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TEACH Colorado Scholarship & Fee Reimbursement for Teacher Education Program Applicants

  • TEACH Colorado offers a limited number of $1,000 scholarships for applicants to partner educator preparation programs (EPPs) that participate in our regional partnerships. All eligible submissions will be entered into a random drawing. Individuals who enroll in and begin a partner educator preparation program between September 1, 2020 and September 1, 2021 will be eligible.
  • Apply at https://colorado.teach.org/services/scholarship
  • TEACH Colorado also offers up to $100 in reimbursements for application and enrollment-related fees and expenses. This includes testing and fingerprinting fees associated with applying to teacher education. Individuals who enroll in and begin a partner educator preparation program between September 1, 2020 and September 1, 2021 will be eligible.
  • Apply at https://colorado.teach.org/services/fee-reimbursements.
  • All TEACH Colorado aid programs require creation of a TEACH account, which includes:
    • An interactive application checklist to keep you on track.
    • $100 fee reimbursement towards application and testing expenses.
    • 1-on-1 expert advice for any question along the way.
    • How-to guides for eligibility, applications, testing and finances. TEACH Colorado aid programs require creation of a TEACH account, which includes:

Help Paying for Praxis

Exam Fee Waiver

  • Praxis exam fee waivers are available for qualifying candidates based a candidate's FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) that shows an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $3,000 or less.
  • To apply for an exam fee waiver, see https://www.ets.org/praxis/about/fees/fee_waivers/.

Scholarship

Reisher Scholars Program

  • The Reisher Scholars Program is unique in that it focuses on rising college sophomores and transfer students from community colleges who have already demonstrated academic and leadership potential as undergraduates.
  • Apply at https://www.coloradomesa.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/other/reisher.html
  • Applications due in February for CMU students and March for transfer students.

Saccomanno Scholarship Available - Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter XI Scholarship - Women Educators/Internship
- UPDATED 4.6.21

Delta Kappa Gamma is an international society of outstanding women educators who share the goal of promoting excellence in the teaching field. The Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma offers a merit scholarship of $1,000 to support an outstanding woman educator during her final student teaching semester. This scholarship is an outright grant-in-aid.

Delta Kappa Gamma -Alpha Mu Chapter Award - Women Educators/Internship

This award is available to a woman who is preparing for a degree and teacher certification, and who will be completing her internship at Colorado Mesa University in fall of 2021.

Colorado Rural Teaching Scholarship

The Colorado Center for Rural Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education seek to encourage talented teacher candidates to student teach in Colorado rural school districts and eventually become a teacher in a Colorado rural school district.

Students encouraged to submit applications via email:

  1. Scan and email their application to coloradoruralteachingstipend@unco.edu; or
  2. Take pictures of their application packet with their trusty smart phones and send them to coloradoruralteachingstiepnd@unco.edu;

Scholarships for Teachers - Graduate Scholarship