U.S. Embassy in Latvia Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) 2025

Summary

• Application DeadlineApril 10, 2025
• Study LevelTraining
• SponsorUS Government
• City to studyWashington
• Eligible CountryLatvia

Table of Content

• Overview
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Programme Overview

The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization. TEA will provide approximately 160 secondary school teachers from Europe and Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, the Near East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. Teachers will be hosted by the U.S. universities, in January 2026 and September 2026 and divided into cohorts of about 20 teachers at each university.  Their program will include seminars on new teaching methodologies, curriculum development, lesson planning, and instructional technology. The 6-week program will also include a practicum in a secondary school near the host university to work closely with American teachers and students. Trips to U.S. cultural sites and academic support will be provided for participants throughout the program.

Benefits

The TEA fellowship is fully funded and provides:

• J-1 visa support
• A pre-departure orientation held in participant’s home country
• Round-trip airfare to and within the U.S.
• Baggage allowance
• A welcome orientation in Washington, D.C.
• Academic program fees
• Housing (generally shared with other program fellows) and meals
• Accident and sickness coverage
• Transportation to the internship school (if necessary)
• A book/professional development allowance
• A closing seminar

Requirements

• Be secondary-level with at least a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent, full-time teachers with three or more years of classroom experience in either English as a Foreign Language, Social Studies, Journalism, or Communications, Math, including special education teachers in those subjects, at institutions serving primarily a local population;
• Be citizens of Latvia;
• Have proficiency in written and spoken English, minimum TOEFL score from 45 to 46 iBT;
• Continue teaching for at least five years after completion of the program; and
• Have submitted a complete on-line application.
• Applicants must hold at least a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent

Secondary-level teachers include both middle and secondary school teachers working with students between approximately 12 and 18 years of age. Teachers responsible for teaching additional grade levels must teach middle or secondary school students more than 50% of their work time to be eligible to the program.

Application Deadline

April 10, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to US Government on fulbright.irex.org to apply

For more details, visit the program webpage