North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN) offers seminars on East Asian history, geography, literatures, arts, and general cultures.  The participants are in-service teachers who teach about East Asia and will receive stipend, books, and teaching resources from the seminar.  They will be also eligible to apply for the trip to East Asia upon completion of seminar requirements.  

NCTAN is under the initiative of Columbia University's East Asia Center. The Administrative Office of NCTAN is located at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Administrative Director is Bogdan Leja, and the academic director at East Coast is Yoko Kano. Please see the bottom of the home page for more information.

http://people.uncw.edu/kanoy/nctan/index.htm