Looking for a way to connect your students with global peers?  Deadline extended - sign up by September 27 for the upcoming session of iEARN Learning Circles, which will run from September 30, 2013 to January 15, 2014 (15 weeks with a 1-week break in December).

Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. There are two sessions each year, September - January and January - May.

Over 15 weeks, you'll have a chance to work with a small number of classrooms from around the world on a Learning Circle theme of your choice.  The structure of a Learning Circle comes from its design of phases. The first phase, "Getting Ready" at the start of the course, prepares you for participation in the project. In subsequent phases you get to know other circle members and progress to working together under your selected theme, but with your own curriculum. Your circle closes with each classroom presenting a final product that demonstrates the quality of learning that has taken place.

In addition to hands on support throughout the session, educators have access to a comprehensive Learning Circles Teachers Guide. 

To participate in an iEARN Learning Circle, educators must first register in iEARN, and then fill out a special Learning Circle Placement Form. 

For more information about iEARN Learning Circles, visit www.iearn.org/circles