International Professional Opportunities

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Transformative international experiences enhance growth

ECC faculty and administrators can engage in transformative international experiences that enhance professional growth, cross-cultural understanding, and global collaboration. These opportunities are designed to deepen engagement with global education initiatives, expand professional networks, and bring fresh perspectives to our campus. Explore the programs below and take the next step in broadening your global expertise.

International Visiting Faculty Liaison/Director Opportunities

Through the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs, eligible ECC faculty are invited to apply to engage with international partner institutions as visiting faculty liaisons. These opportunities allow faculty from member institutions to experience first-hand living, teaching (if applicable), and interacting with colleagues in an international setting. Visiting faculty liaison/director positions assist the host institution and program coordinator with student service needs, help students adjust to living in a different culture, recruit participants for the program, assist with coordination of activities and field trips of the academic program, facilitate workshops/sessions (as applicable), and engage with host institution officers and faculty. Duties vary by program and location.

Available opportunities:

Duration: Summer 2025; usually 3-4 weeks

Eligibility: Currently employed ECC faculty member who has not served in an ICISP Visiting Faculty Liaison capacity within three years. The application process must be completed in full, including all required signatures. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application deadline: October 28, 2024

Locations: 

Duration: One semester, fall or spring (check individual applications for details) (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026)

Eligibility: Currently employed ECC faculty member who has not served in an ICISP Visiting Faculty Liaison capacity within three years. The application process must be completed in full, including all required signatures. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Please note that a Board-approved sabbatical is mandatory for semester-length visiting faculty liaison opportunities.

Application deadline: October 28, 2024

Locations: 

Duration: Two weeks

Eligibility: Open to faculty and administrators 

Application deadline: April 1, 2025, for the 2025-2026 exchange.

The Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP) allows eligible faculty and administrators to participate in the Two-Week International Professional Exchange. In this unique program, individuals can host a visitor from Finland or the Netherlands for two weeks at their home and college in October. Then, in May, the ECC counterpart pays a return visit to their exchange partner’s home and college.

Many ECC faculty and administrators have participated in the exchange over the years. Over 900 Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin administrators and faculty members have also participated in this program over the past 35 years. 

Information and applications for the 2025-2026 Two-Week International Professional Exchange with Finland and the Netherlands will be available in February 2025. Complete applications and approvals will be due April 1, 2025.

Eligibility: Eligible ECC faculty and administrators

Application deadline: Applications for summer 2025 will be available in mid-fall 2024

The Beyond Borders: Global Engagement and Professional Development Program is a short-term international training professional program for eligible ECC faculty and administrators. The program is designed to expand participants’ global consciousness and intercultural understanding through exposure to a foreign country’s culture and traditions and various international programs. Through these engagements, participants will have the opportunity to learn about the country’s educational system, visit various institutions and the host partner organization/institution (subject to availability), experience a new culture, and participate in cultural visits to sites of local and historical significance. Emphasis is placed on professional activities that provide participants with international experiences that can be used to transform or complement their professional duties at ECC.

This competitive admission program has limited capacity. As a cost-sharing professional development program, the program allows participants to engage in an affordable and immersive international experience.

For more information or to apply, visit elgin.edu/studyabroad.

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Center for Global Engagement

Building B, Room B105
847-214-7809
international@elgin.edu

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