Fulbright TGC Pre Departure Post

Welcome to my India blog! I’m Rachel Otty, a history teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, MA. While I’m not in India yet, I’m leaving soon. In advance of my trip, here’s a little info about why I’m going.

In 2018 I was accepted into the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program, along with about 75 other teachers from around the country. Fulbright TGC is a year-long professional development opportunity for U.S. elementary, middle, and high school teachers to develop skills for preparing students to be global citizens. After completing an online class in the Fall, being told I’d be traveling to India for the field experience part of the trip in July, and meeting up with the other Fulbright fellows in DC in February, I will finally leave for India on June 30th for almost three weeks. I’ll be traveling with 11 others and will spend about four days in Delhi at the beginning and three days at the end, with a week long stay in Pune with another fellow in the middle. More to come in the days ahead about all the opportunities this trip is sure to bring.