Province enhances teachers’ delivery of language programs
Scholarships and bursaries build capacity for language learning
Edmonton… Twenty-two current and future teachers will receive a total of $80,000 in scholarships and bursaries to help enhance their language learning skills to benefit Alberta’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 students.
The funding supports 10 teachers who will spend the summer immersed in second-language and culture courses. Their students will benefit from this knowledge when classes resume in the fall.
To be eligible for a Language Teacher Bursary, applicants must hold a valid Alberta professional teaching certificate and must have been teaching in the province for at least three years. In addition, applicants must either have a specialization in languages or show evidence of having begun to study the language they will teach.
Twelve students enrolled in an Alberta post-secondary teacher preparation program were awarded Languages in Teacher Education Scholarships this past spring, encouraging future second-language teachers in Alberta’s classrooms.
Post-secondary students eligible for a Languages in Teacher Education Scholarship must be Alberta residents registered full time in a recognized Alberta teacher preparation program in the province. Recipients are nominated by their post-secondary institution based on academic achievement and education program components they have taken to prepare to be a language teacher in Alberta after graduation.
The Language Teacher Bursary and Languages in Teacher Education Scholarship are examples of the more than 50 Alberta scholarship programs available to Albertans. Overall, Advanced Education and Technology provided $78 million in scholarships to 40,000 post-secondary Alberta students in 2008-09.
More information about these and other scholarships is available at www.alis.gov.ab.ca/scholarships.
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2009 Language Teacher Bursary Program Recipients – $50,000 awarded |
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Recipient |
School jurisdiction |
Home |
Place of study |
Language studying |
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Corinne E. Bergman |
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 |
Edmonton |
Spain |
Spanish |
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Blair D. Butterfield |
Foundations for the Future Charter Academy |
Calgary |
Mexico |
Spanish |
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Kerry A. Carr |
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 |
Edmonton |
France |
French |
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Remy S. Croteau |
Rocky View School Division No. 41 |
Airdrie |
Spain |
Spanish |
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Allison M. De Mara |
Calgary School District No. 19 |
Calgary |
Spain |
Spanish |
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Paige Ferguson |
Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76 |
Grande Prairie |
France |
French |
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Katherine Habke |
Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10 |
Alberta Beach |
Mexico |
Spanish |
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Rhett Larsen |
Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 |
Calgary |
Spain |
Spanish |
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Alanna Mason |
Calgary School District No. 19 |
Calgary |
Spain |
Spanish |
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Kathryn Speck |
Edmonton School District No. 7 |
Edmonton |
France |
French |
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2009 Languages in Teacher Education Scholarship – $30,000 awarded |
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Recipient |
Home |
Place of study |
Program |
Language studying |
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Alicia Gross |
Fort Vermilion |
Concordia University College |
Education |
French and German |
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Andrea Cole |
St. Albert |
University of Alberta |
Education |
French |
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Carolyn Collier |
Penhold |
The King's University |
Education |
Spanish |
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Dana Bodmer-Hoff |
Edmonton |
University of Alberta |
Secondary Education |
French |
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Diane McIntyre |
Okotoks |
University of Calgary |
Education |
Spanish |
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Marie-Helene Robin |
Calgary |
University of Calgary |
Secondary Education |
French |
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Meaghan Rae McMorran |
Medicine Hat |
University of Lethbridge |
Secondary Education |
German |
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Miranda Sirois |
Mclennan |
University of Alberta |
Education |
French |
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Nicholas Debrey |
Calgary |
University of Calgary |
Education |
French |
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Sarah Kruger |
Edmonton |
University of Alberta |
Secondary Education |
French |
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Sylvie Schaller-Davis |
Edmonton |
Campus St. Jean |
Secondary Education |
French |
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Travis J. Curliss |
Bow Island |
University of Lethbridge |
Secondary Education |
French |
