Professional Education-Scholarships:

Several teaching scholarships are available to Virginia Tech students. All scholarships require a completed application. For all of the scholarships listed below, you must submit the School of Education application by March 2, 2009 to 106 War Memorial Hall combined with a financial aid application (Fafsa) to be submitted online to the Financial Aid office for consideration.  Both applications are required for consideration!  Please submit the on-line FAFSA application located at: www.fafsa.ed.gov by March 11, 2009 deadline!

Special Note:
The amounts of each award listed below are based on projected earnings and are subject to a potentially small decrease due to market fluctuations.

Alice W. Johnson Endowed Scholarship in Science Education
To assist students who wish to pursue their career and licensure in Science Education. Recipient shall be, at the time of receipt of the scholarship funds, a rising senior or a graduate student accepted into the VT Science Education program. First preference shall be given for financial need, and secondly, scholastic achievement. Applications are due March 2, 2009. Submit to: 106 WMH, 0313. Office of Academic Programs. Three (3) awards will be given for $1,500 each. SOE Application Form | Fafsa Application Form

Hahn Memorial Teaching Scholarship is intended to encourage outstanding students to consider a career in teaching. Supported by a pledge made by former Tech President, Dr. T. Marshall Hahn, in memory of his late son, the scholarship is awarded in the spring on a competitive basis to a student at Tech who is seeking teacher licensure. SOE Application Form | Fafsa Application Form

The student must be making good progress toward degree/licensure requirements, which usually means junior, senior, or graduate standing. Must have a 3.0 overall GPA. The deadline for application is March 2, 2009. Submit to: 106 WMH, 0313, Office of Academic Programs.

Duncan Lyle Kinnear Scholarship
To assist students who wish to pursue their career and licensure in Science Education. Supported by a gift made by Mrs. Florence Kinnear, in memory of her husband Duncan L. Kinnear, a professor emeritus in the VT Department of Biology, known as the "Deacon." Eligible students must be accepted in the Science Education graduate program.Other criteria include financial need, demonstration of community or volunteer work with children related to teaching. Applications are due March 2, 2009. Submit to: 106 WMH 0313, Office of Academic Programs This spring we will offer 3 scholarships, each $2000.00 for the academic year - 2009-2010. SOE Application Form | Fafsa Application Form

Teach for Virginia^®Student Loan Program
Launched for the first time in Virginia in 2005, Sallie Mae's Teach for Virginia and Care for Virginia student loan programs will again offer to repay, on behalf of eligible Virginia teachers and nurses, 10 percent of their original federal Stafford loan balances. In addition, Sallie Mae will waive all origination fees -- an additional 2 percent savings -- and borrowers will be eligible to earn an extra loan credit of up to 3.3 percent or interest rate reductions totaling up to 1.25 percentage points, depending on their lender.

Sallie Mae's Teach for Virginia and Care for Virginia student loans are low-cost Stafford loans backed by the federal government. Through a partnership with the state, nursing or teaching students at any Virginia college or university who take out Sallie Mae loans, make three years of regular, on-time payments and commit to work as teachers or nurses in the state for three years are eligible for the program.

Sallie Mae is the nation's leading provider of education funding. For more information about the Teach for Virginia and Care for Virginia student loan programs, call 1-800-826-7562 or visit http://www.salliemae.com/va.

Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program is an incentive program for students interested in pursuing a teaching career in a critical shortage teaching area. Awards are for $3,720 per year with $2,000 forgiven for each year a recipient teaches in the public schools of Virginia.

Critical Virginia shortage teaching endorsement areas for 2008-09:

1. Special Education
• speech-language disorders preK-12;
• special education general curriculum K-12 (learning disabilities; emotional disturbance; mentla retardation);
• early childhood special education (birth through age 5);
• special education adapted curriculum K-12 (severe disabilities);
• hearing impairments preK-12;
• visual impairments preK-12
2. Mathematics (mathematics 6-12; Algebra I)
3. Science (Earth science; middle grades 6-8; biology)
4. Reading Specialist
5. Foreign Language (Spanish preK-12)
6. Career and Technical Education (family and consumer sciences; technology education)
7. English as a Second Language preK-12
8. English 6-12
9. Library Media preK-12
10. Middle Grades 6-8 (all subjects)

Also minority students enrolled in any teaching area are eligible. Academic status in 2009-2010 must be junior, senior, or graduate level.

There is a state form and an agreement detailing the conditions of the award that must be filled out and signed. Students should be nominated by the program area leader for an application. Applications should be available mid-March 2009.

Janet M. and James F. Johnson Teacher Education Endowed Scholarship Awarded annually to a student enrolled in a teacher education program in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Preference shall be given to a rising junior or senior and based on both academic standing and financial need. Recipients must be approved by the Financial Aid Office as qualifying for financial assistance. Rising juniors or seniors in Early Childhood, Technology Education, Marketing Education, Business Education, Work and Family Studies, and Health and Physical Education may apply for this scholarship. Application deadline is March 2, 2009. Two awards for $1500.00 each. SOE Application form | Fafsa Application Form

Janet M. Johnson Scholarship in Teacher Education Awarded annually to a student enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Teacher Education Program. Preference shall be given to students based upon 1) financial need, 2) academic achievement, 3) extracurricular leadership, 4) community service, and 5) reside in the State of Virginia.Recipients must be aproved by the Financial Aid Office as qualifying for financial assistance. Application deadline is March 2, 2009. Three awards will be given for $1500.00 each. SOE Application form | Fafsa Application Form

Laura G. Heichel Memorial Scholarship is to assist a student in an elementary education program during the final internship year. Supported by a pledge from Gary L. Heichel in memory of his wife Laura, the scholarship is intended to recognize a student who brings to the profession a love of teaching and high quality academic achievement.

