Lane Salvig, social studies and advanced placement (AP) teacher at Kelso High School, is headed to Morocco in April as the recipient of a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award. The award is given by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is a yearlong professional learning opportunity and short-term exchange for K12 educators from the United States to develop skills to prepare students for a competitive global economy. The program equips educators to bring an international perspective to their schools through targeted training, experience abroad, and global collaboration.
Salvig became a Fulbright Teacher in June and has just wrapped up her online training, which she completed while teaching full-time. Her two-and-a-half-week field experience in Morocco begins in mid-April.
“I am very excited to start learning and experimenting with ways to connect Kelso students to other communities and cultures in a more personal way,” said Salvig.
As part of her experience abroad, Salvig will have her students create materials (short presentations, cards, videos, etc.) to share the Kelso community and talk about life in the U.S. with the students in Rabat. Her host teacher there will be doing something similar for those students to share Moroccan culture with Kelso students.
“One of the goals of global education is to help students understand they are not operating or living in isolation from the rest of the world,” said Salvig. “I want to use this experience to bring that conceptual understanding to life and be more intentional about helping my students work with others (both locally and globally) towards common goals as part of their learning experience.”
Salvig will share moments of the field experience on Instagram: @teaching.backworld
About the Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. For over 75 years, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 400,000 participants - chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential - with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Fulbright alumni include 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 40 who have served as a head of state or government.