An Exciting Professional Development Opportunity

(available to WILTA members only!)

Funding is available to a WILTA member to travel to Bali for a three-week professional development opportunity during January 2011 and work with the Indonesian Australian Language Foundation (IALF) and a local school. Is 2011 your year for the RTV?

WILTA has established the Reciprocal Teacher Visit programme to achieve the following outcomes:

• Provide opportunitiesfor 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 LOTE and WILTA within our schools and the wider community.
• Establish an ongoing relationship with an Indonesian teaching organization.
• 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.
• 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 selection 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 programme in the following year as well as contributing to the development of a file on the programme.

WILTA will pay for

• Return airfare, departure tax and travel insurance.
• Accommodation: one week in a home stay and two weeks in a hotel chosen by WILTA.
• Weekly expenses allowance of $200. All expenses need to be documented or receipted, with surplus funds being re-allocated to the WILTA account for future Reciprocal Teacher visits.

Eligibility criteria:

To be considered for selection, applicants must:

• possess a recognised teaching qualification
• be currently employed in Indonesian language education in Western Australia
• 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.

How to apply:

NOTE:

• Dates to be determined by the IALF and WILTA. Recipients may extend the visit to Bali (at either end) at own expense. Family members and friends are discouraged from accompanying the recipient during the programme.
• The cost of the recipient's travel to Perth for the flight to Bali is not covered by this scholarship.
• The recipient must meet other living expenses above the daily allowance allocated as part of the scholarship.

Want to know more?

Download the Application Form below and submit by 5pm Friday 6 August 2010

LAP Program Guidelines

2010-2011

The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Perth, Western Australia in collaboration with the Department of Education of Western Australia and Westralian Indonesian Language Teachers’ Association (WILTA) are seeking participants in the 2011 Indonesian Language Assistant Program in Western Australia.

The program will be held for a year, from January to December 2011. During the program, participants will teach Indonesian language, promoting the Indonesian language teaching and learning program in Western Australia while serving as goodwill ambassadors to introduce Indonesian culture to enhance bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Australia. The participants will receive an allowance to the amount of AUD $988.00 fortnightly.

Registration will be open from 14 June 2010 to 16 July 2010 (per posting date) addressed to:

Applications may be e-mailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it but must also be received by post.

II General Requirements

1. Applicants must be under the age of 31 years as of 31 December 2009 due to Australian Immigration Special Program Visa requirement.
2. An application letter written in English .
3. Fill in the application form (downloadable from WILTA Website: www.kri-perth.org.au or www.wilta.org )
4. Hold a bachelors degree majoring in the teaching of Indonesian language or English language .
5. A letter of recommendation from the immediate supervisor.
6. Good written and oral English ability (proven by IELTS score of at least 6.5 or its TOEFL equivalent).
7. A short essay in English of at least 500 words on applicant’s motivation or expression of interest to take part in the LAP program and the personal attributes and talents they have.
8. The successful participants in the first round will be required to take the medical examination at an appointed institution.
9. Upon acceptance, participants must be willing and ready to be posted to any location within the state of Western Australia.
10. Upon acceptance, participants are required to arrange their own travel documents (passport and visa), return ticket to Perth, health insurance and other necessary expenses that may occur.
11. Upon acceptance, participants will require a letter from a guarantor in Indonesia stating that they will cover the cost of returning the applicant to Indonesia in an emergency.

III. Please attach the following documents to your application

1. Two photographs, size 3 x 4 cm
2. Recommendation letter from the immediate supervisor
3. A copy of IELTS or TOEFL certificate.
4. A copy of education certificate and transcript .
5. A short essay (min 500 words) about the motivation or expression of interest to take part in the LAP program.
6. Statement Letter that the applicant is willing to not bring his/her family member to Australia during the program.
7. Statement Letter that the applicant is willing to pay for all of their expenses relating to LAP program.
8. Statement Letter that the applicant is willing to be posted at any location within the state of Western Australia.
9. Criminal record check from Indonesian Police Department

Application Form