Tía Tula Spanish School Scholarship for ACTFL Members

What the Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish consists of?

The Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish consists of a summer one-week training / perfection / refresher course for teachers of Spanish in Salamanca (Spain), imparted by the Tía Tula faculty, all of whom are specialized in teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language and Spanish teacher training. It is an ideal program for teachers of Spanish looking for a professional development course.

Usually, teachers are awarded with professional development credits towards license renewal with this program by their school district. (Please, since it depends on district regulations, consult with your school district).

The Program includes:

A one-week training / perfection / refresher course for Spanish teachers (one-week course: 15 hours over 5 days, from Monday to Friday).
Accommodation in Salamanca: in private room with full board.
Extracurricular activities over the course week. Teachers are invited to participate in the afternoon and evening cultural and leisure activities organized for them from Monday to Friday. Visit the Photo Gallery of past programs.
Course completion certificate issued by Tía Tula Colegio de Español as an Instituto Cervantes Accredited Centre in Salamanca (Spain).

Scholarships for ACTFL members

The cost of the Tía Tula Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish is 1100€. As a partner of ACTFL, Tía Tula offers 11 specific scholarships for ACTFL members who meet the condition of being Spanish teachers practicing in non-Spanish-speaking countries:

1 full scholarship (Program cost 100% covered). The school will sponsor 100% of the Program to the Spanish teacher.
10 partial scholarships (Program cost 50% covered). The school will sponsor 50% of the Program to the Spanish teacher, the other 50% of the cost (550€) will be borne by the Spanish teacher.

Can I apply for an ACTFL scholarship and a General Program scholarship at the same time?

In addition to the specific Scholarships Program for ACTFL members, there is a General Scholarships Program open to any Spanish teacher who works as such in a non-Spanish-speaking country. If you are a member of ACTFL you can apply for both, completing the form for each program (they are independent). But you can only enjoy one scholarship, so if you receive a scholarship from each of the programs, you will have to give up one of them.

Course content

Frequent doubts in the use of Spanish grammar: direct/indirect object pronouns, past tenses, ser/estar, the subjunctive, etc. How to work with grammar in class.
Spanish language teaching materials development and exploitation + Internet resources (Genially and other software).
Spanish language for specific purposes: Literature, and how to improve our classes.
Gamification techniques in the classroom: different ideas and how to help to create them.

Optional Spanish Culture and Conversation Course

Additionally, Tía Tula offers a Spanish Culture and Conversation Course to the attendees in the program. It consists of an oral practice of Spanish to improve the Spanish level of the teachers and the treatment of different topics happening currently in Spain. This optional course takes place one hour each day. It complements perfectly with the Methodology Course, which is essentially focused in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.

Program dates

Shifts/dates for the Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish:

1st Shift/dates: June 18^th to 24^th 2023.

2nd Shift/dates: June 25^th to July 1^st 2023.

3rd Shift/dates: July 9^th to 15^th 2023 - COMPLETED.

4th Shift/dates: July 30^th to August 5^th 2023.

Who grants the scholarships for the Program?

The scholarships are part of a coordinated program between the Regional Government of Castile and Leon (Spain) and Tía Tula Colegio de Español, Instituto Cervantes Accredited Centre. Tía Tula Colegio de Español grants the scholarships.

How to apply and how the scholarships will be granted?

To apply for a scholarship, just complete and submit the Scholarship application form below.

With the option "Full scholarship" checked, you will participate in the raffle of the 1 full scholarship of the Program*. With the option "Partial scholarship" also checked in the application form (in "Type of scholarship requested", section on the top), you will be expressing your interest in the partial scholarship too for the case of not winning a full scholarship. The partial scholarships will be granted on a first-signed, first-served basis: first 10 applications for partial scholarship fully completed (payment of a 150€ deposit included**) will get the spot.

After Tía Tula's confirmation of a full or partial scholarship, the applicant will have 15 days to send Tía Tula a letter from his/her educational institution, proving being a teacher of Spanish for the course year 2022-2023.

* Raffle of the 1 full scholarship of the Program

The raffle will take place in the following manner: each applicant will receive a randomly selected number between 0 and 99999 (lowest and highest number in the Spanish National Lottery: https://www.loteriasyapuestas.es/es/loteria-nacional). The applicant with the number closest to the winning number in the Spanish National Lottery draw on Saturday, March 18th 2022 will be granted the full scholarship. Should two applicants have two numbers equidistant from the 'winning number', the highest of the two numbers will have precedence. For example, if 10000 were the 'winning number' and applicants had been assigned 9997, 9998, 9999, 10001, 10002 and 10003, the order of adjudication would be the following: 10001, 9999, 10002, 9998, 10003, 9997; therefore, in principle, the scholarship would be assigned to the number 10001.

Should a successful applicant reject the scholarship offer, the applicant holding the next closest number will be selected as a replacement (in the above example, applicant 9999 would be selected).

