Finnish Connections, Collections, and Reflections
A Teacher Professional Development Program from North Carolina State University's College of Education
This program, sponsored by the Triangle Community Foundation's Borchardt Fund, prepares in-service teachers in Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake counties, to adopt technology-enabled strategies for: 1) connecting with other cultures through global collaborative projects, 2) crowd curating cultural media collections, and 3) reflecting on cultural understanding through written and multimodal works. Finnish culture serves as the focus for this work, with a cohort of fifteen teachers selected each of three years for a two-week immersion in Finland framed with advance inter-cultural classroom projects, coursework at NC State with Finnish guest speakers, and further on-site coursework in Helsinki, Finland, in between cultural excursions.
Apply/FAQ'sFor details on applying to the program, or for answers to frequently asked questions about the program and travel, visit our Apply/FAQ page.
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Participant ResourcesFor participant resources including the current year's schedule, assignment handouts, and Finland transit maps, visit our Resources page.
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Travel BlogFor travel writing pieces about our group excursions and program activities, visit our travel blog, co-edited by teacher participants in the program.
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