Who’s Eligible: Any current Georgia TESOL member

Purpose: Since Lindy Lopez-Butner exemplified the high ideals of an unusually competent, sensitive, caring ELL teacher who sacrificed her own time and comfort for the well-being of her students, especially the neediest ones, Georgia TESOL has set up a memorial grant in her honor.

The purpose of the grant is to promote the professional development of a promising ELL teacher who is a current member in good standing of Georgia TESOL, has a worthy plan or goal that will ultimately benefit ELL students, but lacks the resources or materials to achieve his or her goal.

To view a past application that was awarded the grant, please open the attached link. Joy Cowart 2011 LopezButner Grant.docx

Note: This grant cannot be used for any travel, conference registrations, or conference presentations.

Amount: up to $1000

Criteria: Applications are evaluated on the basis of (a) rationale, (b) relevance for ESL students, (c) objectives, (d) implementation plan, (e) evaluation plan, (f) budget,  (g) plan for sharing, (h) strength of the applicant's recommendation letter, and (i) how well the applicant's proposed use of funds achieves the grant's intended purpose.

Due Date: Applications and one letter of recommendation must be completed on or before September 12th.

Review Committee: Three or more Members-at-Large of the Georgia TESOL Executive Board will conduct a blind review of all complete applications. 

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 applicants will be notified of the committee's decision by October 15th. 
   
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:  a) give a presentation related to the project at a Georgia TESOL conference and  b) write an article related to the grant for the Georgia TESOL Newsletter

Any questions regarding the grant can be directed to the Grants and Awards Committee Chairperson, Ethan Trinh, at ethantrinhgatesol@gmail.com

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