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K-16 Teachers

Participating teachers are eligible for stipends for attending CSA sponsored professional development programs and CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers. For a listing of professional development programs see Teacher and Community Outreach. Information on the CARLA Summer Institute opportunities are below.

CSA offers housing and teacher stipends to attend Professional Workshops and Summer Institutes. Applications and information are available below.

2009 CARLA Summer Institutes for Languages Teachers

Offered by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.

  • Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching
  • Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: “How well do students speak the immersion language?”
  • Developing Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)
  • Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom
  • Focusing on Learner Language: Basics of Second Language Acquisition for Teachers
  • Using Technology in Second Language Teaching
  • Improving Language Learning: Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction
  • Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom
  • Maximizing Study Abroad: Teaching Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use

Each of the institutes is a highly interactive blend of theory and practical application. Teachers will be engaged in discussion, networking, theory-building, and hands-on activities that relate to the topic of the day.

For more information on these seminars, the graduate credit option, and for registration, visit the CARLA website. You may also contact CARLA via e-mail.

Teacher Stipends

To support the improvement of instruction of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), the University of Minnesota's National Resource Centers offer a limited number of $600 stipends for LCTL teachers to help defray the cost of attending any of the CARLA summer institutes. The Consortium for the Study of the Asias a Title VI National Resource Center, is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and sponsor this program as part of their mission to support LCTL teachers.

Eligibility

The purpose of the Teacher Stipends is the enhancement of LCTL teaching in the United States. Therefore, persons who do not teach an LCTL in the United States and who are not American citizens or permanent residents are NOT eligible.

Teachers of European and International (non-Asia related) Less-Commonly-Taught Languages (LCTLs) can apply for Teacher Stipends from the European Studies Consortium and Institute for Global Studies .

Please note that preference will be given to language teachers outside of the University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota language teachers may apply for tuition waivers offered by CARLA. Please contact the CARLA office at carla@umn.edu for more information.

Information About the Stipends

  • • Registration for the CARLA summer institutes prior to the application deadline is recommended to ensure a place in any of these popular institutes. Almost all of the institutes filled to capacity
    last year.

    • Per Title VI funding regulations, stipends can only be awarded for less commonly taught foreign languages, and not U.S. indigenous languages unless those languages are also indigenous to countries outside the U.S.

    • Stipends may not be awarded to foreign nationals as per Title VI funding regulations; however, a foreign national who possesses a green card and is teaching a LCTL in the U.S. may apply for a stipend.

    • Stipends cannot be awarded to applicants who live in the Twin Cities area; however applicants may apply for a waiver of the cost of the institute (a value of $350) through the same process. University of Minnesota LCTL teachers should contact Karin Larson in the CARLA office for a special waiver opportunity.

    • Stipends are processed once the summer institute begins and take 3-4 weeks to process.

Applying for a Teacher Stipend

Candidates should submit:

  • Teacher Stipend Application Form (RTF) (PDF)
  • One-page letter of introduction
  • One-page résumé

The letter of introduction should address how the stipend will aid the applicant in professional development and, specifically, how the seminar of choice will aid the applicant in teaching the less-commonly-taught language.

Important Dates:

Deadline
 The deadline is April 10, 2009.

Notification
Letters of awards will be sent in May 2008.

Award Processing
Stipends will be processed after the first day of the Summer Institute. Teachers should allow 3-4 weeks for check processing.

For more information, contact:

Anne Jin Soo Preston
Consortium for the Study of the Asias
214 Social Science Tower
267-19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612/625-6103
612/626-2242 (fax)
E-mail: asias@umn.edu

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