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Honorary Life Membership

    "The Association may appoint as Honorary Life Members such persons as it wishes to honour" (MLTAV Constitution 2006)

    Criterion: Dedicated, significant and effective contribution to the work of the MLTAV over an extended period

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MLTAV Certificate of Merit

    Criteria

  1. Outstanding contribution to languages teaching in Victoria over an extended period, that has significantly influenced the pattern and/or quality of language teaching and learning in Victoria in some beneficial way AND
  2. Active involvement in the work of the MLTAV or a Single Language Teacher' Association (SLA) - in exceptional circumstances this award may also be made to someone who is not or has not been and would not normally be expected to be or to have been a member of the MLTAV or an SLA or to have contributed directly to the MLTAV.

    Approximately 12 Certificates of Merit will be awarded annually. Recipients can only receive the award once.

    3. Nomination and selection process

  3. Nominations may only be made by a current MLTAV/SLA member and must be seconded by a member of the MLTAV Committee of Management or a member of an SLA Executive Committee.
  4. Nominations must be submitted on the doc OFFICIAL NOMINATION FORM and be accepted in writing by the nominee. The nomination must contain the following information: the category of award, the full name, address and telephone number of the nominee, the reasons that justify the award, an outline of the nominee's career with particular reference to contributions relevant to the criteria, and a proposed citation with the words specified on the nomination form plus no more than 300 additional words.
  5. Nominations to be submitted to the MLTAV Secretary.
  6. MLTAV Executive, plus one eminent person other than a language teacher or language academic to consider nominations and make decisions against the published criteria. A unanimous decision must be reached for an award to be approved.
  7. Approved nominations to be then forwarded, by the Secretary, to full Committee for endorsement. Two thirds majority support by a secret ballot process is required for an award to be granted.
  8. Awards to be notified by the MLTAV President, who will also provide the recipient with a copy of the draft citation for approval, and details of the presentation arrangements.
  9. Unsuccessful nominees notified by President.

    10. NB Confidentiality to be observed throughout the process

    Presentation of awards

    The awards will be presented by the MLTAV President at the cocktail party following the MLTAV Annual Conference.

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E K Horwood Memorial Travel Scholarship
As a result of a bequest, the MLTAV makes a sum of $1000 available biennially to assist a teacher of LOTE to gain overseas experience in the language and culture of a country whose language they are teaching. Applicants must be individual members of the MLTAV.

For more information on the Horwood Scholarship click here.

To download the Application Form click here.

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2010 Awards
On May 14 at the Cocktail Party following the 2010 Annual Conference, the MLTAV bestowed the following awards:

3 Certificates of Merit:

  1. Eva Anderson
  2. Michael Keast
  3. Manthos (Matthew) Kokkinakis
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2009 Awards
On May 15 at the Cocktail Party following the 2009 Annual Conference, the MLTAV bestowed the following awards:

2 Certificates of Merit:

  1. Egon Vetter
  2. Nicholas Zarkadas
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2008 Awards
On May 9 at the Cocktail Party following the 2008 Annual Conference, the MLTAV bestowed the following awards:

2 Life Memberships:
  1. Faye Ennis-Harris
  2. Wendy Morris

2 Certificates of Merit:

  1. Aleksandra (Sasha) Ceferin
  2. Flora Osorio
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2007 60th Anniversary Awards
On April 27 at the Diamond Jubilee Dinner, as part of the 2007 celebrations of 60 years of service to teachers of Languages in Victoria, the MLTAV bestowed the following awards:

3 Life Memberships:
  1. Prof Michael Clyne
  2. Denis Cunningham
  3. Megan McLaughlin

35 Diamond Jubilee Certificates of Merit:

  1. Ian Adams
  2. Liz Aird
  3. Gretchen Bennett
  4. Heather Brown
  5. Keith Corcoran
  6. Dr Teresa De Fazio
  7. Maree Dellora
  8. Marlene Dingle
  9. Anne Eckstein
  10. Gunta Eglite
  11. Christine EkinSmyth
  12. Kylie Farmer
  13. Joseph Favrin
  14. Andrew Ferguson
  15. Doris Frank
  16. Catherine Gosling
  17. Dina Guest
  18. Dr Judy Hajdu
  19. Maria Hohlweg
  20. Adrienne Horrigan
  21. Madeleine Jenkins
  22. Jacqueline Love
  23. Dr Lynette Martin
  24. Roxy McGuire
  25. Wendy Morris
  26. Liz Ray
  27. Pat Ritter
  28. Pauline Rogan
  29. Brigitte Schmelzle
  30. Eva Schulz
  31. Pamela Spiegel
  32. Jillian Symons
  33. Elaine Tarran
  34. Paulene Webster
  35. Veronica Wood
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