2019 CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants –
Call for Proposals
Purpose:
CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants support professional development for K-16 teachers to improve classroom instruction and student participation.
Applicant Eligibility:
1. According to CLTA-TEXAS Bylaws, applications must be made by and only by paid members.
2. The applicant must have been a paid member (individual) for at least 12 months before the announcement date today, May 18 , 2019).
(This means the nominee has paid the 2018 membership fee (individual) before May 18, 2018 and paid 2019 membership fee before May 18, 2019.
3. The applicant must be a paid member (individual) for the upcoming year and pay 2020 membership fee before May 18, 2020.
4. The applicant must be current Full-Time Chinese language educators (K-16) that have formally affiliated with CLTA-TEXAS are eligible to apply (please check #2 & #3 for membership requirement).
Amount:
The 2019 CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants amount is up to US$400 for the proposal you submitted.
Application Deadline:
Applications may be submitted by June 15, 2019, 11:59pm.
Awardees will be notified by July 06, 2019.
Application Guidelines:
Applicants need to submit a proposal of approximately 300 words (in English and/or Chinese) which including the following:
1. Introduction of yourself (including current employment and a short essay describing how the proposed professional development will benefit you personally and professionally).
2. A detailed description of the professional development workshop/conference that you are attending.
3. An explanation of the need for attending the professional development workshop/conference.
4. Expected outcomes (what do you want to learn/gain from the professional development workshop/conference and the potential impact to the community you will bring back from the professional development workshop/conference, etc.).
5. Any prior experience being the lecturer of any professional development workshops/conferences.
6. A line-item budget for the proposed professional development workshop/conference.
7. Recommendation letters from your supervisors (LOTE director, principal, and department chair).
Your supervisors will be contacted to confirm the recommendation.
8. Provide your supervisors’ names and contact information (LOTE director, principal, and department chair). Your supervisors will be CC’d if you are the Grant Winner.
9. Provide the year you got awarded and your presentation information in CLTA-TEXAS annual conference, if you were the winner of any previous Teacher Grants, if applicable.
Requirements:
The CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants winner must:
1. Complete the proposed professional development workshop/conference (by December 31th, 2019), and
2. Within one month after the proposed activities are concluded, submit a required activity report with evidence (of the professional development workshop/conference you are going), such as:
A. Application form of the professional development workshop/conference you attended,
B. The handout of the professional development workshop/conference you attended
C. The original meal receipts (paper form),
D. The original hotel receipts (paper form),
E. etc.
3. Make a presentation at either the 2020 CLTA-TEXAS Annual Conference or a CLTA-TEXAS Workshop prior to the 2020 CLTA-TEXAS Annual Conference in which you share what you learned at the workshop/conference that you attended thanks to the Grant.
(Topic has to be about the workshop/conference that you attended, and what you have learned from the workshop, and/or how you applied what you learned in your own classroom, etc.)
(* Winner will get the awarded check after fulfilling the required presentation.)
Please note:
* All receipts should be in their original paper form. No digital-receipts will be accepted.
* Airfare won’t be covered/accepted by CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants.
Limitation:
1. Previous Teacher Grants winners will not be eligible to apply for a period of THREE (3) years.
(Winners from 2017 and 2018 may not apply for 2019 Teacher Grants.)
2. One applicant can only apply for one grant in the same year (for example: one teacher/organization can only apply for either Teacher Grants or Local Workshop Grants, not both grants.
Please email your proposal to CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants Committee at cltatx@gmail.com with the subject heading “2019 CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants” by June 15, 2019.
Sincerely,
CLTA-TEXAS
www.clta-texas.org
* 2019 CLTA-TEXAS Teacher Grants Committee:
MCARTHUR, Marshall (Chair)
CHIANG, Chia-Jung (Member)
SHEN, Chunmei (Member))