The student must be making good progress toward degree/licensure requirements, which usually means junior, senior, or graduate standing. Must have a 3.0 overall GPA. The deadline for application is March 2, 2009. Submit to: 106 WMH 0313, Office of Academic Programs Three scholarships for $500.00 each will be awarded. SOE Application form

James Madison Fellowship is a fellowship for students who are pursuing a Master's degree and wish to teach American History, American Government, or social studies in secondary schools (grades 7-12). The program enables students to master the contents of American constitutional history through study for a master's degree. Fellowships carry a maximum stipend of $24,000 for up to two years of full-time study for college graduates. The deadline for the application is March 2, 2009. Applications may be obtained by going to the web site: www.jamesmadison.com. If you have any questions, call 231-6627 and make an appointment to see Christina McIntyre in 137 Hillcrest Hall.

James D. McComas Endowed Scholarship Fund. This award is for undergraduate and graduate students who are preparing for a profession in teaching or counseling in grades K-12 and have demonstrated financial need. Recipients of this award shall be recommended by the Director of the School of Education or his designee and selected by the University's Scholarship and Financial Aid Committee. Recipients will be chosen on the basis of financial need, special family circumstances or other extenuating factors which would otherwise prevent the student from attending Virginia Tech. Secondary consideration will be given on the basis of scholastic achievement, good character and/or demonstrated leadership potential. The deadline for application is March 2, 2009. Submit application to the Office of Academic Programs, 106 War Memorial Hall. Two scholarships for $1500.00 each will be awarded. SOE Application form | Fafsa Application Form

Dan B. Fleming Scholarship
To assist graduate students who wish to pursue their career and licensure in History and Social Science Education. Preference shall be given to students based upon 1) financial need, 2)academic achievement, 3)extracurricular leadership, and 4)community service. The deadline for application is March 12, 2009. Submit application to the Office of Academic Programs, 106 War Memorial Hall. Two scholarships for $1000.00 each will be awarded.
SOE Application form | Fafsa Application Form

Virginia Space Grant Consortium - Teacher Education Scholarship Program
$1,000 awards given to students enrolled at a Virginia Space Grant university in a track that leads to teacher certification. Priority is given to those majoring in technology education, math education, or earth/space/environmental science. Deadline - March 2, 2009. Mail application packet directly to the VA Space Grant Consortium in Hampton, VA. Application form http://www.vsgc.odu.edu

Virginia Association for Teachers of English awards a $1000 scholarship to a student during one semester of student teaching. The awards are given in English 6-12 licensure, middle school (if one concentration is English), and elementary licensure to a candidate with a strong English language arts preparation. Information is available on the VATE website.

Marion A. and Annie Webster Williams School of Education Scholarship
To assist students who enroll in the School of Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  Priority will be given to those who, for two years preceding their acceptance, have resided in Franklin, Patrick, Henry or Floyd County, Virginia.  Students from Franklin will be give first priority, Patrick, second priority, Henry, third priority, and Floyd County fourth priority.  If no student who applies is accepted into the School of Education from one or more of these areas, financial need will be another criterion for selection. Applications are due March 2, 2009.  Two awards of $1250 each will be given.
SOE Application Form | Fafsa Application Form

Reba Julia Medler Scholarship Fund
To assist students who are enrolled or will be at the time of receipt of scholarship funds in a program to prepare them to teach special needs students K-12.  Preference shall be given to students based upon (1) financial need, (2) community service and (3) academic achievement.  Applications are due March 2, 2009.  One award for $900 will be given. 
SOE Application Form | Fafsa Application Form

Ralph & Betty Carlson Scholarship Fund
To assist students who are enrolled or will be at the time of receipt of scholarship funds in a School of Education degree program.  Three awards for $3500 each. Applications are due March 2, 2009. 
SOE Application | Fafsa Application Form

Nevin R. Frantz, Jr. Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship
To assist graduate students focusing in the area of career and technical education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The scholarship will be given based on demonstrated excellence in research, teaching and service on the part of the active graduate student and consideration also given to financial need. Amount of these awards will vary.
SOE Application due March 2, 2009
Fafsa Application due March 11, 2009

Robert C. Noyce Scholarship Program
Please visit Mathematics Education for eligibility criteria and application information.

Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship
Alpha Delta Kappa is an international sorority honoring outstanding female educators.  Our sorority is of an altruistic nature.  This spring the Alpha Omicron Chapter in Woodstock, VA would like to offer a $500 scholarship to a deserving student.   The applicant must be a resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Please click here for more information.

Karl Hereford Scholarship
To assist students enrolled in the School of Education preparing for a career in teaching, counseling or education administration. 
SOE application deadline March 2, 2009

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Scholarships

Counselor Education Scholarships

Additional scholarships and information through the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office - Teaching and Learning

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