Teach Grant

 

SummarySummary

  • The TEACH Grant Program provides yearly grants to students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families
  • Maximum award amount is $4,000 per year
  • You must fill out the FSA Intent form in myCampus (Login Now) and FAFSA, but you do not need to show financial need
  • Though you don’t need to show financial need, you must meet the standard FSA personal and educational eligibility requirements
  • In addition you must:

    • Be enrolled in the course work (or have a plan to complete coursework) necessary to begin a career in teaching. (e.g., math courses for a student who intends to be a math teacher)
    • Score above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test or maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25
  • You must also sign a ‘TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve’; committing to the following:

    • Agree to serve as a full-time teacher: 

      • For at least four academic years within eight calendar years of completing the program of study for which you received a TEACH Grant
      • In a high-need field
      • In a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students
      • If you fail to meet the teaching service commitments, you will repay the TEACH grant amounts with interest
  • For the full set of facts and regulations, go to the Department of Education’s TEACH Grant Programs site

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  • High-Need Field

    • 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 listed in the Department of Education’s Annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing
  • Schools Serving Low-Income Students

  • TEACH Grant Service Agreement

    • The agreement is electronically available on the U.S. Department of Education’s website
    • Each year you receive a TEACH Grant, you must sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve
    • The TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve specifies the conditions under which the grant will be awarded

      • You must serve as a full-time teacher for a total of at least four academic years within eight calendar years after you completed or withdrew from the academic program for which you received the TEACH Grant
      • You must perform the teaching service as a highly-qualified teacher at a low-income school

        • The term highly-qualified teacher is defined in section 9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or in section 602(10) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

      • Your teaching service must be in a high-need field
      • You must comply with any other requirements that the Department of Education determines to be necessary
      • You acknowledge that, if you do not meet the teaching service requirements, you must repay the grant as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan, with interest accrued from the date the grant funds were disbursed
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