Educational Trip to Brussels for Two Metro-Atlanta Area High School Teachers

22-25 June 2009

The European Commission organized its first annual educational trip to Brussels, Belgium from June 20-25, 2009. The program was an outstanding educational opportunity open to the Network of European Union Centers of Excellence as well as secondary school teachers and university students with an interest in learning more about the EU, its institutions, and current issues facing the Member States. The program included two days of briefings at the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, a day of briefings at NATO and the U.S. Mission to the EU, as well as a day trip to The College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

The EUCE at Georgia Tech selected two metro-Atlanta area high school teachers to participate in the program: Mr. David Pittman of Northview High School and Mr. Brian DeLong of Grayson High School.

As a result of the trip, and with support from the EUCEs at Georgia Tech, the University of Colorado, and the University of Seattle, Mr. Pittman and Ms. Alicia Hale (a teacher from Seattle who participated in the program) are developing four Advanced Placement EU modules that can be incorporated into existing AP courses and shared with other teachers.