[etni] The Israel Teacher Corps Sends Young English Teachers to the Poorest Towns
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The Israel Teacher Corps Sends Young English Teachers to the Poorest Towns
The Jewish Daily Forward - August 12, 2009
Although visitors to Israel’s big cities see what appears to be a prosperous
lifestyle, 40% of Israel’s children live below the poverty level, according
to the Jewish Agency for Israel. Many of these underprivileged children live
in the Negev region, where opportunities for a proper English education are
sparse.
While native English-speaking language teachers flock to large cities like
Tel Aviv and Haifa, poorer communities find themselves underserved.
A new program set to launch in September will send young Jewish Americans to
teach English for 10-month sessions in schools in these areas.
The Israel Teacher Corps is a joint project of MASA Israel and OTZMA. MASA
is Hebrew for “journey,” and MASA Israel sends young Jewish Americans to
Israel for a semester or a year at a time to study.
OTZMA has been sending young people on service trips to Israel, some with
short stints as English teachers. But the new teacher corps will be the
first program to send participants to one school for a full 10 months.
(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.forward.com/articles/111999/ )
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