Title: International Professors Project
Location:
Global
Categories: Globalization
Technology
Education
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
We have created new professor and lecturer; with new career path; one who is more or less mobile; and have created a WW Network.
We have active and retired professors and professionals working on their own projects and groups; also, graduate students & college juniors and seniors, beginning in June, 2009
Background:
Establishing chapters in different countries; will send international professors and lecturers, with stipends to top off local low-income country salaries: and by 2010, will add more benefits.
Online and Skype life skills coaches; academic support coaches; and professional coaches ( psychologists and professional coaches )
Designing with other orgs an online free university
Many volunteers -- some are International Professors Fellows or board directors
Objectives:
Create a new convention in higher education, along the lines of the fairly mobile international professor, one less attached to locale
See wikipedia definition of "professor" to find "international professor."
Elaborate ad extend our WW network, backed by a generous Google Grant.
Exchange ideas, cooperative programs, research, teaching tips, living in other cultures emphasis.
Do all this and more as we weave our interconnected web, social & informal networking, IT network, with our people in the field, teaching overseas.
Not restricted to expatriates or our own International Professors and International Instructors. Rather, we serve all professors , instructors and graduate students in all poor and developing countries.
Expat professors families also benefit from our online coaches, clearing house and resources center.
Milestones:
Very strong volunteer base, and will continue to focus as a volunteer-driven project, with several directors, assistant directors, 40 volunteer coordinators..... and a small paid, committed staff of five.
Budget:
small...but!
LARGE, EXTENDED GOOGLE GRANT
Needs:
7000 global volunteers
MANY PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, MOST ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
2 fundraisers, each for three hrs/wk
30 Half-Ttime Staff
media specialists, ICT professionals; communications academics and professionals; students of behavioral economics, economic and consumer psychology anthropology, economics, languages, environmental science/studies, E Engineering, oceanography, tourism, business, ESL, barter economic models, mufti-media, project managers, IT project managers and directors, environmental psychologists, oceanographers, smart city experts, urban economics, innovation, humanities, anthropology of globalization,global social psychologists, stats and probability, applied math,environmentalal anthropologists,economic anthropologists, pure math guys, environmental physics profs and grad students, environmental chemistry,organizational behavior/psych, comparative education, higher education development, geographers, geologists, environmental medicine, etc.
Contact Name: Ron Krate
Contact Email Address: info@internationalprofs.org
Contact Phone Number: 561-477-0699 & 802-459-0014
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