An Exciting Professional Development Opportunity
(available to WILTA members only!)

Reciprocal Teacher Visit:

WILTA and the IALF have established the program to achieve the following outcomes:

•  provide opportunities for teachers to participate in a teaching role whilst being immersed in the everyday interactions of an Indonesian classroom
  

•  provide opportunities for our own student learners of Indonesian to experience the benefits of classroom interaction with a background speaker of the Indonesian language
  

•  provide opportunities for professional development both linguistically and socio-culturally
  

•  enhance the profile of Languages and WILTA within our schools and the wider community
  

•  establish an ongoing relationship with an Indonesian teaching organisation
  

•  increase international awareness of the education systems within Western Australia.

Here's what you will do:

•  teach several classes of English at the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation

•  be attached to a school (primary or secondary-depending on the recipient's area of expertise) to teach   English. (WILTA will negotiate the teaching load on your behalf)

•  promote and use current outcomes focused Language teaching methodologies

•  follow your own plan of professional development, for example, resource development, development of collegiate networks, Indonesian language study or any other form determined in consultation with the WILTA committee

•  provide feedback to WILTA in the form of a journal or formal report and a completed evaluation sheet

•  participate in the management or administration of the WILTA Reciprocal Teacher Visit program in the following year as well as contributing to the development of a file on the program

 WILTA will pay for:

•  return airfare, departure tax and travel insurance for the duration of the three weeks

•  accommodation: one week in a homestay and two weeks in a hotel chosen by WILTA (or three weeks at homestay)

•  weekly expenses allowance of $200. All expenses need to be documented or receipted, with surplus funds being re-allocated to the WILTA account

Eligibility criteria:

To be considered for selection, applicants must:

•  have a recognised teaching qualification and be currently teaching Indonesian language in a Western Australian school 
  

•  have been a member of WILTA for at least 12 months prior to making the application 
  

•  have a minimum of 12 months classroom teaching experience 
  

•  be a current financial member of WILTA

How to apply:

•  Read the 2009 Information Sheet
   

• Download an Application Form
   
• Applications must reach the WILA mailbox, PO Box 50, Leederville, WA 6902 by 5pm Monday 17^th June, 2008.

Further questions? Contact the RTV Coordinator Natalie Pearce

NOTE:

1. Specific dates are to be determined by the IALF and WILTA. Recipients may extend the visit to Bali (at either end) however this is at the applicant's personal expense. Family members and friends are discouraged from accompanying  the recipient during the program

2. The cost of the recipient's travel to Perth for the flight to Bali is not covered by this scholarship

3. The recipient must meet other living expenses above the daily allowance allocated as part of the scholarship

4. The recipient must provide feedback to WILTA in the form of a journal or formal report, completion of evaluation sheet AND presentation to WILTA members at a workshop

5. The recipient is expected to participate in the management or administration of the WILTA Reciprocal Teacher Visit program in the following year as well as contributing to the development of a file on the program.

6. All expenses need to be documented or receipted and presented to the RTV Coordinator on completion of the visit. Any surplus funds will be re-allocated to the WILTA account for future Reciprocal Teacher visits.