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Scholarships

The PDK Educational Foundation Scholarship Program 

The PDK Educational Foundation awards roughly 100 scholarships each year to prospective educators who are paid, active-level members in good standing of Educators Rising. One-time and renewable scholarship awards range from $500 to $5,000.
Opens January 6, closes April 6, 2020 at midnight (12 am) EST. 
 For the latest updates, visit pdkintl.org/scholarships
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​SCHOLARSHIP FOR TEACHER EDUCATION MAJORS
IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP

Ten scholarships will be awarded in Fall 2020 to students who matriculate to the university as a major in elementary, middle, or secondary teaching in the Bachelor of Education degree program. 

Five of the scholarships shall be awarded to individuals from diverse backgrounds. Diversity is defined by Virginia law as: “. . . the wide range of differences among groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, and geographical area.” 

Each scholarship will be awarded to a student for four years; dispersed in the amounts of $2,000 in year one, and $1,000 in years two through four. Scholarship funds that are not awarded due to recipients not returning to SU may be awarded to qualified students in B.Ed. programs during their junior and/or senior year who demonstrated need for funding to support completion of teacher licensure requirements.

Students admitted to any SU Bachelor of Education program in the School of Education & Leadership may apply for this scholarship. Scholarship applicants must submit the following:
  1. Teacher Education Majors in the SOEL Scholarship Application Form
  2. an essay (one page, about why you want to be a teacher)
  3. a statement explaining your financial need
  4. a letter of recommendation (from a teacher, principal, pastor, mentor, or other adult who can address why you will be an effective teacher and how you demonstrate the dispositions of a caring teacher) 

The scholarships applications will be reviewed and awarded by a panel of SOEL faculty members with notification of awards by March 1, 2020. Preference will be given to student(s) who have completed Teachers for Tomorrow coursework for dual-enrollment credit through Shenandoah University.

 
Send the completed application via email attachment to jlindsey@su.edu or U.S. Mail to: Dr. Jill Lindsey, Director, School of Education & Leadership, Shenandoah University, 1460 University Drive, Winchester, Virginia, 22601.

Opens (now), closes February 15, 2020
Shenandoah SOEL Scholarship Application
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Educators Rising 2019-2020 Guide
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