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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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