ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE KANSAS CITY

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

FOR TEACHERS OF FRENCH

DEADLINE: MARCH 17, 2012

 

The Alliance Française de Kansas City will offer a $1000 scholarship to an area French teacher who desires to study in an immersion setting in a Francophone country.  Please read the following eligibility requirements before submitting an application.

Eligibility

Applicants for this scholarship must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents whose first language is not French.  Applicants must hold a teaching position in French for the 2011-2012 school year, or have signed a contract for a teaching position in French for the 2012-2013 school year. Only those applicants who are members in good standing of the AFKC will be considered.  Members of the board of the AFKC are not eligible to apply.

The scholarship recipient will agree to remain an active member of the AFKC for three years.  During that time the AFKC board will help the recipient organize a presentation in the Kansas City area for all interested AFKC members and other interested parties.

Selection Process

This scholarship will be awarded to an AFKC member who indicates a plan to use the scholarship money to benefit him or herself professionally, and to enhance or expand the curriculum for students. Applications will be reviewed and the decision will be announced by early April 2012.  Important factors that will be considered:  clarity and specificity of the candidate’s statements; reasons for applying and level of French; teaching assignment; evidence of professional commitment; future career plans in education; letters of recommendation. While a level of proficiency which will allow the individual to follow advanced-level coursework in French is expected, it is also important to the AFKC to provide this opportunity to teachers who have not had many opportunities for immersion study abroad.  The scholarship committee will conduct an oral interview of the finalists.

Application

Application forms are available: Click PDF.  Forms may be duplicated.   Please send the completed form, as well as essays and both letters of recommendation, to:

Ann Sunderland
AFKC Scholarship Committee
2911A Cedar Crest Drive
Independence, MO 64057

The sealed letters of recommendation may arrive with the candidate’s application, or separately.   The application must be postmarked by March 17, 2012 to be considered.