Education Scholarships

* Applicant must be member of the International Technology Education Association (Membership may be enclosed with scholarship application). * Applicant must not be a senior by application deadline. * Applicant must not be a current, full-time (as defined by the respective institution) undergraduate majoring in technology education teacher preparation.

Applicant must be member of the International Technology Education Association. (Membership may be enclosed with scholarship application). - Applicant must be a technology teacher at any grade level who is beginning or continuing graduate studies.

Applicant must be member of the International Technology Education Association. (Membership may be enclosed with scholarship application). - Applicant must be a technology teacher at any grade level (K-12), accepted into a graduate degree program.

Eligibility Applicants for this scholarship award must: 1. Be a high school senior (and US citizen) graduating from the Long Beach Unified School District. 2. Plan to enroll in a full-time course of study which leads to a degree and a teaching credential at an accredited four-year public college or university in the state of California. 3. Demonstrate a strong commitment and interest in pursuing a career in public education as a K-12 public school teacher in California. 4. Demonstrate outstanding scholastic ability, and a determination to graduate from college and become a public school teacher. For this scholarship you must arrange for at least two letters of recommendation. • At least one letter must be from a member of your school staff (e.g. teacher, academic counselor, principal, etc.). • At least one letter must be from an unrelated adult who has been involved with you in some significant activity outside of school.

AASA’s Educational Administration Scholarships were created in 1949 to provide incentive, honor and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students in school administration who intend to make the school superintendency a career. The scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each for outstanding graduate students are named for each of AASA's seven former executive directors. Recipients are honored at AASA's National Conference on Education and a $500 travel allowance is provided. Nominations and Deadlines Applications are available online by April 15 or from chairs of educational administration departments at universities that have such a program. Only one candidate may be submitted by each college or university campus and each candidate must be recommended by the dean of the school of education in which the candidate is enrolled. If a nominee is selected to receive this award, the nominee must be a member of or apply for membership with AASA at the aspiring superintendent rate.

Open to United States citizens who are members of one or more of the following ethnic minority groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native Americans, Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans. Awards for postdoctoral research are made in the behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences and life sciences, education, and interdisciplinary programs composed of two or more eligible disciplines. Applicants may not have held their degree for more than seven years at time of application. Approximately 25 one-year felowships offered to scholars in an academic teaching and research career, or those planning such a career.

* Applicant must be a member of the International Technology Education Association. (Membership may be enclosed with scholarship application). * Applicant must be a teacher (elementary or secondary) who is successfully integrating technology education within the school curriculum. (Applicant above the elementary school level must be a Technology Teacher.)

Applicant must be member of the International Technology Education Association. (Membership may be enclosed with scholarship application). - Applicant must not be a senior by application deadline.

This highly competitive scholarship is awarded to encourage Hopi college students to obtain baccalaureate and graduate degrees in subject areas of priority interest to the Hopi Tribe, and to encourage these graduates to apply their degrees to Hopi Tribal Goals and Objectives. This scholarship is only available to college juniors, seniors and graduate students pursuing a baccalaureate or graduate degree in one of the following areas: law, natural resources, education, medicine/health, engineering or business.

Male resident of Waterbury for 5 years or more - Majoring in arts or education - Scholarships will not be awarded to students attending colleges which replace internal grants with outside scholarships. For residents of the Foundation’s 21-town service area: Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Cheshire, Goshen, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Milford, Oxford, Prospect, Roxbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury.

1. The applicant must be in preparation for placement in Special Education or have already been assigned to that work. Special Education is considered here to include teacher training for work with the mentally, physically and emotionally handicapped person. Applicant shall be entering at least the junior or senior year of college or in the case of clergy and religious, post graduate study.* 2. Teacher training in any of the above or related fields may be pursued at any accredited public or private university or college where bona fide special educational courses are offered. 3. There is no stipulation as to the overall length of time spent in pursuing training in Special Education. However, applicants for scholarship must give evidence that they will earn a minimum of three credit hours during any specified semester. *Post graduate study also applies to students in college in the state of California, Canada and Virginia.

The Future Teachers Scholarship Program was established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education as an incentive to encourage the preparation of teachers in critical shortage areas in the public schools of Oklahoma. ELIGIBILITY The student must be a resident of Oklahoma. The student must be nominated by the college in which they are enrolled on the basis of one of the following criteria: A. cumulative high school grade point average ranking in the top 15 percent of his or her high school graduating class; OR B. ACT or SAT score ranking in the top 15 percent for high school graduates of the same year; OR C. admission to a professional education program at an accredited Oklahoma institution of higher education; OR D. an undergraduate record of outstanding success, as defined by the institution. Full-time and part-time students are eligible for the scholarship; however, highest priority will be given to full-time students. Scholarship recipients must maintain no less than a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. Each recipient must agree to teach in a shortage area in Oklahoma public schools for a minimum of three consecutive years upon graduation and licensure as a teacher. Recipients may receive the scholarship for not more than four years, or the equivalent of four years, of full-time study. APPLICATION PROCESS A new application must be submitted each academic year. Application deadlines are established by individual institutions. Completed applications are to be submitted to the nominating institution. The following documentation is required: A. First-time freshman must submit a copy of their high school transcript and ACT or SAT score, whichever is applicable. B. Students who have attended a postsecondary institution must submit official transcripts from all institutions attended. C. All students must submit the essay portion of the application on a separate sheet. Institutions will submit scholarship candidates and alternates in priority order to the State Regents office. The State Regents office will notify institutions of awards. AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP An award amount for each nominated student will be determined by the college the student attends. The following annual award limits have been set by the State Regents: Enrollment Hours Completed Toward Baccalaureate Degree Maximum Annual Award Full-time 60 hours and above $1,500 Full-time Less than 60 hours $1,000 Part-time 60 hours and above $750 Part-time Less than 60 hours $500 For purposes of this program, full-time enrollment means not less than 12 credit hours per semester for undergraduates and not less than nine credit hours per semester for graduate students. Part-time enrollment means not less than six credit hours per semester.