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- John R. Stowe Cultural Immersion Grant
Please research and consider possible covid-19 travel restrictions in your area of choice as you are applying.
Who’s Eligible: Any current Georgia TESOL member in good standing
Purpose: This grant is intended to provide assistance for an immersion experience abroad for an educator who wishes to serve his or her students better by learning more about their culture and language through experiencing the culture firsthand. It is named in honor of our late colleague and Georgia TESOL member
John Stowe who was constantly learning languages, traveling, and spending time with students in order to better understand their culture. John also firmly believed that a strong sense of place is a vital part of being truly immersed and connected to a community. Here are just a few examples of the many ways in which this grant could be used:- An educator whose student population is predominantly Chinese and who has never visited China or learned the language could use the grant to visit the country, live with a host family, and enroll in a language program.
- An educator who teaches a largely Mexican population and who already speaks Spanish but has never visited Mexico could use the grant to tour the country and participate in a cultural exchange program.
- An educator who would like to take a graduate level class to become better prepared to teach his/her ELL population could use the grant to defray costs of participation in one of the many available study abroad courses that focus on language/culture/linguistics and have a cultural immersion component (UGA and Valdosta State offer such programs; there are many others available as well).
Amount: up to $2000
Criteria: Applications are evaluated on the basis of (a) rationale, (b) relevance, (c) impact, (d) implementation plan, and (e) evaluation plan. Applicants are encouraged to view this rubric that will be used by the review panel.
How to apply:
Additional Comments:
1. The grant will be offered on a yearly basis.
2. The Review Committee may recommend to divide the grant between 2 or more
recipients.
3. The recipient(s) and other applicants will be notified of the committee's
decision.
4. A grantee may not reapply for at least three years.
5. The Review Committee may decide that no grant will be provided for a given
year.
6. The grantee agrees to share grant results with members through a presentation related
to the project at the Georgia TESOL conference, an article related to the grant
for the GATESOL Newsletter or GATESOL In Action Journal, or other approved
posts via social media outlets
All GATESOL grant funds will be disbursed through reimbursement upon submission of receipts or invoices to the GATESOL Treasurer at treasurer@gatesol.org.
The grantee agrees to:
1. Complete his/her/their travels within 1 year. Any exceptions to this must be communicated to the Grants and Awards chair.