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The Teachers Learning Abroad - TLab program has long provided American high school teachers the opportunity to continue their education at prestigious centers of learning in the United Kingdom. This summer, 20 English-Speaking Union Branches will send 40 teacher-scholars to summer programs at the University of Oxford, Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, and the University of Edinburgh.
Summer 2017 represents a particularly exciting time for TLab teacher-scholars. Each teacher has selected and applied to a program of their choosing, and their ESU scholarship will cover all or portions of tuition, room and board and, in some cases, travel to the UK. Teacher-scholars will spend between two and three weeks in active study and will return home to begin a new school year invigorated and equipped to share their newly acquired teaching and learning strategies with colleagues and some 4,000 students.
Since 1957, ESU Branches across the country have provided more than 2,500 teachers the opportunities to study at partner institutions in the UK in order to deepen their content knowledge and develop their professional network. If you are a teacher interested in the opportunity to live and study at either the University of Oxford, Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, or the University of Edinburgh next summer, please check the ESU Website, or contact Cecily Griesser, Manager of School and Teacher Programs, at cgriesser@esuus.org.
The ESU would like to congratulate and recognize the following teacher-scholars and wish them luck as they embark on their intellectual adventures:
Steven | Bunin | Spanish River High School | Boca Raton, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
James | Brendlinger | Lake Howell High School | Winter Park, FL | Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh |
Courtney | Cassidy | Golden Gate High School | Naples, FL | Modernism, University of Edinburgh |
Elizabeth | Chapman | Bellaire High School | Bellaire, TX | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Gail | Chase | Lake Nona High School | Orlando, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Breeanne | Daniels | New Millenium Business Academy | New York, NY | Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh |
Jennifer | Dikes | Baccalaureate School for Global Education | New York, NY | International Politics, University of Oxford |
Joanne | Doyle | Shea High School | Pawtucket, RI | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Annabeth | Edens | Royal Spring Middle School | Georgetown, KY | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Lauren | Flaherty | Nottingham High School | Hamilton Township, NJ | Theater and Performance, University of Edinburgh |
Derek | Gaiser | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Melissa | Ginsburg | Ewing Public Schools | Ewing, NJ | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Kasey | Golding | University of Louisville | Louisville, KY | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Clare | Hagan | Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Rebecca | Hamilton | Suncoast High School | Riviera Beach, FL | Scottish Literature, University of Edinburgh |
Henry | Hamilton | The O'Neal School | Southern Pines, NC | Modernism, University of Edinburgh |
Kevin | Hascher | Berea Midpark High School | Berea, OH | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Sheri | Hjelm | Freedom High School | Orlando, FL | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Ashley | Honaker | Ragsdale High School | Jamestown, NC | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Cindy | Hutsell | William R. Boone High School | Orlando, FL | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Margaret | Kearney | Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders | Brooklyn, NY | Creative Writing, University of Oxford |
Matthew | Kondrat | Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Kathleen | Milne | Norwalk High School | Norwalk, CT | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Alex | Moore | Mehlville Senior High School | St. Louis, MO | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Teresa | Moriarty | Urban Assembly School for Media Studies | New York, NY | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Jeannine | Mortell | Standley Lake High School | Westminster, CO | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Sarah | Muszynski | Kehillah Jewish High School | Palo Alto, CA | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Kelsey | Orsini | The New Community School | Richmond, VA | Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh |
Lisa | Ortenzi | Great Lakes Theater Company | Cleveland, OH | Theater and Performance, University of Edinburgh |
Bryan | Ritter | Lowell High School | San Francisco, CA | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Emily | Robinson | Druid Hills High School | Atlanta, GA | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Brandi | Rose | Herron High School | Indianapolis, IN | English Literature, University of Oxford |
Alexandra | Sears | Lane Tech College Prep | Chicago, IL | Contemporary British Literature, University of Edinburgh |
Stacey | Sklar | Amador Valley High School | Pleasanton, CA | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Daniel | Slowik | Falcon Cove Middle School | Weston, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Gabrielle | Sweezey | Lake Mary Preparatory School | Orlando, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Jessica | Taal | Greenwich High School | Greenwich, CT | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Lauren | Wasser | Arvada High School | Arvanda, CO | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Nancy | West | Lake Mary High School | Lake Mary, FL | English Literature, University of Oxford |
James | Wilson | Midlothian High School | Midlothian, VA | History, Politics & Society, University of Oxford |
Steven | Bunin | Spanish River High School | Boca Raton, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
James | Brendlinger | Lake Howell High School | Winter Park, FL | Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh |
Courtney | Cassidy | Golden Gate High School | Naples, FL | Modernism, University of Edinburgh |
Elizabeth | Chapman | Bellaire High School | Bellaire, TX | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |
Gail | Chase | Lake Nona High School | Orlando, FL | Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance, The Globe Theater (London) |