MIAMI – Precious Symonette, a creative writing teacher at Miami Norland Senior High School, has received a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award.
The year-long program encompasses learning abroad to develop skills to prepare students for the global economy.
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Symonette will engage in a semester-long, online course followed by a professional development workshop in Washington D.C. During the summer, she will travel to another country and immerse herself in its culture and educational system.
Fulbright award recipients often continue the relationships established abroad and invite foreign scholars to visit their schools.
Symonette looks forward to sharing her gained knowledge and resources with her students.
“These experiences will help them to develop into global citizens on a local and global level,” said Symonette. “Showing students how they can be ‘glocal’ will help our world to become a better place.”
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board administer the award to participants based on academic merit and leadership potential. Award alumni include 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 40 who have served as a head of state or government.
For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State, visit http://eca.state.gov/fulbright or contact the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Press Office by email at ECA-Press@state.gov.