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News
April 15, 2009
For immediate release
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School and the Royal Education Council of Bhutan announce teaching position openings in Bhutan
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, in partnership with the royal Education Council of Bhutan, announces openings for teachers in Bhutan starting in February 2010: for UCSB graduates and current graduate students only. The application form and additional information on the positions are available on-line and should be returned to Ann Lippincott, Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program.
These teaching opportunities are one result of the formation of the UCSB-Bhutan Partnership in Education. Gevirtz School Teacher Education Program graduates will go to Bhutan to teach in primary and secondary schools in the capital city of Thimphu for up to two years. As the partnership progresses, professors from UCSB will also go to Bhutan to teach while graduate students from Bhutan will come to UC Santa Barbara to study. This partnership is one more example of the Gevirtz School diversifying its research and impact by strengthening its bonds with global partners in counties like Taiwan, Guatemala, Brazil, and Finland.
“The 21st century demands high levels of cultural competence. A clear way to understand the world is to interact with global partners on important tasks,” says Dean Jane Close Conoley. “We will be involved in a historic transformation of the Bhutanese educational system to retain its cultural strengths while updating to international learning standards.”
[Ann Lippincott is available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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