COST Receiving Sites 05/09/14 Australia Darwin Teaching areas:
Dates not available:
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Geelong Teaching Areas:
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Melbourne
Perth Teaching Areas:
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making flight arrangements. Placements in Australia are not available from early December through late January.) ​ All students completing a practicum in Queensland must have a Blue Card (work card *
and background check) * Must have Working with Children card (V­Volunteer) http://www.workingwithchildren.nt.gov.au/forms.html All majors December through March and mid June through late July Host family (cost is approximately $250 AUD per week) (6­9 week placements only) Elementary and Special Ed Host family (cost is approximately $150 USD per week) Additional $300 visa fee Site is in the process of being established. ​
Elementary, Secondary, and Special Ed Host family (cost is approximately $250 AUD per week) Bahamas New Providence Teaching Areas:
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All Elementary, Secondary, Physical Ed, Special Ed January through April and August through December May through July Host family, apartments, guests houses China Hangzhou Teaching Areas:
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Elementary & Secondary June through August and mid­December through mid­February Host family and College campus hotel ​ote: Visas for China ­­ Recommend F visa (as opposed to a Tourist Visa) which is good N
for student teaching. Letter of invitation required from host school. Visa is usually good for three months. It is convenient to apply for an extension of one month tourist visa in Hangzhou if one has only applied for an F visa for three months and decides to travel in China for more days. Page 1 COST Receiving Sites 05/09/14 Costa Rica Escazu Teaching Areas:
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Heredia Teaching Areas:
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Monteverde Teaching Areas:
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Elementary, Secondary, Early Childhood Ed, Physical Ed. Mid December through Mid January and Mid June through Mid August Host family and Apartments http://www.cds.ed.cr/about­us/cds­general­information ​
Elementary, Secondary, Special Ed, Counseling, ESL, Early Childhood Ed, Physical Ed., Gifted and Talented, and Band Early Dec. ­ end of January & First 3 weeks in July Host family and Apartments http://www.panam.ed.cr/Pages/index.jsp ​
Early Childhood (Preschool and Kindergarten), Elementary, English immersion (grades 1­6); Environmental Ed, Secondary Science, English, and Math, PE, Music, Spanish and Art Mid­August through mid­December and mid­January through early June Host family ​ote: Rains a lot – must be adventurous student. N
www.cloudforestschool.org ​
Ecuador Quito Teaching Areas:
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All areas including Art, Music, and PE September – December and January – March st​
December 20 – January 10, March 20 – April 10 and before September 1​
. Host Family (approximately $500 USD a month; includes 2 meals) ​ote: placements should be under 90 days so student can enter on a tourist visa and N
thus not have to apply for a Cultural Exchange visa which is costly and difficult to obtain. Altitude is 9,000 ft. above sea level, so not recommended for candidates with heart or respiratory ailments. France Teaching Areas:
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meals/month Arts and Social Studies Summer Host Family, studio or boarding house. Approx. cost €650 with Page 2 COST Receiving Sites 05/09/14 Germany Berlin Teaching Areas:
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Cologne Teaching areas:
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Dresden Teaching Areas:
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Housing: Elementary late August through early December and early January through late May Host Family Middle and Secondary (Social Studies, English/Language Arts, French, German, Spanish). Other subject areas a possibility if the candidate is proficient in German and could teach the subject area in German. Fall (Sept –Dec), Winter (Jan – Mar), Spring (April – June) Current housing option is a shared apartment. It is a furnished room for €350 a month which includes utilities. Since the apartment is not in the town center, public transit adds about € 60month. WiFi available in apartment. ​ote: The principal language of instruction at Koenigin­Schule is German. Student N
teachers are not placed in a single classroom, but work with different teachers and different classes/ages. English is taught as a foreign language, but the curriculum for English includes literature, creative writing, as well as history, politics, culture of English­speaking counties, esp. the US and Britain. Students with certain level of maturity and flexibility and able to adapt cross­curricular teaching are usually successful. ESL/English Language Arts. Other areas under development. late August through early December and early January through late May Greece Thessaloniki Teaching areas:
