Current Projects

International Training Programs (ITP) implements short-term study and professional development programs in collaboration with both private and government funders. Each program is individually designed to meet the needs of the participants. ITP has the capacity to provide a rigorous academic experience through California State University, Chico, as well as a variety of site visits within the local community and throughout northern California.

Not only do participants from around the world benefit from these programs, but our university faculty, students, and local community, especially schools and citizens who host, learn about each other and extend the meaning of friendship. 

ITP is currently planning and hoping to offer the following programs in spring and summer of 2026:

Twenty international educators from twenty countries will take part in the first year of a new three-year (2025-2027) Study of United States Institutes for secondary educators (SUSI) project. The three-year project will give three separate groups of international educators a deeper understanding of U.S. society, education, culture, values, and institutions. The 2026 group will be the second of the three groups.

Twenty-three participants will be on the CSU, Chico campus as part in the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement program (Fulbright TEA) from January 21^st through mid-March of 2026. The 2026 group of professionals who teach English in their respective countries will be in Chico from January 21^st through March 9^th. The program will continue through March 12^th in Washington. The program will focus on building the instructional repertoire of each participant in the areas of discipline-specific methodology, general pedagogy, and Instructional Technology.