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Special Scholarships for MPAEA 2010
AALL is providing scholarships to assist members to attend MPAEA in Tempe AZ in 2010.. Teacher/staff scholarships are $325. Student scholarships are $200. Scholarships cover registration, hotel, and/or food costs for meals not provided by the conference. Applicants must indicate how they will use funds. If for registration, AALL will waive fees. However, hotel or meals require receipts for reimbursement. Applications are below.  Fill them out completely They are due February 17th. Copy and paste the scholarship application into a Word document and e-mail it to Blair Liddicoat at blair.liddicoat@riosalado.edu. If you are not currently an AALL member, apply, send the membership application along with the scholarship application  Mail your membership fee and membership application form to AALL PO Box 16021 Phoenix, AZ  85011-6021.
Limited funds are available, so late applications are unlikely to be considered. In the event that more requests are received than funds will cover, selection will be via a “lottery.” Winners will be notified in time for the March 1st early registration deadline. In return for the scholarship, recipients must write an article for AALL’s newsletter regarding the conference experience

Award Process and Requirement: 

1.  Applicants must be current, dues-paid AALL members. 

2.  Scholarship monies are awarded only once each year to a specific individual.  Individuals may re-apply for scholarships in a new fiscal year; however, priority will be given to applicants who did not receive scholarship monies the previous year. 

3.  When multiple participants apply, and it is deemed that all meet the eligibility, the recipient or recipients may be chosen via a “lottery” system.  When more than one recipient is chosen for the same or separate events, the amount of the awards will be at the discretion of the committee, considering relevant factors such as the cost of the event, travel involved, or other factors that might influence the amount of award per person. 

Applicant Nomination Criteria: 

Applications will be based on the following criteria, each weighted at 25% of the final total score:
1.        Educational goals
2.        Career goals
3.        Experience
4.        Statement describing how this activity will contribute to the goals mentioned above

 Narrative to Be Written: 

Please keep narrative brief, no more than one typewritten page, four paragraphs, addressing the criteria.

 Teacher-Staff Mountain Plains Education Conference FORM:

.1.Complete a brief summary outlining your educational goals.

2. Complete a brief summary outlining your career goals.

3. Write a brief summary of your experience in the field of interest as paid or volunteer staff.

4. Describe how this event will contribute to your continuing academic and professional development.

5. Include a statement stipulating that other sources of funding are not available through local program staff development monies or other funding sources.
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Personal Information:

  Applicant Name ___________________________________________________
                    (last)                                        (first)                       (middle) 

  Mailing Address   ________________________________________________________________

 Telephone  _________________      ________________________

                                (work)                                      (home)

FAX  _______________________e-mail Address  ________________________

 Date of application  __________________________
 Activity applied for (must match the attached pre-registration form)   ____________________________

 Amount Requested (Not to exceed a total of $325):

MPAEA Conference Registration Cost:                                    ________

 Conference Hotel: (For those who live

50 miles or more one way from the conference location.    _________

Reimbursed with receipt)

Meals not provided by conference: (reimbursed with receipts)  ________

 

TOTAL (not to exceed $325)                                               ________

MPAEA Conference:  April 21-24, 2010

AALL Student Scholarship Application Form

 Student Name:  ___________________________________

 Address: _____________________________________________

 Phone: ____________________                       E-mail:_________________________

 Why are you interested in attending this conference?

Please write a brief statement about what you hope to learn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Amount Requested (Not to exceed a total of $200):

 MPAEA Conference Registration Cost:                                    ________        

Conference Hotel: (For those who live

50 miles or more one way from the conference location.    _________

Reimbursed with receipt)

Meals not provided by conference: (reimbursed with receipts)  ________

TOTAL (not to exceed $200)                                               ________

Note:

If you are not a current AALL member, you must join by mailing your membership fee and membership application to AALL, PO Box 16021   Phoenix , AZ. 85011-6021. 

 

Submit application by e-mail by February 17, 2010 to:

Blair Liddicoat, Scholarship Committee Chair

Email:  blair.liddicoat@riosalado.edu

TEL: 480-517-8108

 

 

 


1. Complete a brief summary outlining your educational goals.

2. Complete a brief summary outlining your career goals.

3. Write a brief summary of your experience in the field of interest as paid or volunteer staff.

4. Describe how this event will contribute to your continuing academic and professional development.

5. Include a statement stipulating that other sources of funding are not available through local program staff development monies or other funding sources.
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 ARIZONA ASSOCIATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING  
SCHOLA

RSHIP FUND DEFINITION, CRITERIA, AND ELIGIBILITY and Procedures for ApplicationPurpose: The Arizona Association for Lifelong Learning offers up to $300 per year to one or more of its members throughout the fiscal year to be used to attend conferences, presentations, workshops, or other staff development activities.

 Scholarship Application Procedure: 

  1. Members will be mailed an application form if requested, or obtain one at AALL events or from the AALL website. Members may nominate themselves or another person.  They  should return the application at least three weeks prior to the pre-registration date of an upcoming event.  It is the responsibility of the applicant to fill out all appropriate pre-conference registration materials, and include them along with the application form.
  1. Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee, which consists of three AALL board members.   The committee will select the award recipient or recipients and announce the results by contacting individual recipients and posting their names in the newsletter.
  1. Upon approval of the application by the Scholarship Committee, the Treasurer will pay the stipend covering the cost of the event directly to the sponsoring agency, including the attached pre-conference registration form as forwarded to the Treasurer.  If the award recipient has already paid the conference fees before being awarded the scholarship monies, reimbursement may be made directly to the recipient upon the presentation of receipts to the AALL treasurer.
  1. Upon completion of the event, the recipient or recipients must write a summary article for submission to the AALL newsletter.  The article must be a review of activities undertaken, what was learned, and how the experience promoted the pursuit of lifelong learning.

 Instructions to Applicant:

  1. Review the criteria for eligibility before applying

P.O. Box 16021
Phoenix, AZ  85011-6021