{"id":26,"count":44,"description":"<strong>Quicklinks: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad\/\">Home<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad-costs-scholarships\/\">Scholarships<\/a><!-- | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/apply-study-abroad-spc\/\">How to Apply<\/a>--> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/category\/student-resources\/\">Resources <\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/blog\/\">Blog<\/a>\r\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4w_HvL3glN0?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<strong>NOTE: Program complete<\/strong>\r\n<!--<a href=\"https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/22929\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-15178\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/03\/Apply_Now_1.png\" alt=\"Apply Now to France Study Abroad\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>-->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/06\/Jamaica-Itinerary.pdf\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-15179\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/03\/SeeTravelItinerary.png\" alt=\"See Jamaica Education Study Abroad Travel Itinerary\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Jamaica-Education-Cost.xls\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-15180\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/03\/ViewTripCosts.png\" alt=\"View Jamaica Education Study Abroad Trip Costs\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Course:<\/strong>\u00a0Aug 14-Dec 8, 2017\r\n<strong>Travel: <\/strong>Nov 4-13, 2017\r\n\r\nSPC College of Education students will volunteer in the public schools in Negril, Jamaica, for approximately 35 hours in a one-week period, through an organization called Great Shape!, Inc., that was established in 1988.\r\n\r\nOne of Great Shape's programs is called SuperKids, an initiative to help improve literacy with Jamaican children. In addition, volunteers work with children in the areas of art, computers, music, and physical education. In the schools, College of Education preservice teachers will teach small and large group lessons, work side by side with Jamaican teachers and interact with children in a variety of activities throughout the school day. The experience would count towards part of the required practicum hours (up to 25) for EDE 4942.\r\n\r\n<strong>Think you can\u2019t afford to study abroad?<\/strong> Scholarships and other ways to fund your study abroad program are available. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad-costs-scholarships\/\">Explore scholarship options now<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Available courses<\/strong> - Students <strong>must enroll <\/strong>in the course listed below during the fall 2017 semester in order to be able to participate.\r\n\r\nNote: Students must confirm with an academic advisor that they meet all college enrollment requirements AND course prerequisites to be eligible to enroll in the course listed. Students receiving financial aid must confirm with a financial aid advisor whether their study abroad course will be covered by financial aid.\r\n\r\n<strong>Professor: Cher Gauweiler\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/06\/Jamaica-EDE4942.pdf\">EDE 4942<\/a> Integrated Language Arts, Children's Literature and Social Science Practicum 1 credit\r\n\r\n<strong>Lead faculty contacts\r\n<\/strong>After you submit the application online, we will review your application and e-mail you with details of scheduling your interview with the Jamaica program lead faculty, <a title=\"Cher Gauweiler\" href=\"mailto:McAllister.Melissa@spcollege.edu\">Melissa McAllister <\/a>, 727-712-5205.\r\n\r\n<strong>Student Travel Blog<\/strong> \u2013 For a taste of what it\u2019s like to study abroad in Jamaica, or to follow our students as they travel, read posts from the Jamaica blog below.","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/category\/jamaica-education\/","name":"Jamaica (Education)","slug":"jamaica-education","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Jamaica (Education) Study Abroad Fall 2017 - St. Petersburg College<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/category\/jamaica-education\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamaica (Education) Study Abroad Fall 2017 - St. Petersburg College\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quicklinks: Home | Scholarships | Resources | Blog NOTE: Program complete  Course:\u00a0Aug 14-Dec 8, 2017 Travel: Nov 4-13, 2017 SPC College of Education students will volunteer in the public schools in Negril, Jamaica, for approximately 35 hours in a one-week period, through an organization called Great Shape!, Inc., that was established in 1988. 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