** A 150€ deposit is required to confirm the reservation of a partial scholarship; this deposit will be subtracted later of the payment of the complementary part to the scholarship (550€). The deposit will not be refundable if the student decides to cancel his/her spot at the end: only if a person who has obtained a partial scholarship wins the raffle of a full scholarship, this deposit will be refunded. Once the Program has been completed, if the scholarship professor returned to Tía Tula later with a group of at least 10 Spanish students, the complementary part (550€) would then be refunded.

Deadline

Deadline for full scholarships applications: 17th March 2023 (final day).
Deadline for partial scholarships applications: Two months before the start of the shift you are interested in. Note, however, that partial scholarships are adjudicated as applications are received with the payment of the reserve deposit included, so that the application closing period is usually determined rather by the exhaustion of the partial scholarships initially provided.

Optional Spanish Culture and Conversation Course

Additional and complementary to the Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish, Tía Tula offers a Spanish Culture and Conversation Course to those attendees who want it. It consists of an oral practice of Spanish to improve the Spanish level of the teachers and the treatment of different topics happening currently in Spain. This optional course, takes place one hour each day, complements perfectly with the Methodology Course (which is essentially focused in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language), and it has a cost of 175€. In case you are also interested on it, please tell us by email to scholarships@tiatula.com after complete and send your application for a scholarship.

Possibility of coming with a relative or friend?

If you wish to come with a relative or a friend (Spanish teacher or not), please tell us by email to scholarships@tiatula.com, and we will detailed you possibilities and costs.

Contact for queries or questions

For further information regarding the scholarships or the application process, please contact us at scholarships@tiatula.com.

Scholarship application form

(Fields marked with * are mandatory):

Type of scholarship requested

Please, keep both options checked if you want to apply for the full scholarship and for the partial scholarship too (for the case of not winning a full scholarship in the raffle).

Full scholarship⁽¹⁾ - CLOSED DEADLINE

Partial scholarship⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾ Full scholarship (1 places available) will be granted by means of a raffle (details of the raffle in General conditions, point 7). - CLOSED DEADLINE
⁽²⁾ Partial scholarships (10 places available) will be granted on a first-signed, first-served basis: first 10 fully completed applications - payment of a 150€ deposit included - will get the spot. (A 150€ deposit is required to confirm the reservation of a partial scholarship; this deposit will be subtracted later of the payment of the complementary part to the scholarship (550€). The deposit will not be refundable if the student decides to cancel his/her spot at the end: only if a person who has obtained a partial scholarship wins the raffle of a full scholarship, this deposit will be refunded. Once the Program has been completed, if the scholarship professor returned to Tía Tula later with a group of at least 10 Spanish students, the complementary part (550€) would then be refunded).

Courses dates

Choose the dates according your order of preference (if you just want to choose one date, it is not necessary to select another option) *:

Your 1^st option:

Your 2^nd option:

Your 3^rd option:

Personal information

Name*:

Surname*:

Sex *: Male Female

Date of birth *:

Nationality *:

Passport number:

Address *:

Postal/ZIP code:

City *:

Country *:

Telephone:

Mobile:

e-mail (preferably, corporate e-mail)*:

Confirm e-mail *:

Your academic institution / education center

Type of academic institution *:

Name of academic institution *:

Addres of academic institution *:

City of academic institution *:

Country of academic institution *:

Website of academic institution *:

I agree the General Conditions expressed below (required in order to continue)

