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Eloise Engel
Switzerland
German
Immersion - International School, South
Currently teaching first-grade German in an international school, Eloise is
fluent in several languages. She offers a fascinating look at how a
foreign exchange teacher is able to assimilate comfortably into American
culture, then bring back to the home country a more accurate view of life in
America and the U.S. education system. Click on photo for her
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John Bradfield
New Zealand
High
School Baccalaureate - Maryland Boarding School
John
Bradfield is currently teaching in the Northeast at a large boarding school
for girls. This is his first experience teaching outside of his native New
Zealand. The CHF teacher exchange has enabled him to come with his
family to live in America. Previously he was a professional sheep
shearer growing up on his family's farm in New Zealand.
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Wu You
China
New England
Boarding School - Mandarin
Wu You worked in
Connecticut as part of the Start-Talk Program.
Click on Photo at left for a narrative and pictures depicting her
experiences teaching Mandarin to U.S. students.
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Zhiming Wang  Chinese
version - click
here
China
Maine
Public School - Mandarin and Chinese culture
Zhiming Wang, a university professor
in China, shares his experience to help future teachers who apply
to obtain a J-1 visa through the Cordell Hull Foundation (CHF). Also, you will find several photos chronicling his winter outdoor activities during his teaching days in the U.S. Northeast
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Celine Garnier
France
NY State
Public High-School
French
Celine began her experience in the U.S. teaching French in two NY State high
schools. Though the school district tried to persuade her to return,
she opted to go to Ecuador to teach in a university. She is fluent in
Spanish as well as English. After a year
in Ecuador, she moved to Canada, bore two children, and has returned to
France to complete her PhD in instructional technology.
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Andre Sockmack
Cameroon
Midwest Charter French-Immersion third-grade
Andre
Sockmack inspires his students to be better citizens while teaching in his
native language, French. He completed his Masters degree in Education
while under sponsorship of CHF's teacher exchange program.
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Keiko Mitsugi
Japan
Massachusetts Sister City Public School
CHF
was requested by a Congressman to assist with Keiko Mitsugi's Sister-City
exchange. She dedicates considerable care and attention to creating
educational exchange opportunities for American students and teachers to
visit Japan each year.
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Zhiming Wang
China
Mandarin and Chinese culture
Essay: My
Terrific School in Maine! Click on second photo of Zhiming Wang at left for detailed
description of his four-month sister-city exchange and the his vivid
description of
professional, sports and cultural experiences in a very welcoming Maine town. |
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Angela Watson
Australia
Northwest
Angela Watson teaches History and Geography in a Seattle high school.
Every year she creates a unit on Cordell Hull and his influence during
World War II that helped inspire his Nobel Peace Prize Award in 1945 as
"Father of the UN."
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Romildo Ghezzi
Peru / Canada
Spanish Immersion/ESL -
Midwest Public High School
A talented
linguist, Romildo Ghezzi is fluent in French, Italian,
Japanese and Portuguese, plus English and Spanish. In the U.S.
he taught in a public Spanish-Immersion Middle School. He has visited
CHF's Spanish programs in Oregon and Michigan, observing and interviewing
bilingual Spanish teachers.
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Dolly Morantes
Colombia
Spanish Immersion -
Minnesota Public Elementary School
Intern
Dolly
Morantes completed her internship on an H-3 Visa. She brought with her
the rich culture and heritage of Colombia, which she was able to share with
her students in the United States. While in the U.S., she attended St.
Thomas University where she took classes in English, Sociology, and
Children's Literacy.
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