Amity Institute is a U.S. Department of State designated J-1 visa sponsor and nonprofit organization with over 55 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. They live with American host families or independently. Teacher
The International Teacher Program arranges for certified, experienced teachers from other countries to serve as temporary 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.
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. They live with American host families or independently.
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. They live with American host families or independently.
Teacher
The International Teacher Program arranges for certified, experienced teachers from other countries to serve as temporary 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.
The International Teacher Program arranges for certified, experienced teachers from other countries to serve as temporary 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
Executive Director
Sue Gibbons-Bullock
Host School Liaison
Host School Liaison
Janie Burke Assistant Director 
Sara Taken
Program Director
Program Director
Marnie Kitchin
Admissions Coordinator
Admissions Coordinator
Brittney Harrell
Program Counselor
Program Counselor
Flo Rizalado
Program Counselor
Program Counselor
