Inquiries

=__Inquiries for the Belize - UNH Teacher Program__= = 2011-2012 =

Further information and applications may be obtained through course leaders directly, or by contacting
 * || **__Information and Applications*__**

Belize-UNH Teacher Program Department of Education **or** Morrill Hall, UNH Durham, NH 03824-3595 (603) 862-2310 http://www.unh.edu/education/Belize

5 Colby St. Hampton, NH 03842
 * Applications due mid October, 2011 || Belize-UNH Teacher Program

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 * The BELIZE - University of NH TEACHER PROGRAM**
 * offers you the opportunity to:**
 * Visit town and village schools in the Toledo or Stann Creek Districts.
 * Participate in Belizean teacher training workshops.
 * Work collaboratively with Belizean teachers sharing teaching techniques and classroom methods.
 * Talk with government officials, and university and college leaders.
 * Participate in the daily life of a Belizean class.
 * Establish a classroom-to-classroom relationship sharing student work.
 * Experience the unique marine environment of Belize’s coral reef.
 * Explore the local sites of interest such as a rainforest, banana plantation, preserve or Mayan ruin.
 * Learn first-hand the cultural heritage of local ethnic groups.

 Total cost of the program is your tuition rate **plus** a program fee estimated to be $1850. The total cost includes university graduate credit, all travel, food, lodging, and other group expenses. (Vouchers or waivers for the College of Liberal Arts may be used towards the tuition but not towards the program fee.) Tuition costs are located at http://www.learn2.unh.edu/tuition/rates.html if you are not enrolled in a degree program or at http://www.unh.edu/business-services/tuitgrad.html if enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
 * __Cost__ __of the course__**

Sheila Adams (603) 926.9136 Mike Middleton (603) 862-7054
 * __Contact Information for Course Leaders__**

All course leaders are experienced New Hampshire classroom teachers with first-hand knowledge of Belize and the environment in which we will be working. 
 * __Class Calendar__**
 * __//Pre-Trip Classes//__

• November 4, 2011 Friday 5-8 pm • Four additional classes to be determined. || __//Travel to Belize (Two programs)//__

• February break – Details are pending. Feb/March, 2012 (Check wiki for details) || __//Post-Trip Workshops//__

• Two sessions in Spring, 2012 || Through active learning, large and small group work, and independent study participants will learn the educational, geographical, historical, and cultural background of Belize. Classes will be multi-media stressing cooperative learning and community building activities. Participants will design a project to integrate their personal interests and objectives with in-country activities.

Follow-up classes will guide participants in assessing and evaluating their experience in terms of their pre-trip objectives, current position and future goals. Completion of course requirements will grant 4 graduate credits from UNH.