Events and Awards
The next national conference is to be hosted by South Australia in Adelaide in 2011. |
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ATTHEA Teacher's Fellowship 2011
Advancing Australia's Tourism and Hospitality Education.
Applications are invited from Tourism, Hospitality Teachers employed in Australian TAFE Institutes.
The ATTHEA Fellowship winner/s will be advised by the end of September 2010 and will be required to undertake their fellowship between October 2010 and March 2011. They will then be required to present at the ATTHEA Conference in April 2011.
The winner will receive $3000 towards the approved staff development program of their choice.
Applicants wishing to apply for this must be financial individual members of ATTHEA.
Fellowship Study Program
ATTHEA aims to provide encouragement and assistance to teachers in their field of expertise.
The study program of the successful winner may include:
- Participation in a course/ tertiary training program
- Visit or placement in industry to enhance their teaching area
- Placement in a relevant professional organisation/educational institution in Australia or overseas, sabbatical or exchange programs overseas
- Undertake primary/secondary research relevant to your teaching specialization, college, department, ATTHEA members or the organisation as a whole.
The study program must be approved and cannot be altered without the consent of ATTHEA' representatives.
The Fellowship winner must:
- Provide a written report to ATTHEA at the completion of the project within 2 months of completion
- Conduct a work shop or present a paper to the next ATTHEA conference. (2011)
The ATTHEA agreement specifies intellectual property and copyright ownership will be applied to the Fellowship.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Submit 4 copies of your application to the Selection Panel
- Closing date 31 August 2010
- Submissions must include:
- Details of any other grants sought/received
- Outcomes and long term benefits ATTHEA and its membership
- Signed application form
- A letter of support from your Institute/College Director /Head of Studies (see application form below)
- Resume.
- Entries will not be returned.
- Visual material such as videos, slides and photos can be included and will be returned upon request.
Submissions may be lodged with:
ATTHEA Teachers Fellowship 2011
c\ - National Secretariat
Jenice Wheeler
Adelaide City Campus TAFE SA
120 Currie Street
Adelaide 5000
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
The applicant must propose a Study Program to:
- Improve specialist skills
- Advance technical knowledge
- Include a commitment to innovation, learning and sharing skills and knowledge.
Post Study program:
The applicant will include an information sharing program following the completion of the project and present at the conference following completion of the fellowship.
SELECTION PROCESS – Condition of Entry
- All submissions will be evaluated
- The selection panels decision is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into
- Application evaluations will not be provided.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNER/S
The ATTHEA Fellowship winner/s will be advised by the end of September 2010 and will be required to undertake their fellowship between October 2010 and March 2011. They will then be required to present at the ATTHEA Conference in April 2011.
A formal acknowledgement will be held during the ATTHEA National Conference in 2011.
Download Application Form here.