General conditions

Only teachers of Spanish of secondary or higher education (secondary/high schools, colleges, universities, etc.) working in not Spanish speaking countries are eligible for the scholarships. Upon receiving the application, Tía Tula requires the applicant to provide proof of this through a work certificate issued by the center where they teach and the payment of the deposit of the program within 15 days after the submission of the application.
Only one application form per teacher will be admitted.
Only ACTFL members who meet the conditions of point 1 can apply for a scholarship from this program reserved for ACTFL members. They can also apply for a scholarship from the General Scholarships Program open to any Spanish teacher practicing as such in a non-Spanish-speaking country. However, each Spanish teacher will be able to enjoy only one scholarship: in case of receiving one scholarship from each scholarship program, he/she will have to give up one of them.
Each scholarship includes:
- A one-week training / perfection / refresher course for Spanish teachers (one-week course: 15 hours over 5 days, from Monday to Friday).
- Accommodation in Salamanca: in private room with full board.
- Extracurricular activities over the course week. Teachers are invited to participate in the afternoon and evening cultural and leisure activities organized for them from Monday to Friday.
- Course completion certificate issued by Tía Tula Colegio de Español as an Instituto Cervantes Accredited Centre in Salamanca (Spain).
The scholarship programs will take place in the following dates:
- 1st Shift/dates: June 18^th to 24^th 2023.
- 2nd Shift/dates: June 25^th to July 1^nd 2023.
- 3th Shift/dates: July 9^th to 15^th 2023 (COMPLETED).
- 4th Shift/dates: July 30^th to August 5^th 2023.
There are two types of scholarships: full scholarship and partial scholarship. With the full scholarship, Tía Tula Colegio de Español covers 100% of the total cost of the program (1100€). With the partial scholarship, Tía Tula covers 50% of the total cost of the program (550€), the other 50% should be paid by the scholarship professor; in the event that a teacher that completes the Program with a partial scholarship returned later to Tía Tula with a group of at least 10 Spanish students, that other 50% would then be refunded.
To apply for a scholarship, just complete and submit the Scholarship application form above. With the option "Full scholarship" checked, you will participate in the raffle of a full scholarship of the Program. With the option "Partial scholarship" also checked in the application form (in "Type of scholarship requested", section on the top), you will be expressing your interest in the partial scholarship too for the case of not winning a full scholarship. The partial scholarships will be granted on a first-signed, first-served basis: the 10 places will be for the first 10 applications for partial scholarship fully completed, payment of a 150€ deposit included. (A 150€ deposit is required to confirm the reservation of a partial scholarship; this deposit will be subtracted later of the payment of the complementary part to the scholarship (550€). The deposit will not be refundable if the student decides to cancel his/her spot at the end: only if a person who has obtained a partial scholarship wins the raffle of a full scholarship, this deposit will be refunded. Once the Program has been completed, if the scholarship professor returned to Tía Tula later with a group of at least 10 Spanish students, the complementary part (550€) would then be refunded).
Raffle of a full scholarships of the Program. The raffle will take place in the following manner: each applicant will receive a randomly selected number between 0 and 99999 (lowest and highest number in the Spanish National Lottery: https://www.loteriasyapuestas.es/es/loteria-nacional). The applicant with the number closest to the winning number in the Spanish National Lottery draw on Saturday, March 18th 2023 will be granted a full scholarship. Should two applicants have two numbers equidistant from the 'winning number', the highest of the two numbers will have precedence. For example, if 10000 were the 'winning number' and applicants had been assigned 9997, 9998, 9999, 10001, 10002 and 10003, the order of adjudication would be the following: 10001, 9999, 10002, 9998, 10003, 9997; therefore, in principle, the scholarship would be assigned to the number 10001. Should a successful applicant reject the scholarship offer, the applicant holding the next closest number will be selected as a replacement (in the example, applicant 9999 would be selected).
Tía Tula reserves the right to cancel a teacher's spot in the following cases:
- If the teacher does not send the letter from his/ her educational institution within 15 days from the day indicated by Tía Tula.
- If the teacher does not make the payment within 15 days from the day indicated by Tía Tula.
- If the teacher does not work at a middle school, high school, college or university for the course year 2022-2023.
- If the teacher does not have a B2 level of Spanish.
All possible extra fees (for example, in the case of the partial scholarship, the complementary part to the €150 deposit up to reaching the €550 cost of the program with scholarship), will have to be fully paid within two months of the beginning of the selected program.
According to the Spanish Legislation relating to confidentiality and protection of personal data (Article 15/1999), personal information will be treated as private information by Tía Tula Colegio de Español. Tía Tula informs the student that personal data obtained through the free completion of this form will be included in a file for automated processing; the student, meanwhile, authorizes this treatment by accepting these conditions. The data is purely for internal use and is for statistical and administrative purposes - designed to help provide the services that the student requests and to communicate with him/her regarding these services. The data may be used during the provision of services and subsequent to the provision of services in dealing with outstanding matters related to these same services. In any case, in accordance with Spanish Legislation, the student may, at any time, exercise his/her rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by writing to Tía Tula Colegio de Español, S.L. (CIF:B37410214) - which acknowledges and accepts responsability for the control of the data -, to c/ Palominos 23 - 37008 Salamanca (Spain). The student also agrees that his/her image can be used for advertising when it appears in photos or video taken inside the school, or during extracurricular activities.
In case of conflict or disagreement about the correct interpretation of these conditions or their observance, the parties, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction to which they may be entitled, hereby submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Courts and Courts of Law of Salamanca, Spain.
The applicant accepts the privacy and data processing policies of Tía Tula Colegio de Español.
The applicant has read and understood the conditions above and agrees to them.

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Professional Development Program for Spanish Teachers

Summer 2023 - Salamanca, Spain

Come this summer, enjoy the Spanish experience and improve your Spanish language skills with us

What the Professional Development Program for Teachers of Spanish consists of?

Scholarships for ACTFL members

Can I apply for an ACTFL scholarship and a General Program scholarship at the same time?

Course content

Optional Spanish Culture and Conversation Course

Program dates

Who grants the scholarships for the Program?

How to apply and how the scholarships will be granted?

Deadline

Optional Spanish Culture and Conversation Course

Possibility of coming with a relative or friend?

Contact for queries or questions

Scholarship application form

Accreditations & Partners

CENTRO INTEGRADO EN PROYECTOS DE EXPANSIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE LAS PYMES DE LA COMUNIDAD DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN