Scholarship and Bursary Information

Languages In Teacher Education Scholarship

Sponsored by: This scholarship was created by an endowment to the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund to build capacity in the area of language education.

Purpose: This program is designed to reward Alberta students enrolled in a recognized Alberta teacher preparation program taking courses that will allow them to teach languages other than English in Alberta schools.

Teachers interested in summer professional development in the area of another language should contact Alberta Scholarship Programs about the Language Teacher Bursary Program.

Value: 13 scholarships of $2,500 will be available each year.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

		Canadian Citizens or individuals lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence. Visa students are not eligible for this award.
		Alberta residents. Students are considered residents of the province where they last spent 12 consecutive months as non full-time students before the start of their program, or where their parents live, or married to an Alberta resident.
		Registered full-time in their final two years of a recognized Alberta teacher preparation program at an Alberta faculty of education.

Recipients must intend to teach in Alberta schools upon completion of their program.

Recipients of this scholarship are not eligible to receive it a second time.

Selection: Recipients will be selected by their post-secondary institution. Each post-secondary will manage their award allocation. Institutions will select students who meet the eligibility criteria and are currently taking or completing an Alberta teacher preparation program that will allow them to become a language teacher after they graduate. Institutions will use academic performance to select their nominees and make every effort to nominate candidates reflecting a cross-section of languages, including Aboriginal languages.

Application: Students must be nominated by their post-secondary.

Deadline: Please contact the Faculty of Education for more information.

Disbursement: Awards will be disbursed approximately one month after the date of nomination.

Audience: Undergraduate Students