The CIIE is one of eight collaborative partners with the EastWest Center in Hawaii in the AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools. The EastWest Center's AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools works with elementary and secondary (k-12) educators to improve and support studies of Asia across curriculum areas in U. S. schools. It does this by developing teaching and leadership skills in Asia-related subjects through residential summer institutes in Hawaii, travel seminars in Asia, and workshops in Hawaii, and on the US mainland for K-12 teachers, school districts administrators, and university-level teacher-educators. 

Other institutions offering these professional development opportunities:

• Central Washington University Writing Project and the Center for Teaching and Learning
• Council on Islamic Education in Fountain Valley, CA
• East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
• Five College Center for East Asian Studies (Northhampton, MA)
• International Education Consortium at Cooperating School Districts (St. Louis, MO)
• International Studies education Project at San Diego State University
• North Carolina Center for International Understanding
• Teaching East Asia at the University of Colorado. 

The Project also works with organization is the Asian region, including the Asia Education foundation in Melbourne, Australia and the japan Forum in tokyo, Japan, to enable program participation by educators from Asia and the Pacific with the goal of facilitating exchange and cooperative work between U. S. educators and their counterparts from the region. 

For more information about this program, visit the www.AsiaPacificEd.org  and/or http://www.eastwestcenter.org

Teachers, curriculum specialists, teacher-educators, school or district administrators are all eligible for application to this program. this is a participant cost-sharing opportunity supported in part with scholarships offered to the participating educators. Educators must apply through KSU's Center for International and Intercultural Education to be eligible. 

Interested in Learning More About ASIA?

Persons interested in applying should contact Dr. Kenneth Cushner, kcushner@kent.edu about the deadlines and process for the next summer program.