Hi All,
At our recent executive meeting, we talked about a proposal to use some of our interest income for a scholarship (or two) for university/college students. There are a number of questions:
1. For whom should it be awarded? Teacher education students or undergraduates in general? Rural students or those who are interested in teaching in a rural area?
Here's an idea: How about offering it as a stipend/bursary for a student to live-out during the practicum?
2. How much ought it to be? We generate between $700 and $900 annually in interest income. We could offer two $250 bursaries, or maybe one at $500. If the above idea for a living-out allowance is followed, do either of these amounts make sense?
3. What criteria ought to be used to adjudicate the applications? Who would do the adjudication? I wonder if we could ask for a 500-750 word essay on some topic of relevance to rural education? It could be a new topic each year or a standard statement about interest in rural education as a career choice. Would the winning (and maybe runner-up) essays be printed in the Root?
4. Do we want to rule that a person can only earn it once?
We can also consider some other ideas entirely for this money...ideas welcome.
Wendy
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Hi Wendy,
I like your ideas. I think the potential recipient should have a rural address, at least before they attended university. $500.00, once, should work out in the year of their extended practicum. I like the idea of a short essay to qualify.
Virginia
I really like the idea of a living allowance for teacher candidates doing practica in rural schools. I think $500 would be the most helpful amount for the long practicum and $200 or $250 for the three week ones in our program - enough to help cover rent. Most of our students are reluctant to go to a rural area because they are paying rent here and would have to pay it there as well. Some of them have a partner here so even if they don't mind being away they have to keep their place here. What a thoughtful proposal! And helpful to rural districts, too. Teachers who do practica in rural areas are better prepared and usually more willing to teach there.
Deb, I don't know how to respond to you because you haven't left contact information. I'm going to take a chance that no unsavoury people will see this and give you my email address - brown@unbc.ca. If you email, I'll be able to put you in touch with others in this group and tell you how to get the newsletters, etc. I'm glad you found us!
Yes, a short essay on rural issues/living/teaching would be a good idea, I think.
The Lottie Bursary announcement has gone out to each of the teacher education faculties in BC. It reads as follows:
Lottie Bowron Memorial Bursary
Announcement
The British Columbia Rural and Small School Teachers Association (BCRSSTA) is awarding two bursaries in the amount of $400 each for Teacher Candidates who aim to become rural teachers in BC. The bursary, entitled The Lottie Bursary, is intended to be a living-out allowance for a practicum placement that takes her or him out of the usual residence while in school (or out of one’s home community) and to a rural or remote area of the Province. Individuals can only win this bursary once.
The bursary is a competitive scholarship that will be awarded at the successful completion of the long practicum. To apply, submit an 800-1000 word essay describing your hopes and expectations for being a rural teacher. The adjudication committee will be comprised of the Executive Board of the BCRSSTA. All essays for the competition will be considered for publication in the Rural Root, the newsletter of the BCRSSTA.
Along with the essay, applicants will submit a covering letter that, among other things, includes:
-the name of your home community
-your year in the teacher education program
-your university and/or college background, including your Teacher Education
Program
-contact information
Deadline for application: January 15, 2009
Application packages should be sent electronically to:
Dr. Wendy S. Nielsen, BCRSSTA Treasurer
nielsenw@gmail.com
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