Eligibility Requirements

           To be eligible for this scholarship program participants have to:

1.      Be certified classroom teachers with a minimum of two years of classroom teaching experience and currently teaching in one of the following eight Maryland counties: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, or Worcester.

2.      Possess valid/current Maryland state certification in any content area.

3.      Be teaching at any grade level (elementary, middle or secondary), and in any content area.

4.      Possess a minimum of an undergraduate baccalaureate degree in any subject area.  (If GPA was not 3.0 or higher, contact Bob Hoffman at 410 - 543 - 6224.)

In order to ensure that participants in this program reflect a fair cross-section of the multi-ethnic diversity of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, applications from traditionally underrepresented minority and linguistic groups in the teaching profession are strongly encouraged. This aim is to ensure that professional diversity matches existent student diversity in these rural counties. Individuals with foreign language experience or who are bilingual are strongly encouraged to apply.