Amity Institute

Building International Friendship and Cultural Understanding Through Teaching Exchange.

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Amity Institute is a U.S. Department of State designated BridgeUSA J-1 program sponsor and nonprofit organization with close to 60 years of experience facilitating cultural exchange. In 1962, Dr. Ernest and Emily Stowell of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, founded Amity Institute to meet the needs of American foreign language teachers and students for direct personalized contact with world languages and cultures.

They also sought to involve young people from abroad in American education, family and community life.  Several decades later, Amity Institute has broadened to provide exchange programs that work toward achieving the mission of building international friendship and cultural understanding through teaching exchange.

Today

 

Intern
The Intern Program provides participants the opportunity to live in the U.S., gain teaching experience and serve as informal ambassadors for their country in U.S. schools. Interns assist in the classroom for a minimum of 32 hours per week.  Interns generally live with American host families.
Teacher
The International Teacher Program arranges for certified, experienced teachers from other countries to serve as faculty at the primary and secondary levels in the U.S. International Teachers can be assigned to a school for up to three years and are compensated at rates similar to their American colleagues.


 Meet the Amity Team

 

 Jim Price, Executive Director  
Sue Gibbons-Bullock, Host School Liaison 
Rocelle Cruz, Executive Assistant                            

Sara Taken
Program Director

 Marnie Kitchin
Admissions Coordinator
 
 Brittney Harrell
Program Counselor

 

Flo Rizalado
Program Counselor
   
 Brittany Street
Program Counselor

 


 

 


This experience changed my life! Now, I have more dreams and some other goals. I'm so thankful for everything that I've learned. I want to continue growing as a human and as a teacher. The Amity program is one the best things that ever happened to me." - Michelle, 2018-2019 Intern

We have been working with Amity for several years. Learning about different cultures, communities, traditions, music, arts, dances and more, helps our students to see the world as a global place fostering diversity and respect. Having a second adult in the classroom helps our teachers to be able to have more individualized attention to students and work on small groups. Amity has been a wonderful organization to work with, reliable and accessible, bringing highly qualified young people to work in our school."- Maria Buceta Miller, Amity School Coordinator, John Stanford International School

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Exchange Teacher, Mr. Giraldo Sanchez, shares phot Exchange Teacher, Mr. Giraldo Sanchez, shares photos of him raising funds for his school with his colleagues! 🇨🇴

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“I thought I'd share what happened on my birthda “I thought I'd share what happened on my birthday, which is representative of my internship life and my life with my host family so far!

My host family prepared a big box of doughnuts for me to take to school to share with my colleagues! While I was handing out the doughnuts, I wished everyone a happy Lunar New Year and they wished me a happy birthday. The students at school also came to say happy birthday to me during break time and even prepared cards for me!

1/25 was the fourth day of Chinese New Year, so my host family held a " Lunar  New Year themed" birthday party for me. We invited other interns to celebrate with us. I was asked to rest in my room while my host family and intern friends decorated the dining room and prepared the food! They even decorated my cake! It was a big surprise for me and made me feel so happy!”

Happy belated birthday, Masako! 🥳We’re happy to see that you’re enjoying your internship and having a wonderful time with your host-family and fellow interns! 

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"My family came to visit me from Spain to Utah, an "My family came to visit me from Spain to Utah, and they were meeting my two host families here, sharing both cultures, and talking to much in Spanish and English. It was really awesome."

Pictured here: Intern, Lorena, from Spain 🇪🇸

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"Of all the things I am thankful for in such a ful "Of all the things I am thankful for in such a fulfilling and enriching experience, the one I am surely most grateful for is that it offered my heart another family.
What these four wonderful people brought me is beyond words, I will never forget what they mean to me. 
More than the Amity program, the beginning of a lifetime adventure...
I adore you so. 💚🌈 

~ Lisa, from France, and her American family - a wonderful winter in Oregon."

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"My name is Glenda and I'm an intern in Washington "My name is Glenda and I'm an intern in Washington state. I want to share this new experience that I had with my Host Family as well with another Intern Laia from Spain. We went skiing and I could say that was one of the most challenging and fun things I’ve done because I never practiced skiing before and my host mother and Laia taught me how to do it." 

Way to go, Glenda and Laia!⛷️❄️

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We hope everyone is having a great start to 2023! We hope everyone is having a great start to 2023! 

Amity Interns: Ana, Lucia, and Paula rang in the New Year in New York! 🗽🎆

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