Scholarship Description
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education
(TEACH) Grant Program will provide grants of up to $4,000 per year to
students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or
secondary school that serves students from low-income families.
In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, the student must teach for at
least four academic years within eight calendar years of completing
the program of study for which he/she received the award. Those who
fail to complete the service obligation will have to repay the grant
in the form of a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan.
To be eligible, the student must:
1.Complete the FAFSA (although the award is not need based)
2.Be a US citizen or eligible non-citizen
3.Be an undergraduate, post-baccalaureate or graduate students
attending a college that participates in the TEACH grant program
4.Meet certain academic requirements (generally, scoring above the
75th percentile on a college admissions test or maintaining a
cumulative GPA of at least 3.25)
5.Sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve
High-Need Fields Include:
-Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition.
-Foreign Language.
-Mathematics.
-Reading Specialist.
-Science.
-Special Education.
-Other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin
teaching in that field. These are teacher subject shortage areas (not
geographic areas)
Additional information about participating schools and high-need
fields may be found at:
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/student
Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about the TEACH Grant Program,
you should contact the financial aid office at the college where you
will be enrolled to find out if they will participate in the TEACH
Grant Program
Website Address
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/student...