Future Teachers Conditional Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program

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Future Teachers Conditional Scholarship
and Loan Repayment Program

The 2008-09 program is closed.

Updates for the 2009-10 program
will be posted here in June 2009.

The Future Teachers Conditional Scholarship and Loan Repayment program encourages outstanding students and paraprofessionals to become teachers, and assists current teachers in obtaining additional endorsements in teacher shortage subjects.

In return for conditional scholarships or loan repayments, participants agree to teach in Washington K-12 public schools, (usually two years of teaching for each year of funding). Funding is available for approximately 100 recipients in 2008-09.

2007-08 Forms for Current Participants
Eligibility
To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following
criteria:
Be a resident student of Washington state
Plan to complete an approved program leading to a residency teacher certificate or an additional shortage subject endorsement
Plan to be employed as a certificated classroom teacher in Washington K-12 public schools
Plan to attend an eligible college at least half-time (note: some online programs are ineligible for funding under this program)
Not be pursuing or planning to pursue a degree in theology
Submit a complete application to us by the deadline
A selection committee will consider each applicant's:
Academic ability
Bilingual ability
Contributions to school systems
Potential to serve as a positive role model for students
Length of time until completion of the educational program
Commitment to serve as a Washington public classroom teacher
Applicants pursuing residency teaching certificates or additional endorsements in: math, science, special education,
agricultural education, business and marketing education, family and consumer science education, or technology education, can receive priority in the selection process if they commit to teaching that subject in Washington K-12 public
schools. Special education may be taught at any grade level;
other subjects must be taught for 7th grade or higher to receive priority.
Applicants who receive priority during the selection process
must teach those subjects in Washington K-12 public schools,
or repay the money they received.


Award Amounts
Program awards are received as conditional scholarships or loan repayments. Awards cannot exceed your tuition and fees OR the full-time resident undergraduate tuition and fees at the University
of Washington - whichever is lower.


For students attending:
Estimated
Full-time 2008-09
Benefit Amounts
University of Washington
Washington State University
Independent/Private
four-year colleges and universities
$2,150
per quarter
3 or 4 quarters
/year
$3,200 per semester
2 or 3 semesters
/year
Central Washington University
Eastern Washington University
The Evergreen State College
Western Washington University
$1,590 per quarter
3 or 4 quarters/year
Community and Technical colleges
$900 per quarter
3 or 4 quarters/year
A participant will receive 50 percent of the full-time benefit for
half-time enrollment status, and 75 percent of the full-time
benefit for three-quarter time enrollment status.

Future Teachers is a financial aid program. Participants must maintain continuous enrollment (only one term off per school year) in at least half-time status at an eligible institution in
2008-09 to earn program benefits.

How to Apply
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2008-09
Future Teachers program. The application deadline was
October 10, 2008. We will notify all applicants of their
status by mail by November 28, 2008.

For more information, contact:
Mary Knutson, Program Manager
E-mail: futureteachers@hecb.wa.gov
Phone: 360.753.7845 / Toll free: 1.888.535.0747 (option 2)


Note: If you are a teacher serving in a low-income or subject-matter shortage area, you may be eligible for a cancellation or deferment of your federal student loans through a federal program. For more information, contact: U.S. Department of Education.
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