The Scholarships for Education and Economic Development(SEED) is an international development and peace scholarship program and is a continuation of the CASS Program which was founded in 1985 and administered by Georgetown University.

The University of Arizona 's SEED Project is a teacher education program hosted by the program of Language, Reading and Culture in the College of Education. The visiting teachers participating in the SEED Project represent Mexico and Guatemala.  The SEED teachers live in Tucson for eleven months, arriving in August and leaving in July each year.

Their professional development program consists of three major components:

• Internships and professional service in local schools and community settings.
   
• Formal courses offered at the U. of A. in Spanish designed to increase their pedagogical knowledge and skills.
   
• An English-as-a-Second-Language program that includes coursework and community based experiences.

The SEED scholars studying at the University of Arizona are highly qualified community leaders from economically disadvantaged rural areas who have demonstrated a strong commitment to return and serve their home communities. The purpose of the SEED Project is to contribute to the development of the participant countries by providing access to education and preparing the local workforce to meet local social, economic and democratic goals.

For more information, please contact:

College of Education, Room 314
520-626-1488/626-1494