Counseling Requirements
*Please read the following
information about what you need to know before receiving TEACH
Grant funds:
Signing the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve (Agreement)
You must sign an Agreement
each year before receiving a TEACH Grant. The Agreement is a
legally binding document that defines the teaching service
obligations you must meet and specifies your repayment
obligation if a TEACH Grant that you receive is converted to a
Direct Unsubsidized Loan.
By signing the Agreement you promise to meet the teaching
service requirements of the TEACH Grant Program and to repay
with interest the full amount of any TEACH Grant that is
converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Loan if you do not meet those
requirements.
By signing the Agreement, you agree:
- to serve as a full-time, highly qualified teacher for at
least four elementary or secondary school years within 8
years of completing, or otherwise ceasing to be enrolled in,
the program for which you received a TEACH Grant,
- to teach in a low-income school, and to teach in a
high-need field, in the majority of classes that you teach
during each school year.
Highly Qualified Teacher Status
As stated above, one of the conditions for fulfilling your
TEACH Grant service obligation is that you must meet the
requirements for a highly qualified teacher as defined in
section 9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended, or if you are a special education teacher,
as defined in section 602(10) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act. You can find out more about the
highly qualified teacher requirements online (see sidebar note
for the Web address).
Requirements for highly qualified teacher status online:
www.ed.gov/teachers/nclbguide/improve-quality.html
Schools Serving Low-income Students
For purposes of the TEACH Grant Program, a low-income school
is a public or private elementary or secondary school that is
listed in the Department’s Annual Directory of Designated
Low-income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits (see
sidebar note for the Web address and additional information
about low-income schools).
The Department’s Annual Directory of Designated Low-income
Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits online:
www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLIPubSchoolSearch.jsp
TEACH Grant High-need Fields
In order to satisfy your service obligation by teaching in
another high-need field listed in the nationwide list, that
field must be listed in the Nationwide List for the state in
which you begin teaching at the time you begin teaching in that
field. If you begin qualifying teaching service in a high-need
field that is listed in the Nationwide List, but in subsequent
school years of teaching that high-need field is no longer
included in the Nationwide List, your subsequent years of
teaching will continue to qualify for purposes of satisfying
your TEACH Grant service obligation.
Schools designated as low-income for part of a school year
If the school where you teach meets the requirements of a
low-income school during all or a part of a school year of your
required four school years of teaching, but does not meet those
requirements in subsequent school years, those subsequent years
of teaching at that school will still qualify for purposes of
satisfying your TEACH Grant service obligation.
Schools operated by Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
All elementary and secondary schools operated by the U.S.
Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) or
operated on Indian reservations by Indian tribal groups under
contract or grant with the BIE qualify as low-income schools.
Teacher shortage area Nationwide List online:
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.pdf
*If
you have read and understand these requirements please contact
the Office of Financial Aid at:
financial aid.
*If
you have additional questions or need further clarifications,
please contact the Office of Advising in the Seidel School of
Education & Professional Studies at:
kdclarkshaw@salisbury.edu
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