Administrator Exchanges

Applications for the Argentina and Mexico Administrator Exchange programs listed below are still being accepted until May 15, 2008 May 29, 2008. Applicants for these programs should use the paper version of the 2008–2009 Application and submit by post before the deadline.

Please check our OTHER OPPORTUNITIES page for information about other administrator exchanges and hosting opportunities.

Country	Counterpart Agency
ARGENTINA	Commission for Educational Exchange Between the United States of America and the Argentine Republic (Fulbright Commission), Buenos Aires. Estimated Number of positions: 20. Maintenance allowance, travel, and orientation costs will be covered by Fulbright.
MEXICO	U.S. - Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (Fulbright Commission), Mexico City. Estimated number of positions: 3. Maintenance allowance, travel, and orientation costs will be covered by Fulbright.
OTHER	Please see the OTHER OPPORTUNITIES page of our website for the most current information on additional special opportunities that are available for administrators. Administrator opportunities to Brazil are published in the fall for July/August travel and other announcements will be listed as they become available. Please check back frequently.

Dates: Two non-simultaneous three to six-week periods during the academic year. Specific dates to be determined by mutual agreement of the participating institutions.

Level / Subject: Elementary and secondary school, and two-year college administrators, and teacher training institution administrators.

Language Proficiency: Spanish is required for Mexico, and recommended for Argentina.

Assignment: U.S. administrator will work together with the foreign administrator as a team, shadowing and sharing administrative duties. Exchanges may be in the areas of personnel administration, curriculum development, student affairs, or educational policy and methodology.

Terms of Agreement: Reciprocal visits of three to six weeks to each administrator's home institution, except Argentina which is three weeks only. Requires the U.S. administrator to obtain a leave of absence with or without pay from school authorities. U.S. grantees are expected to provide equivalent housing.

Other Allowances: Maintenance allowance, travel, and orientation costs will be covered by Fulbright.

Dependents: Not permitted.

Administrator Exchanges to Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom have been cancelled beginning in the 2008–2009 program year.

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