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UW-Jordan Education Trust Fellowship
A new collaboration between the UW and the Jordan Education Trust is 
helping to cultivate global understanding between educators from Jordan and the U.S. During Summer 2007, five teachers from Jordan and five UW College of Education alumni participated in the program, which included three weeks at UW
followed by three additional weeks in Amman, Jordan. Funding for the Fellowship is provided by a generous gift from the Jordan Education Trust.
While at UW the five Jordanian teachers, each a recipient of Queen Rania’s 2006 Teacher of Excellence Award, joined their U.S. counterparts for a visit to the IslandWood environmental learning center, attended a learning sciences seminar presented by UW’s LIFE Center, and enjoyed a variety of other activities focused on science, math and literacy. Following the Seattle segment, the Jordanian teachers hosted their U.S. colleagues, each of whom teaches at the K-8 level, for three weeks in Amman. During their stay in Jordan, the U.S. teachers visited classrooms for a first-hand view of education in that part of the world.
The Jordan Education Trust was established by Boeing executive Phil Condit and his wife, Geda Maso Condit (’77). Geda Condit, who grew up in Jordan, earned an engineering degree from the UW.
“The Jordan Education Trust Fellowship program is helping the College to strengthen global partnerships in education,” says Dean Pat Wasley. “We are grateful to The Jordan Education Trust for helping us to expand our reach and impact.”
JET 2008
The Second Annual UW–JET Fellowship will take place in Seattle and Amman Jordan this summer 2008. Learn more »
UW-JET Video Montage
A short video compilation of 2007 JET activities in Seattle »
UW-JET: The Seattle Experience
Highlights of the Jordanian teachers' experience in Seattle »
Participant Biographies
Learn more about the ten teachers who took part in UW-JET 2007
Meet the Jordan Teachers »
Meet the Seattle Teachers »
Founders
The Condit family discusses the vision behing the Jordan Education Trust »
JET News
Seattle P-I: 5 teachers from state to tour Jordan
August 1, 2007
Press Release from Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen
August 3, 2007
