NECTFL: Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Scholarships / Fellowships

SANS, Inc./ MEAD Leadership Program	Educators of ALL LANGUAGES at ALL LEVELS are encouraged to apply to this program, designed to identify potential leaders in education and to support the development of their potential.

Embassy Scholarships: French German Spanish	French, German, and Spanish teachers are encouraged to apply for these scholarships, which provide support for summer study in France, Germany, and Spain when application forms are available here this summer. Click on a language on the left for further information and an application form.

Cemanahuac Educational Community Scholarship	Spanish teachers are encouraged to apply for this scholarship generously provided by the Cemanahuac Educational Community for study in Mexico for two weeks at any time from May - December 2010.

Annenberg Media/Marjorie Hall Haley Graduate Student NECTFL Conference Scholarship	Graduate students are urged to apply for this $500 travel grant and free registration and housing (3 nights) to attend the 2010 NECTFL Conference.

Application deadline December 1, 2009.

At the 2009 Northeast Conference, two study abroad scholarships were awarded to NECTFL teachers: the Embassy of France honored Alberta Norton and the Cemanahuac Educational Community chose Sharlise Shulterbrandt.

Doug Bunch and Laura Franklin congratulate French scholarship winner Alberta Norton.

Cemanahuac scholarship winner Sharlise Shulterbrandt

Also acknowledged at the Conference, where they met with mentors to work on their projects, were the 2009 Sans Inc. / Mead Leadership fellows: Steven Berbeco, Charlestown (MA) High School; Richard G. Detwiler, Jenkintown (PA) Middle/High School; Monica Dominguez Mulholland, Northern Virginia Community College; Susanne Sutton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We look forward to hearing more from them in the very near future and beyond!

From left to right, the 2009 Sans Inc./ Mead Fellows: Steven Berbeco, Monica Dominguez Mulholland, Susanne S. Sutton, Richard G. Detwiler

Laura Franklin and Doug Bunch converse with the 2009 Annenberg Media/Marjorie Hall Haley Graduate Student Travel Scholarship winner Catherine Schwenkler.

In honor of 2007 Conference Chair Marjorie Hall Haley the Annenberg Media/Marjorie Hall Haley scholarship helps defray the costs of the Conference for one deserving graduate student.
This year�s recipient is Catherine Schwenkler, a Spanish teacher at the Grafton High School in Yorktown VA who is pursuing a Master of Arts in Education, Curriculum & Instruction at The College of William and Mary.
The Northeast Conference heartily congratulates Catherine Schwenkler and welcomes her to the NECTFL family!