obsah

Česko-americký vládní program posílá rodilé mluvčí do středních škol v regionech

Deset čerstvých absolventů amerických vysokých škol bude v roli asistentů pomáhat zlepšovat angličtinu českých středoškoláků v regionech. Jejich působení v České republice umožnilo vládní stipendium česko-amerického Fulbrightova programu.    

S „Fulbright English Teaching Assistants“, zkráceně ETA, se letos budou moci setkat studenti na středních školách v Benešově, Českém Těšíně, Holešově, Chotěboři, Kolíně, Ostravě, Prostějově, ve Starém Městě, Tišnově a Vsetíně.

Fulbright ETA na srpnovém školení v Brně

„Při výběru škol se zaměřujeme na školy mimo Prahu, protože si uvědomujeme, že je pro ně problém najít rodilého mluvčího, který by obohatil výuku a zvýšil motivaci studentů. Pro školy je tento program výhodný v tom, že za asistenta nemusí platit, protože jeho pobyt je kompletně hrazen vládním stipendiem. Bohužel zájem ze strany středních škol výrazně přesahuje možnosti program, takže nejsme schopni asistenty nabídnout všem školám, které o něj mají zájem,“ vysvětluje fungování programu jeho koordinátorka Andrea Semancová z Komise J. Williama Fulbrighta, která má Fulbrightovy stipendijní programy v České republice na starosti.

Více informací o programu asistentů a formulář žádosti pro školy najdete na stránce Fulbrightovy komise.

Na školení připraveném ve spolupráci s Masarykovou univerzitou se asistenti pilně chystali na svou pedagogickou roli
.


Seznam amerických asistentů ve výuce 2014-2015


Benešov, Gymnázium Benešov
Thomas Morris, Villanova University

Český Těšín, Gymnázim Český Těšín
Molly Suzanne Sievert, Washington University

Holešov, Gymnázium Ladislava Jaroše
Kaley Nicole Cook, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chotěboř, Gymnázium Chotěboř
Griffin Miller Canfield, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Kolín, Gymnázium Kolín
Arica Brittney Sue Jeffery, Seattle University

Ostrava, Obchodní akademie a VOŠ sociální
Marie Catherine Valek, University of Texas

Prostějov, Reálné gymnázium a základní škola
Trishia Marie Mudd, University of Cincinnati

Staré Město, Střední odborná škola a gymnázium
Amy Clare Strada, Bates College

Tišnov, Gymnázium Tišnov
Chloe Skye Weiser, City University of New York

Vsetín, Střední průmyslová škola strojnická
Samuel Jonathon Glenn, University of Dayton
Štítky:

Populární příspěvky z tohoto blogu

Czech Prom Season: A Story of a Feathered Raffle Win

Authors: Griffin Trau, Katie Winner, Alanna Powers (current Fulbright ETAs) If you’re an American, chances are we all had similar prom experiences in high school. Usually a few weeks before graduation, boys ask girls to the prom. Girls buy a fancy dress, and boys a nice suit with a matching tie. Prom night consists of about an hour of picture taking with your date and friend group, followed by a ride to prom in a nice car or a limo. The dance itself is about three hours long, and the only people in attendance are typically students at the school with a handful of teacher chaperones. After prom ends, around 10 or 11 p.m., all the students leave and go their separate ways for the night, usually to a post-prom hang out. After attending six (and counting!) Czech proms, I can confidently state that Czech proms are nothing like American proms. At all. My school, Střední Škola Informatiky a Služeb, is a technical school with seven different concentrations of study. Of these seve...
Další informace

Ian Zwaschka: The Czech Republic Was Once Just a Postcard

Ian Zwaschka is a high school English  teacher. In 2024/2025 he served at the Petr Bezruč Gymnázium in Frýdek-Místek as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. With a BA in English, Creative Writing, and Cinema, and a year of teaching in South Korea under his belt, he slipped into the rhythm of a Czech college-prep high school as if he’d been there for years. During his grant, Ian energized students with a popular improv club, joined the local folk band Ondrášek on stage, presented at an academic conference, and dove into Czech lessons so he could chat with locals instead of relying on wild gesturing. Somewhere between the mountains, the music, and the everyday wonder of a town of 50,000, Frýdek-Místek stole his heart. So when a job offer from the Vocational High School arrived, Ian didn’t think twice. His Czech adventure was not ready to end. The Czech Republic was once a postcard to me – a saturated image of the Charles Bridge with Prague written in cursive at the bottom. Th...
Další informace

Kurt Klaus: Letters to Ourselves - On Stuttering, Exploration, and Accomplishing Goals

Kurt Klaus is an English Teaching Assistant. This June, he is wrapping up his 10-month Fulbright grant at Sportovní gymnázium Pardubice, a general college-preparatory high school for athletes located in a regional hub and university town of 90,000. With a B.A. in American Literature and Culture and a B.S. in Cognitive Science, a college-preparatory high school was an obvious placement. As an athlete with experience playing basketball and volleyball in high school, Kurt was excited to meet his colleagues and students in September. While he could have simply tried to blend in, he instead decided to take advantage of a fresh start in a foreign country: to him, this meant embracing his authenticity with all that it contains, including his stutter. Throughout his life, Kurt had developed various strategies to mask his impediment and pretend it didn’t exist. This year, however, in his new role as a teaching assistant, he approached the situation differently. Fast forward to June, and today h...
Další informace