Conference Scholarships

The mission of the Family and Consumer Sciences Educators section of WA-ACTE is to provide leadership and services to the members through advocacy, education, networking, and recognition. Members are valued as professionals facing the challenges of empowering individuals and families in a diverse global society.

To that end, scholarships covering the member registration fee will be offered each year for both the WA-ACTE Summer Conference and for the Washington FCS Annual Conference in October. For each conference, one scholarship will be available to a member at-large, and one to a current FACSE Executive Board member. The purpose is to enable attendance at a conference when the costs of attending are otherwise an obstacle. Funds will be reimbursed by check from the association treasurer, to an individual or their school district, upon receipt of appropriate conference registration documentation. 

Application Deadlines:

• Summer Conference – May 15

• Annual Conference – September 15

SELECTION CRITERIA

Requirements:

-Current membership (as of application deadline) in WA-ACTE.

-Current membership (as of application deadline) in the FACSE Section of WA-ACTE.

If you are not sure of your membership status, please contact the WA-ACTE office in Olympia to check on current membership or to pay dues in either organization.  Phone: 360-786-9286 or email to taa@wa-acte.org

-Applicant has not received either of these scholarships in the last five years.

Special consideration will be given to applicants who:

-Have never/seldom attended the conference being applied for

-Have fewer years of teaching experience in FACSE compared to other applicants

-Are in a single FACS teacher district or department

-Are receiving little or no financial support to attend from their district and will not be able to attend without the scholarship.

TO APPLY

Conference Scholarship Application

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION

Applications will be reviewed and final decisions made by the current FACSE Executive Committee that is made up of the elected officers of the association.  Recipients will be notified within two weeks after the application deadline, by email or phone, and given instructions to receive their reimbursement.