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Elementary and Secondary (occasionally music and PE; no special ed) Beginning of Fall and Spring semesters (Sept. – Oct, Feb. – March) Mid­Dec. – Mid­Jan., Greek Easter Apartments (approximately $550 month) India Delhi Teaching areas:
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Pre­K ­ 12 Fall semester and January ­ March Host families Ireland Various Locations Teaching areas:
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All areas September – December 20; January ­ June Traditionally bed and breakfast; however, other options may be available. Students are generally responsible for locating their own housing, so must be independent. Placements can be coordinated through various regions and connections in Ireland. Page 3 COST Receiving Sites 05/09/14 Mexico Guadalajara – 2 campuses Teaching areas:
Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Secondary, P.E., ESL, Art, Music, and Special Ed. th​
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Aug 20​
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Host family Merida, Yucatan Teaching areas:
Elementary, Secondary, and Physical Ed., Art. Special Ed is possible but must be fluent in Spanish Desired placement dates:
September – early December and January – June Housing:
Host family and apartments Mexico City – 2 campuses Teaching areas:
Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School – all areas Desired placement dates:
September – December and January ­ June Dates not available:
December 17 – January 6 and March 21 – April 7 Housing:
Host family (approximately $450 a month) or boarding house with meals (about $450 month) Website:
www.itj.edu.mx ​
Queretaro Teaching areas:
All subjects Desired placement dates:
September – early December and January – June Housing:
Host family and apartments The Netherlands Note: Working visa is required if placement is more than 90 days. Nieuwegein (near Utrecht) Teaching areas:
Secondary (grades 7 – 9) Geography, History, Math, Physics/Chemistry (combined), Biology, PE, Art, Music (grades 10­12); Science and Society, Social Studies Desired placement dates: September through early December; mid­January through June Housing:
Bed and breakfast; apartment; possibly host family (approximately €400/month) Website:
www.cals.nl ​
Rotterdam Teaching areas:
Secondary Only Desired placement dates:
Mid September through early December and mid January through early April Housing:
Host family (approximately €400/month) Website:
www.calvijin.nl ​
Page 4 COST Receiving Sites 05/09/14 New Zealand (All placements in New Zealand require a visa BEFORE making flight arrangements. Placements in New Zealand are not available from early December through late January.) Auckland (North Island) Teaching areas:
Elementary, Special Ed, PE; Secondary placements on request Housing:
Host family (approximately $300/week) Christchurch and Nelson (South Island) Teaching areas:
All areas Housing:
Host family (approximately $200/week) South Africa COST students placed in South Africa must complete visa application (BI­84) http://www.saembassy.org/usaembassy/consularservices/visapps.pdf The receiving institution in South Africa must send a signed letter of invitation to the COST student teacher (emails are not accepted). The letter of invitation must be included in the student’s visa application packet. Knysna Teaching areas:
All areas Desired Placement Dates:
January – March Dates not available:
Placements should not occur in November/December Housing:
Host families; apartments Port Elizabeth Teaching areas:
Elementary, Middle and Secondary Desired placement dates:
Mid­January – June; August ­ November Dates not available:
July, mid December – late January Housing:
Homestays and Guest Houses (approx. $500 per month) Page 5 COST Receiving Sites Teaching areas:
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05/09/14 Spain Elementary, Middle and Secondary. English at all levels. If student has Spanish capability, all areas (PE, Biology and Math are easiest to place in English). Other areas may be possible. In English: Handicraft from 3 – 12 years old; PE (all levels); Ethics (only 16 years old); Maths (all levels); Natural Science/Biology (all levels). Spring 2014, Summer 2014 Host families, apartments Note: Closest airports are in Vigo and Santiago de Compostela, about 1­1:30 hours; ​
Madrid (an international airport) – about 4­5 hours by train. Teaching areas:
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Sweden Elementary (Intermediate grades only), Middle and Secondary Dormitories or host family Taiwan Early childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Secondary Host family or with teachers Note: Transportation limited ​
Availability of sites is not guaranteed. A site may be discontinued or additional sites available. All prices subject to change. Check exchange rate for cost to you. Page 6