iEARN-USA is offering online course scholarships for U.S. high school teachers interested in planning and conducting projects with schools from 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa as part of the Chris Stevens Youth Network (CSYN). Teachers who participate in the online course will conduct fall projects with schools in other countries and can present their project work online in the November Global Education Conference for International Education Week.

iEARN-USA's co-facilitated online courses guide educators in evaluating and aligning global projects with curriculum standards as part of an integrated project plan. Educators develop a unique project plan for their own classroom, working alongside other course participants from several other countries.In this course, participants will learn how to integrate an iEARN project into their classroom by developing a project plan in collaboration with other teachers from the Middle East, North Africa, and the United States. As part of the course, participants will examine various projects suitable for secondary school students around 8 global themes including environment, civic education, social entrepreneurship, empowering girls, peace education, food security, health, and literacy and education

To learn more about the fall online course and how to get started in CSYN, submit a statement of interest form online by September 21, 2013.