Language Conference Grants
Supporting you and your professional development! Check out the following conference grants available to first-time conference attendees.
Supporting You in Your Professional Development
The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) continues to support teacher professional development by providing new teachers access to regional and national conference attendance through grants. First-time attendee grants to the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK), Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA), Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG), and Southern Conference On Language Teaching (SCOLT) conferences will be offered to teachers who have been teaching for five (5) years or fewer years.
Scroll below to learn more about the grants and the application process.
CULTR is pleased to announce our 4-year sponsorship (through 2026) of a special AATJ 2023 Spring Conference grant! This exciting opportunity is for teachers in their first to fifth year(s) of teaching who have not yet attended an AATJ conference. This grant will provide $450 to offset expenses for two recipients. Upon attendance and completion of CULTR requirements, the two recipients will receive $450 to offset expenses of their choice.
Application deadline: Wednesday, February 1st
CULTR is pleased to announce our 4-year sponsorship (through 2026) of a special AATK 2023 Annual Conference grant! This exciting opportunity is for teachers in their first to fifth year(s) of teaching who have not yet attended an AATK conference. This grant will provide $300 to offset expenses for three recipients. Upon attendance and completion of CULTR requirements, the three recipients will receive $300 to offset expenses of their choice. Access the application form for all information and requirements.
Application deadline: Tuesday, April 25th
CULTR is pleased to announce our 4-year sponsorship (through 2026) of a special CLTA 2023 Conference grant! This exciting opportunity is for teachers in their first to fifth year(s) of teaching who have not yet attended a CLTA conference. This grant will provide $300 to offset expenses for three recipients. Upon attendance and completion of CULTR requirements, the three recipients will receive $300 to offset expenses of their choice. Access the application form for all information and requirements.
Application deadline: Monday, March 20th
CULTR is pleased to announce our 4-year sponsorship (through 2026) of a special FLAG 2023 Conference grant! This exciting opportunity is for teachers in their first to fifth year(s) of teaching who have not yet attended a FLAG conference. This grant will provide $300 to offset expenses for three recipients. Upon attendance and completion of CULTR requirements, the three recipients will receive $300 to offset expenses of their choice.
Application deadline: Tuesday, January 31st
CULTR is pleased to announce our 4-year sponsorship (through 2026) of a special Mobilize for Language Learning SCOLT 2023 Conference grant! This opportunity is for teachers in their first to fifth year(s) of teaching who have not yet attended a SCOLT conference. This grant will provide $300 to offset expenses for three recipients. Upon attendance and completion of CULTR requirements, the three recipients will receive $300 to offset expenses of their choice.
Application deadline: Sunday, January 15th
Ready to Get Started?
Prepare your Introduction and your Conference Grants Prompt.
Introduction: At the beginning of the video, please share the following information with your audience.
- Your Name
- Location and School
- Subject(s) Taught
- Amount of Time Spent Teaching to Years of Teaching Experience
- Name of the Conference Attended
Prompt: Following your introduction, begin addressing the prompt:
“How has CULTR’s sponsorship for this conference impacted your professional development as a teacher?”
Use your phone or computer to record a 2 minute video. With your audience in mind, please follow the guidelines below in your video.
Special notes for a phone recording:
- Record in horizontal video
- Keep phone stabilized throughout recording.
- Try to be centered in the frame.
Video Best Practices
- Sound Quality
- Working with these concise videos, paying attention to the sound quality is essential to achieve a successful production. Please emphasize the following points during your video.
- Experiment with your microphone and settings for a clear sound.
- Feel free to use a microphone outside of your computer’s mic. An external microphone or headphones that have built-in mic may offer a better option during recording. Investigating these options will help with your finished product.
- Make sure background noises are minimized. Additional sounds beyond the speaker’s voice may distract the audience.
- Choose a room and time where background noise from family, pets, and outside are absent or discreet.
- Lighting
- Lighting doesn’t need to be complicated, but it needs to be addressed in any video. Since most of these videos will be created using webcams or phone cameras, lighting will make even a low-quality camera produce a much better look.
- One best practice is to have an indirect light source. To keep distraction at a minimum while presenting, it is helpful to have a lighting source in front of you with a reflector or something over it to not simply have a direct beam of light on you at all times.
- Background
- Before recording from your camera, remember to check what is located in the background. Vibrant works of art, personal mementos, or open windows will detract from your message. To help the audience focus on you and not your surroundings, make sure there is nothing to distract the eye. Oftentimes, a solid wall will offer the ideal solution.
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