Huntington Beach resident chosen to teach in East Africa in State Department program
Huntington Beach resident Matthew Jellick was assigned to Djibouti on behalf of a State Department teaching program, under the auspices of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The U.S. Department of State chose Jellick for an English Language Specialist project focusing on curriculum development in the East African country. The project is in partnership with the Djiboutian Ministry of Education and the Universite de Djibouti.
Jellick is part of a select group, as his project is one of about 240 that the English Language Specialist Program supports each year.
Jellick holds a master’s degree in teaching from the University of Southern California and has been teaching abroad for 14 years, including in Korea, Ethiopia and China. He visited Djibouti briefly while he lived and taught in Ethiopia from 2014 to 2016. This time, he will stay there for a semester.
Through projects developed by U.S. embassies in more than 80 countries, English Language Specialists work directly with local teacher trainers, educational leaders and ministry of education officials to exchange knowledge, build capacity, and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions and communities in the United States and overseas.
English Language Specialists are counted among the more than 50,000 individuals participating in State Department exchange programs each year. The program is administered by the Center for Intercultural Education and Development at Georgetown University.
– Submitted by Matthew Jellick
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