Preparing teachers to work with elementary school German programs continues to be a major focus of the AATG Kinder lernen Deutsch project. The program includes daily lectures and discussion on theory and practice of elementary and middle school foreign language instruction, as well as demonstration classes taught by outstanding elementary and middle school language teachers. There are a limited number of stipends available. The stipend includes full tuition for four semester hours of graduate or undergraduate credit, plus partial housing support for the four week course. The stipends are provided by the German government through a grant from the Goethe House New York.
Participants are responsible for transportation, meals, and books and materials.
In-service teachers at either elementary school or secondary school level who wish to enhance their experience and background for teaching German to elementary and middle school students, college and university methods teachers, and city and state foreign language supervisors who work with German teachers, and undergraduate students who have completed their junior or senior year. The award may be used to defray these tuition costs. An individual must wait at least three years before reapplying for a scholarship. Application deadlines are December 1 for the spring semester, and March 1 for the fall semester. The American Classical League, Maureen V. O'Donnell Scholarships, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 45056.