Global Navigator Teacher Summer Site Visits
Summer 2025
See a Program in Action!
When at least ten students in your school travel on a CIEE Global Navigator High School Summer Abroad program, you get to travel too! Join us in Merida, Rennes, Rome, Tallin, London, Rabat, Madrid, or Taipei to see the impact of our summer abroad programs on high school students. This 5-day Professional Development seminar will take you to the heart of our programs as you follow students in classes and on excursions!
See the students’ confidence grow as they navigate a new place and open themselves up to a new culture! Meet with CIEE Program Leaders, local teachers, and host families and see how they help students connect classroom learning with real-world experiences.
You’ll travel as part of a group of 10 to 12 like-minded educators, all passionate about global education. Get ready to network and share feedback as you reflect as a group. Help CIEE further align our programs with the high school experience and come home reenergized and inspired to engage your own students in new ways.
Invitations going out soon. Stay tuned!
Itinerary
Session 1: June 23-27
- London, England: Creative Writing in Literary London, Sports Marketing, and Theatre Arts on London’s Stage (guidance/college and career professionals)
- Madrid, Spain: Spanish Language & Culture
- Rabat, Morocco: Arabic Language & Moroccan Culture, French Language & Moroccan Culture, and Leadership & Service in Youth Development
- Rome, Italy: Connecting Italian Art, History & Culture, Creative Writing in the Land of Gods & Heroes, and Italian Language & Culture
- Seville, Spain: Spanish Language & Culture
Session 2: July 21-25
- Barcelona, Spain: Spanish Language & Culture and Sports Management
- Madrid, Spain: Spanish Language & Culture
- Merida, Mexico: Leadership & Service in Youth Development and Spanish Language & Mexican Culture (Spanish speakers only)
- Rennes, France: French Language & Culture (for French speakers only)
- Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Language & Taiwanese Culture and Diplomacy & Peace Studies (dates will be July 20-25)
- Tallinn, Estonia: Diplomacy & Peace Studies (dates will be July 14-18)
What to Expect
This experience will introduce you to our best-in-class, proprietary curriculum and operational capabilities, so you can see how Global Navigator programs set your students up for global success. It is also meant to be fun! So, pack some comfortable shoes and get ready to hit the town with our friendly staff, joined by local experts. We want you to not only share time with fellow educators, discussing critical topics but also to experience the Global Navigator programs first-hand.
Observe Key Program Components
- Interactive Instruction Blend in with students in at least two classes to observe how our local teachers engage students and make learning interactive, meaningful, and fun.
- Cultural Activities Tag along on two different excursions to see how students engage with the local community and how we take advantage of local sights and activities to complement the day’s lesson.
- Homestays Meet with host families and the students they are hosting as they engage in a conversation about their experience.
- Program Leaders Chat with Program Leaders about their background and experience on a special night out!
Good To Know
- All sessions start on Monday and end on Friday. For all destinations except Mexico, this means flying out of the U.S. on Sunday and returning on Friday.
- We expect you to join at least two classes, two excursions, two group dinners, and a group discussion on your last day, but our schedule leaves plenty of room for free time, too!
- CIEE’s invitation covers:
- Cost of your international roundtrip airfare (economy)
- Four hotel nights (hotel to be booked by CIEE)
- Any CIEE-planned cultural activities that are included in the group itinerary
- Group dinners every night of the trip
- You are welcome to extend your stay at your own cost, but we ask that you travel unaccompanied during the 5-day observation, so you can focus on the program and the professional development opportunities that come with engaging with your peers, our local teachers and staff.
- Participants will receive a certificate of 10 hours of professional development
Live a real Spanish or French immersion in Mexico or France
Our site visit to Mexico and France will be entirely in Spanish and French. We're excited to give you the opportunity to see the programs from our participants' perspective and brush up on your Spanish or French skills!
Please note a conversational level of Spanish or French is required to join this site visit.
RSVP
If you have any questions or concerns, please email the local CIEE representative who emailed you the link to this page.
Please note that a Teacher Summer Site Visit is by invitation only.
If you cannot travel, please fill out the form and select “I cannot travel this summer” so our team is aware.
Curious to See What it's Like?
Check out this recap of our latest summer site visit in Barcelona, Spain
and hear what visiting teachers had to say about their experience.