Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA)

Application Deadline

General Information

The Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of Department of State, USA, would like to place several Russian language teaching assistants at universities and colleges in the US for the 2011-12 academic year.

These teaching assistants would be Fulbright Scholars and are expected to teach their language/culture for up to 20 hours per week while taking two courses per semester. The grant is for one academic year and is non-renewable. The program is designed to have native language and cultural informants who are close in age to undergraduate students. Each institution assigns duties that will best meet the needs of their school's unique circumstances.

Fulbright will pay for travel, health insurance and monthly maintenance of the selected candidates. Institutions where the FLTAs are placed provide tuition scholarships for the required coursework.

This is an excellent opportunity for young students/teachers of English in Russia.
The deadline for receiving applications is June 1, 2010.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants should be between the ages of 21 and 29 years old by October 1, 2010. The Fulbright Program does not provide financial or visa support for family members of participants.
• Applicants should either be current English teachers to in their final year in an institution of higher education studying to be an English teacher.
• Applicants should possess the following qualities: maturity, reliability, integrity and professionalism.
• The ideal candidate for the FLTA program is open to new experiences and cultures, active and with a sense of humor.
  It is required that applicants have a strong command of the English language. All candidates invited to the second round of the competition will be required to take the TOEFL exam; the Fulbright program will pay for the test for all candidates.
• At the time of application, all candidates must either have their diploma of higher education or BA or be in their final year studying to be English teachers and plan to receive their diploma by August 2010. Many American universities welcome grantees who have completed their MA or kandidatskaya degree.
• Must be a Russian citizen and have been living continually in the Russian territory since December 2009.