J-1 Visa Teacher Exchange Program

english     français    español   (haga click aqui para la versión en español)Spanish  teacher visa exchange teacher visa trainee H 3 visa French intern Spanish intern teacher foreign visa Spanish teacher visa French  teacher visa Spanish visa J-1 exchange visa foreign visa work visa international exchange teacher exchange Marianne Mason Morrison Foreign Policy Association recognizes The Cordell Hull Foundation in Educators Corner The Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education is designated to sponsor J-1 visas for elementary and secondary-school exchange teacher visitors by the U.S. Department of State.  Exchange teachers from more than fifty countries of the world participate.  The Teacher Exchange Program provides for sponsorship of J-1 visas for foreign teachers over a 1-3 year period. Teacher Exchange Programs continue to grow as as our programs and services expand in popularity.   Several hundred J-1 Exchange visitor teachers are sponsored by the Cordell Hull Foundation every year throughout the U.S., many in schools supporting a dual immersion curricula in major U.S. cities.   The program encompasses schools across the U.S. in which CHF co-sponsors J-1 exchange teachers for bilingual, immersion, ESL, Science, Math, Special Education, and other language programs.  Teachers are contracted by the school, school district or state education system on a temporary basis for a period of one year, extendable to three years.   Participants return to their native countries to exercise skills and knowledge acquired in the United States, thus strengthening the ties and communications which unite us with other nations.  Since 1962, CHF teachers have instructed thousands of students under federal, state, and local bilingual and bi-cultural programs.  Most programs involve foreign languages or bilingual programs in French, Spanish, German or Greek.  To qualify for J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor status, all teachers must have at least three years of teaching experience in their respective countries and meet other requirements.   The Foundation is working with several connections in China to bring Chinese teachers of Mandarin and Cantonese to the U.S. to participate in exchange programs in several states.  Last year, CHF helped the SISTER-CITY Program with Liuzhou, China bring in a Chinese teacher.  The Cincinnati-Liuzhou Sister City Committee (Cin-Liu) is a member of Sister Cities International (SCI) founded by Dwight Eisenhower in 1957.  The mission is to create a platform for people-to-people (citizen-based) cultural exchanges. Details can be found at their website: www.sister-cities.org.  Beth Hoffman is current Chair of the Cin-Liu Sister City Committee.  For more information, click here:  CIN-LIU Program.

Message from President Marianne Mason Since our founding in 1951, the Foundation has successfully established programs in U.S. schools sponsoring thousands of exchange teacher visitors. The work of CHF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in New York City, is dedicated to Mr. Hull, the former U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Laureate honored primarily for his efforts as prime architect of the United Nations. In keeping with the late Secretary’s wishes, we seek to promote comity among nations through education and cultural exchange. We are proud of this record, the relationships with our excellent schools and-of course-our outstanding teachers. Due to the widespread shortage of qualified teachers in many areas of the country, the demand for native-speaking language teachers, and English-speaking Math, Science, Special Ed and ESL teachers, has expanded.  Numerous educators have shared with us the frustration of not being able to recruit from foreign countries owing to the perceived complexity of the visa process or, we are told, the prohibitive legal costs frequently incurred in steering visa applications to successful conclusion. Feel free to browse this webpage to learn more about the J-1 visa teacher exchange program and that which we stand ready and able to do for you. A primary benefit of living in another country is biculturalism: in the process of adjusting to living in different set of values and customs, simultaneously obtaining a more objective view of one’s own country and culture.  The process usually involves a degree of culture shock and is somewhat uncomfortable in the beginning - for several months.  But eventually most foreign teachers find ways to adapt to and enjoy many aspects of the new culture.  One important goal of the Cordell Hull Foundation is to offer teachers the opportunity to grow and develop their capacities, broaden and deepen their outlook, increase their objectivity, and develop a more realistic practical sense of how the world works.  It is not a simple or easy adjustment but most participants experience opportunities for expanded individual human potential, greater independence and self-esteem.   Pictured below:  All-Saints-Day Tribute to deLesseps S. "Toni" Morrison, former Executive Director of the Cordell Hull Foundation for 22 years.  While delesseps Toni Morrison served in the Louisiana State legislature, he obtained a tuition waiver for CHF exchange teachers in state universities.  For more than a decade, hundreds of CHF teachers in the Spanish program obtained their Masters degrees in Education tuition-free.  Numerous teachers in the Spanish program benefited from this educational opportunity until two years after his death in 1996.  Applicants must prove sponsorship in the Cordell Hull Foundation Teacher Exchange Program in order to be eligible.  The J-1 visa Teacher Exchange Program was organized under the Mutual Exchange Act of 1961, formed to increase mutual understanding and assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and other nations.  Pictured with her students is Julieta Montiel, a Panamanian teacher who utilized the Cordell Hull Foundation college tuition waiver to obtain her Masters degree in Education. Since the turn of the century, the Cordell Hull Foundation established new exchange programs in twenty additional states while doubling the number of sponsored teachers.  Other initiatives include a funding campaign to support a documentary film on the life of Cordell Hull.   The deLesseps S. "Toni" Morrison Summer Studies Program in Antigua, Guatemala supports short-term intensive study trips for Americans to become fluent in Spanish.  Students have the opportunity to live with a Guatemalan family while enjoying expert one-on-one instruction from native-speaking specialists at the Escuela San Jose el Viejo.  Webpage written by CHF trustees and edited by Communications Director Joseph Scott.  Photograph of CHF French trainees courtesy of Florence Nguyen.  Photo of deLesseps Toni Morrison courtesy of Hugo Rodriguez.   CHF Teacher application. NOTE:  If a pop-up box appears, press Cancel or ESC.  Save the file on your computer using your last name.  After completing the form, insert a digital photo and email to:  pro@cordellhull.org. Memorandum of Understanding - Required for Teacher Applicants to print and sign  Haga clic al lado de la bandera española por  Spanish Teacher Application en español.  Despues, Haga clic en "CANCEL" Contact:  Marianne Mason Executive Director chfny@aol.com    Fax:  (646) 349-3455 The Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education 501 Fifth Floor, Third Floor New York, NY  10017