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Who is eligible for the TEACH Grant?

To receive a TEACH Grant, you must:

  • Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), indicating on the FAFSA your intent to teach. It is not necessary to demonstrate financial need. If you were not originally offered the TEACH grant but would like to be considered for the award, verify that you meet the requirements below and request the grant. Requests must be submitted in writing to 301 S. Campus Avenue, Room 121, Oxford, OH 45056. You can also e-mail financialaid@muohio.edu from your Miami e-mail account or submit the request via fax to (513) 529-8713.
  • Be a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen.
  • Be enrolled as an undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or graduate student in a postsecondary educational institution that has chosen to participate in the TEACH Grant Program.
  • Be enrolled in coursework that is necessary to begin a career in teaching or plan to complete such coursework. Such coursework may include subject area courses (e.g., math courses for a student who intends to be a math teacher).
  • Meet certain academic achievement requirements (generally, scoring above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test or maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25).
  • Sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve and complete TEACH Entrance Counseling. (See below for more information on the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve and TEACH Entrance Counseling requirements)

What is a high-need field?

High-need fields are the specific subject areas identified below:

  • Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition
  • Foreign Language
  • Mathematics
  • Reading Specialist
  • Science
  • Special Education
  • Other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin teaching in that field.
    These are teacher subject shortage areas (not geographic areas) that are listed in the Department of Education’s Annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.doc.

What is a low-income school district?

Schools serving low-income students include any elementary or secondary school that is listed in the Department of Education's Annual Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits at https://www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLIPubSchoolSearch.jsp.

What is the annual amount of the scheduled award?

The annual award for a full-time student (12+ credit hours) is $4,000.
three-quarter-time student (9-11 credit hours) is $3,000.
half-time student (6-8 credit hours) is $2,000.
less-than-half-time student (5 or fewer credit hours) is $1,000.

Is the TEACH grant renewable?

To receive the TEACH grant in a future year, you must file a valid FAFSA for that year and indicate your interest in teaching. The TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve and the TEACH Grant Entrance Counseling must be completed each year. If you qualified for the TEACH grant by having a 3.25 GPA, then you must maintain a 3.25 GPA throughout your academic program.

How do I complete the Service Agreement and Entrance Counseling?

The TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve and the TEACH Grant Entrance counseling must be completed online. You can sign the form using your Federal Student Aid PIN at www.teach-ats.ed.gov or review the TEACH Fact Sheet.

How does the Department of Education track my teaching service?

Within 120 days of completing or otherwise ceasing enrollment in your program of study, you must confirm to the Secretary of Education that either you are employed as a full-time teacher in accordance with the terms and conditions of the service agreement, or you are not yet employed as a full-time teacher but you intend to meet the terms and conditions of the service agreement.
If you are performing full-time teaching service in accordance with the service agreement, at the end of each year of elementary or secondary teaching service, you must provide documentation to the Secretary of your teaching service on a form approved by the Secretary and certified by the chief administrative officer of the school in which you are teaching. The form must document that you are a highly qualified teacher, teaching in any of the designated high-need fields, in a designated low-income school.

What do you mean by repay the loan with accrued interest?

If you receive a TEACH grant but do not complete the required teaching service as explained above, you will be required to repay the grants as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, with interest charged from the date that each TEACH grant was disbursed.

All information is from the U. S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid programs.

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