Puerto Rico Application

ChACE Application 2016

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I. ACE or UCCE Program Background and Experience (Please list teaching site, school, subjects/grades taught, and extra-curricular activities in the school or community)

II. Spanish Aptitude

Please rate your ability as basic, conversational, fluent, or native speaker in each of the following areas. *Note: Bilingual experience and/or abilities are not a requirement for acceptance.

Reading: Speaking:

Writing:

Listening Comprehension: III: Teaching Level Preference Please choose the teaching level(s) you feel drawn to teach and rank your preferences (1st, 2nd, 3rd). Grade levels at the schools in Santiago are divided into units (see below). The dynamics of placement may preclude the schools from placing you in your first choice unit. Please explain your preferences below.

_____ Pre-K – Grade 4 (1st Unit)

_____ Grades 5-8 (2nd Unit)

_____ Grades 9-12 (3rd Unit)

IV: Recommendations Names, addresses, and emails of two recommenders For graduates of partnering UCCE programs, we ask that one letter come from the director of your program.

Please include the following with your application:

 An updated resume

 A short answer explanation (300-500 words) for your motivations for doing CHACE.

 A short answer response (300-500 words) to the question: How have you come to experience teaching as a way of witnessing to your faith?

 An essay responding to the following prompt: The motto of St. George’s College in Santiago, Chile is ‘Recte Ad Ardua,’ Rectitude in the Face of Adversity. Describe a challenging situation in your teaching ministry and how you responded. Describe the skills and dispositions you possess that make you best suited for this experience. (Please limit your essay to 750 words.)

 A recent photograph

 Two letters of recommendation (one preferably from a principal or mentor teacher)

Please submit all application materials electronically to: [email protected]

*Please include the application, resume and all three essays in the same document and send as a PDF file or a Word document.

Letters of recommendation may be submitted by email to [email protected]

*All materials must be received by January 6, 2016.

Application Process and Timeline  January 6: Application deadline  Mid January: Skype interviews  January 29: Acceptance notification  February 5: Commitment deadline  Mid-Summer, 2016: ChACE Notre Dame orientation  August-September 2016: Spanish language immersion  October 2016-December 2017: Chilean teaching experience

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS  ACE/UCCE graduate degree

LEARN MORE  Garrett Mandeville, [email protected]  ace.nd.edu/chace