Urgent Help

Beginning on October 26 we will need homestays for approximately 20 Shandong teachers. Many come from existing partner schools and some do not. The homestay experience will last for 12 days. The teachers are looking at American teaching methods and learning about American culture and schools. You students and community will benefit from exposure to some outstanding teachers. The teachers coming are the top teachers amongst 70,000 Shandong teachers. Some will speak English and some will not. We can cluster some teachers together in a community and try to group with one English speaker to facilitate communication. We have a large number of primary school teachers this time so we are looking for more elementary schools than usual.

Last year I sat in on the briefing sessions for both groups of Shandong teachers. I can't describe the level of positive experience these teachers experience. It was a combination of a new world being opened to them with great wonder and a lot of positive emotion about their feelings about Americans. They fell in love with us! I know the committed read this blog so if you can help, please send me an email and I will contact you with additional details. Please email to: dwgregg@gmail.com

Dan