Peru
7 English Teaching Assistant Award
Accepted Degree Levels
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Grant PeriodMarch StartGrant Length9 Months |
Award Type
Award Profile
ETAs will offer their support and academic and professional knowledge to students and professors in the classroom of their host institution for 20-25 hours per week. They will share their understanding and first-hand experience of U.S. culture by organizing and executing educational, cultural, and social activities, both within the classroom and in extracurricular programs. In addition to their principal work at their assigned institution, ETAs will also design and dedicate 10 hours per week to a socially-oriented supplementary project. ETAs are responsible for prioritizing their work in their affiliation center and will be expected to complete a monthly report for the Fulbright Commission in Peru, in which they will provide updates on their work.
Grant Length
Grant Period
Grant Length: 9 months
Grant periods are typically from March to mid-December, 2025 (9 months).
Orientation
Mandatory. The Commission in Peru will organize online mandatory pre-departure group and individual sessions with all ETAs starting November 2024 - January 2025. The grant period starts with a mandatory 5-day orientation in Peru organized by the Fulbright Commission in Lima. Candidates should plan to arrive in Lima at the beginning of March.
Candidate Profile
The Fulbright Commission in Peru welcomes applications from candidates with a demonstrated interest in working in an educational environment. Candidates with degrees in English, Spanish, Education, or TEFL/applied linguistics with some experience teaching or tutoring are preferred. Other fields will be seriously considered if combined with teaching experience and/or coursework in pedagogy.
Eligibility
6 Months
Accepted Degree Levels
- Bachelor's
- Master's
Foreign Language Proficiency
Additional Information: A Foreign Language Evaluation by a college-level Spanish language instructor is required.
Successful candidates must be articulate English speakers with native-level fluency.
Placement Type
- University/Post-Secondary Institution
Grantees will be assigned to teaching assistantship positions at COARS (Government-run High Performance Schools), universities, technical schools, and teacher training colleges, in Lima or in the Peruvian provinces. The colleges, which train ESL teachers, may or may not be affiliated with a university. However, they are part of the Peruvian System of Higher Education.
ETAs will be assigned as language-learning assistants, but will not be responsible for teaching entire courses. The Fulbright Commission will match the grantee with the appropriate host institution. Details of assignments will be subject to communication between the Fulbright Commission and the host institution and based on the academic profile of the selected candidate and the host institution’s needs. In these cases, the Commission will discuss project alternatives with the grantee when the placement is made.
Placement Locations
- Regional City
- Rural
ETAs may be placed in rural or urban areas depending on the location of the host institution.
Supplementary Project
English Teaching Assistants responsibilities at their host institution will be up to 25 hours per week; therefore, grantees are expected to engage in other activities related to their personal, career, and/or educational interests. Applicants should consider a project that they would pursue if awarded the grant. Applicants should keep in mind that these activities should be flexible respective to geographic location, since they will not know where they will be placed until October 2024. For example, ETAs may pursue a course of study, conduct research into topics or issues relative to Peru, engage in specific volunteer activities, or a combination of these activities.
Housing Arrangements
ETAs will be responsible for covering housing expenses with their stipend.