Name of Center	U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program American Council of Learned Societies
Address	228 East 45th Street
City	New York
State	NY
Zip	10017
Telephone	(212) 697-1505, ext. 131 or 148
Fax	(212) 949-8058
Web	www.acls.org
Contacts	Margot E. Landman, Director
E-mails	margot@acls.org
Description	The ACLS was founded in 1919 to advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and related social sciences, and to maintain and strengthen relations among national societies devoted to such studies.  As the pre-eminent representative of humanistic scholarship in the United States, the ACLS carries out its mission in a variety of programs, in many parts of the world, and across many fields of learning.
Teaching Resources
Program Activities	The U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program sends American K-12 teachers of all levels and subjects to China to teach English in Chinese secondary schools for an academic year.  We seek experienced, dedicated teachers who will return to the U.S. after their sojourn in China committed to improving teaching about China in American schools.  We also invite Chinese secondary school teachers of English to spend a school year in the U.S. teaching Chinese language, Chinese culture (history, literature, arts), and/or, where appropriate, English as a Second Language.  We sometimes arrange a direct exchange whereby the American teacher goes to the Chinese teacher's school, and the Chinese teacher goes to that American teacher's school.  In other cases, a more appropriate placement may be made by sending and receiving at different schools.  It is not required that every school or district both send and receive.  We are flexible, hoping to satisfy the needs and interests of individual teachers, their schools, and their districts. ACLS sponsors orientation programs in the U.S. and in China during the summer before the exchange year; a mid-year conference in both countries; and annual meetings for returned teachers, so that they may exchange curriculum ideas materials and learn about topics in Chinese and American studies, broadly defined.
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