Do you have a creative teaching idea, but need some financial support to get it going? The Washington Association for Language Teaching encourages and supports professional growth in these areas and more through a variety of grant opportunities.

To be eligible, you must be a current WAFLT member. If you received a grant last year, you must wait at least one calendar year before applying for another to give others an opportunity.

The WAFLT board looks forward to receiving your grant proposal for consideration.

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Applications are due by May 15th each year.
Questions? Contact us at: wafltboard@gmail.com

There are currently three WAFLT grants available. These grants are available to individual WAFLT members. They are not designed to support language organization activities/events.

WAFLT Mini Grant

Three grants of up to $750 each are available to current WAFLT members who have been a member for at least one full year. Organizations are not eligible for this grant. The WAFLT Mini Grant is designed to support teaching projects, conference attendance, and supplementary classroom resources (books, movies, etc.) To apply, describe your project, submit a budget, and your curriculum vitae or resume. Explain the educational need to be met and how you plan to meet this need. This grant may NOT be used for purchase of texts covered by district funds, your salary while working on the project, personal travel expenses, reimbursement of regular school personnel, or reimbursement for time spent developing the project. If you received a grant in the past year, you will need to wait a full calendar year before applying to allow other members the opportunity.

Career Development Grant

One grant per year of up to $750 is available to current WAFLT members who have been a member for at least one full year. Organizations are not eligible for this grant. The Career Development Grant is intended to encourage and support teachers with three to ten years of teaching experience. The grant may be used for degree programs, language/culture-related travel, language conference attendance, world-study programs, or books and materials. To apply, describe the project and future goals in language education. Submit a budget, a timeline, an up-to-date curriculum vitae or resume, and one supporting letter of recommendation that addresses your initiative and creativity. Past awardees may reapply after four years with a maximum of two awarded grants.

Keith Crosbie Professional Growth Grant

One grant per year of up to $1000 per year is available to current WAFLT members who have been a member for at least one full year. Organizations are not eligible for this grant. The Keith Crosbie Professional Growth Grant provides encouragement and support to the career teacher with ten plus years of experience. The grant may be used for degree programs, language/culture-related travel, language conference attendance, world-study programs, or books and materials. To apply, describe the project and its professional goals for language education. Submit a budget, a timeline, an up-to-date curriculum vitae or resume, and one supporting letter of recommendation that addresses your initiative and creativity. This grant has a limit of one award.

As educators, we are always looking for ways to maximize the benefits to other members. Grant recipients will have several options for how they can share their project during the year following the grant; they can write an article about it for the LINGO, they can present a session about it at a WAFLT conference, or they can suggest an alternative method for board approval.

The deadline for submitting applications is May 15th of each year and applicants will be notified by May 31. Winners will be officially recognized at the fall WAFLT conference. The recipient will receive a check for the amount granted, along with a letter and certificate. Please read the application instructions carefully; only complete applications will be considered. To check your membership status, please log into our Wild Apricot Member portal.

Apply Here
Applications are due by May 15th each year.
Questions? Contact us at: wafltboard@gmail.com