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Host
sites:*
California USA
Colorado USA
Florida USA
Oregon USA
Pennsylvania USA
Texas USA
Washington USA
Year
program began: 1996
Type
of exchange: Two-way
Participants:
Teachers, administrators
Program
size: Started with 70 and increasing
Grade
levels represented: K-9
Subject
areas represented: English, Spanish
Duration:
4-6 weeks
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Financial
support: Secretary of Foreign Relations funds travel
for Mexican teachers; host schools provide lodging, meals,
and a stipend of $100-$200 per week for personal expenses.
U.S. teachers seek their own funding and financial support,
normally through the school district.
Criteria
for participation: English and Spanish proficiency
required; teaching degree; and current employment as a
teacher.
Recruitment
procedures: Regions in the U.S. which have a large
concentration of students migrating from a specific location
in Mexico are identified through local Mexican Consulates.
The U.S. and Mexico sites are asked to participate in
a two- way exchange, which is arranged by the Mexican
Consulate and the local U.S. school district. Teachers
from Mexico are selected by Mexico's Ministry of Public
Education, according to specified criteria previously
determined by the U.S. local school district.
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