WILTA and IALF developed the Reciprocal Teachers' Visit for several years. It an opportunity for teachers to either host an Indonesian teacher at your school or experience Indonesia yourself! 

WILTA has established the Reciprocal Teacher Visit programme 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 Indonesian language 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.

IALF Teacher in Western Australia



How to apply
All schools are encouraged to apply to host an IALF teacher. The experience of having an RTV teacher in their classrooms has been unanimously praised and endorsed by both teachers and students alike each year since the program began. It is a rare opportunity for our students to have contact with a native speaker of Indonesian and their culture.

The focus of the visit will be to work in Indonesian language classes across all phases of learning, as a classroom assistant. The RTV teacher will also be working with WILTA members in providing a professional development session at our workshops.

Country members as well as city members are encouraged to submit an expression of interest. Country members are also encouraged to form a “cluster” of more than one school to make the most of the travelling time involved for the RTV teacher.

In the past few years the RTV teachers from Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali have greatly enjoyed their opportunities to visit and teach in places such as Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Binnu, Pinjarra, Albany, Jurien Bay, Geraldton and Northampton, as well as both government and private schools in Perth.

​Eligibility criteria:
To be considered for selection, applicants must:
  • be a current financial member of WILTA
  • ​Preference will be given to applicants who are also able to host Bapak/Ibu guru in their home during their time in Western Australia.

How to apply
Join WILTA to receive updates in your email for more information when application opens.

WILTA Teacher in Bali, Indonesia

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

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
Join WILTA to receive updates in your email for more information when application opens.

NOTE:
  • This is a process is based on merit and the application which matches the criteria the best as decided by the WILTA committee will be selected as the winner
  • 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 weekly allowance allocated as part of the scholarship.

Want to know more?
Please contact the RTV co-ordinator through wilta@wilta.org