Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Four types of scholarships for teachers


Every one of us can remember the name of at least one teacher that had an impact on our lives and help us make it through our twelve years of education experience. Perhaps the reasons why you remember the name of your impressionable teacher, is because they made a personal investment into your life. Or maybe it was how your teacher boost you’re confident by frequently calling on you and volunteering you for the role of leadership during group events. Therefore because of the reasons mentioned above (and ones that are not mentioned) you might now have a strong desire to go to college to achieve a degree in education. Due to the continual rise of college tuition you will need to do research to learn about the different types of teaching scholarships that are available. Thankfully listed below are the names of four different types of teaching scholarships. 

Straight forward Teacher scholarship 

These particular scholarships are unique because of their unprecedented low financial aid value of $500, and because they are disbursed multiple time throughout the year. Straight forward scholarships are distinctive scholarships programs which offer qualifying applicants various types of scholarships such as nursing, teaching and medical scholarships. Furthermore straightforward scholarships are open to national & international students and all are endorsed at outlawstudent.com. Now for those who are considering becoming a teacher you have two options enter the “no essay Teacher Scholarship contest drawing to win ten thousand dollars or you can fill out an application to see if you qualify for the $500 scholarship.

 Applegate future Teaching Scholarship

Thanks to the Applegate Future Teaching Scholarship students who are classified as high school undergrads and have maintained a certain grade point average, can apply for a chance to receive $1,000 in subsidized financial aid. It is required of all applicants that including high school graduates that they have major in the field of education. Between the calendars dates of October 1 and December 31 of every year applications for the Applegate Teaching Scholarship are accepted.  In order to apply for this particular scholarship you must visit their website and then download and print out the application, complete it and mail it in.

International teaching scholarships

International scholarships are sometime referred to as national scholarships and are specifically for applicants who are inspiring to become educators in a particular subject such language arts, math, reading and foreign languages.  Bright Horizon & The Phi Delta Kappa are the names of two types of national teaching scholarships, the latter present award scholarships in the amount of $1,000  to seniors and undergraduates of high school. The Bright Horizon scholarship is worth $2,500 and only full time students who are pursuing a degree in elementary education can apply for. In addition applicants must submit letters of recommendation, resume, a 500 word essay and educational transcripts along with their application.
UPS endorsed scholarships 

These teaching scholarships are distributed annually and nationwide by the UPS Foundation to first time applicants on a first come first served bases.

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