American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) : Walter Jensen Scholarship for Study Abroad
Thanks to the generosity of the late Walter Jensen, the AATF is able to offer a scholarship for study abroad to a future teacher of French.
Listing Details
Organization Name
American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
Organization Mandate
AATF seeks to address the concerns of its members which include: promoting the study of languages in general and French in particular; facilitating the implementation of national and state standards in the classroom; improving the training of French teachers by encouraging minimum levels of language and cultural proficiency, and exposure to the French-speaking world through study abroad opportunities; creating opportunities and finding resources for practicing teachers to update their skills and improve their teaching; encouraging the use of new technologies in the teaching of French and actively developing materials to support this use.
Countries
- French-speaking country
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Switzerland
- Algeria
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congo, Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Niger
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Canada
- French Guiana
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Martinique
- French Polynesia
- New Caledonia
- Vanuatu
Subcategory
Subject - funding opportunities
Education
Application deadline
March of each year
Amount of the award
USD 2,000
Eligibility - nationality
United States
Eligibility
At least 18 years of age at the time of application.
Enrolled in an established teacher education program (B.A., B.S., or M.A.T.) in French.
Non-native speaker of French.
Sponsored by an AATF member teacher.
Enrolled in an established teacher education program (B.A., B.S., or M.A.T.) in French.
Non-native speaker of French.
Sponsored by an AATF member teacher.