LCTL Teacher Stipends

To support the improvement of instruction of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), the University of Minnesota’s National Resource Centers offer a limited number of $600 stipends for LCTL teachers to help defray the cost of attending any of the CARLA summer institutes. The University NRCs––the Consortium for the Study of the Asias (CSA), the European Studies Consortium (ESC) and the Institute for Global Studies (IGS)––are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and sponsor this program as part of their mission to support LCTL teachers.

Applications are due by April 11, 2008.

Please note that the deadline has passed for this year. We invite you to apply next year!

Information about the Stipends

Registration for the CARLA summer institutes prior to the application deadline is recommended to ensure a place in any of these popular institutes. Almost all of the institutes filled to capacity last year.
Per Title VI funding regulations, stipends can only be awarded for less commonly taught foreign languages, and not U.S. indigenous languages unless those languages are also indigenous to countries outside the U.S. LCTLs do not include English, French, German, or Spanish.
Stipends may not be awarded to foreign nationals as per Title VI funding regulations; however, a foreign national who possesses a green card and is teaching a LCTL in the U.S. may apply for a stipend.
Stipends cannot be awarded to applicants who live in the Twin Cities area; however applicants may apply for a waiver of the cost of the institute (a value of $300) through the same process. University of Minnesota LCTL teachers should contact Karin Larson (larso205@umn.edu) in the CARLA office for a special waiver opportunity.
Stipends are processed once the summer institute begins and take 3-4 weeks to be sent out.

To Apply

Candidates who wish to apply for a LCTL Teacher Stipend (or waiver for those who are in the TC metro area) should submit an application form, a one-page letter of introduction, and a one-page résumé. Applications are due by April 28, 2008. Recipients will be announced in early May.

European LCTLs
If you teach a European LCTL, you should use the stipend application at: http://www.esc.umn.edu/CARLA.htm
For more information, contact Laura Seifert at esc@umn.edu.

Asian LCTLs
If you teach an Asian LCTL, you should use the stipend application
at: http://asias.umn.edu/funding/k16.html
For more information, contact Anne Preston at apreston@umn.edu.

Non-European, Non-Asian LCTLs
If you teach a LCTL from any country outside of Europe or Asia, you should use the stipend application at: http://igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach/language.html.
For more information, contact Klaas van der Sanden at vande001@umn.edu.

For questions related to the CARLA summer institutes contact the CARLA office at carla@umn.edu

Rebate Opportunity for LCTL Teachers

CARLA offers a special rebate incentive for participants in the institute Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages to encourage them to share their materials through the CARLA website. Participants must submit their curricular material for consideration by December 15, 2008. If the submission is accepted, CARLA will issue a $150 rebate to these LCTL teachers.