RTO/ERO Scholarship Program ~ 2010

The Retired Teachers of Ontario/les enseignantes et enseignants retraités de l’Ontario Scholarship Program awards up to 25 individual scholarships annually of $1,000 each.

Please note that this scholarship program is intended to assist only applicants pursuing teaching from an accredited teacher training facility. Examples of eligible programs include concurrent BA/BEd university programs and programs leading to BEd qualifications.

1. What You Need to Know Before Completing Rto/ero’s 2010 Scholarship Application Form

Deadline Date
The close of business, Eastern Standard Time, on Monday, August 9th, 2010.
Applications received after the deadline date will be considered late and not eligible for consideration.

Applications
Applications are available only in an on-line completion format at the RTO/ERO website: http://www.rto-ero.org/ ; no hard copies of this application will be mailed or emailed.

Eligibility
Program and Proof of Enrollment:
Enrolled in a full- or part-time program which will lead directly to a career in teaching in Canada at the time at which the Project - STO (Scholarship) Committee meets to consider the applications (September 24th, 2010).
Evidence of enrollment must be included. An Offer of Enrollment is not sufficient. Please provide official documentation that supports acceptance such as, but not limited to, one of the following:
1. Letter of Acceptance
2. Letter from Registrar confirming enrollment
3. Tuition Receipt

Citizenship
A resident Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant. If applicant is a successful scholarship winner, applicant will be required to complete a Form attesting to citizenship status.

Relationship to RTO/ERO Sponsor
A child, grandchild, niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or step-child of an RTO/ERO member.

Attachments
Attachments to this on-line application must be submitted as either a Word or PDF document - no exceptions. All attachments must be in typewritten format.

Application Process if Requested Information is not Provided
On-line Applications will not be electronically forwarded to the Provincial Office if all requested information is not provided. Applicant will be prompted regarding the information needed to complete the Application.

Application Process
Applications with requested information provided are electronically forwarded to the Provincial Office and automatic acknowledgement emails are sent to applicants.
Electronic applications received at the Provincial Office are reviewed and processed.
If the information contained in the application is complete, the application will go forward to the Committee for consideration.
If the information contained in the application electronically forwarded to the Provincial Office contains inaccuracies, it will be returned to the applicant by email outlining the reasons for its return.

Notification to Applicants of Committee’s Decision
All applicants will be advised in writing of the Project - STO (Scholarship) Committee’s decision on or before October 30th, 2010.

Consent
If successful, RTO/ERO will contact both the applicant and the RTO/ERO sponsoring member to obtain their written consent for RTO/ERO to announce the name of the successful Scholarship Applicant and the name of the sponsoring RTO/ERO member.

Link to Application Form