The Hunter R. Boylan CLADEA Conference Scholarship for New Practitioners seeks to recognize and financially assist a new professional in the field of learning assistance or developmental education, providing the new professional the opportunity to attend a CLADEA member organization’s professional conference. The conference may be held in person or online.

CLADEA will award one scholarship of up to $1,500 per calendar year.

Applicants must be new professionals within the first two years of employment in a full-time learning assistance or developmental education position. Applicants must be a member of a CLADEA sister organization (ACTLA, ACTP, CRLA, NCLCA).

Application includes applicant’s professional development plan, conference goals (purpose for attending the conference), resume/CV, letter of recommendation/support from supervisor, and scholarship budget proposal (list of projected expenses and the total amount of expected expenses not to exceed $1,500).

Submit your application to CLADEA Chair Jenny Haley, jhaley@bsu.edu. Documents can be submitted as separate PDFs, Word documents, in a zipped folder, or a shared cloud link. Applications must be received by December 1. Scholarships will be awarded to attend a conference in the following calendar year, beginning January 1. For example, you may submit an application by December 1, 2022 to attend a conference that takes place during the calendar year 2023.

The scholarship will be used to pay the conference registration fee directly to the organization (CLADEA will pay your conference registration fee). Receipts and documentation of expenses must be sent via email to CLADEA after the awardee attends the conference, at which time CLADEA will issue a check to the scholarship recipient for conference expenses not to exceed a total of $1,500, including the registration fee. For example, if the conference registration fee is $500, CLADEA will pay the fee directly to the organization, and after the awardee attends the conference and submits documentation and receipts, CLADEA will issue a check for the remaining $1,000. Expenses can include airfare, mileage, registration, lodging, parking, transportation
to/from airport, and food.

Professional development plan (500 words)

Conference goals (300 words)

Curriculum Vitae

Letter of recommendation/support from immediate supervisor

Scholarship budget proposal

Please contact CLADEA Chair Jenny Haley, jhaley@bsu.edu.