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Teacher Education Scholarships

Teacher Recruitment Scholarship (TRS)

PURPOSE: To increase the number of teachers in Utah schools that come from a broad range of backgrounds.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Any high school seniors who have a background that would allow them to best support underrespresented students in k-12 schools, are permanent residents of the U.S., whose major is education, and who has a high school GPA of 2.5 or above.

WHAT IT COVERS:

  • Tuition and fees
  • Access to free textbooks

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Take 15 credit hours per semester.
  2. Take 2 EDU/FHS classes each semester.
  3. Maintain a 2.5 GPA your first year, then maintain a 3.0 GPA your second year.
  4. Attend your scholarship class (EDU 1003) with no more than 2 absences each semester

Teacher Education Initiative Scholarship (TEI)

PURPOSE: To address the teacher shortage by recruiting, retaining, and training teachers to teach in the state of Utah.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Any student whose major is Education and who has a GPA of 3.0 or above.

WHAT IT COVERS:

  • Tuition and/or fees
  • Access to free textbooks

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. Take 12 credit hours per semester.
  2. Take 2 EDU/FHS classes each semester.
  3. Maintain a 3.0 GPA.
  4. Attend your scholarship class (EDU 1003) with no more than 2 absences each semester

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Instructions for applying for either scholarship

  1. Apply to attend Salt Lake Community College.
  2. Declare Education as your major.
  3. Go to the SLCC Scholarship Application website and fill out the scholarship application completely.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION
Jane Aune
Education Department Scholarship Coordinator
jaune1@slcc.edu
801-957-3813