Federal TEACH Grant (Teacher 教育 Assistance for College and Higher 教育)

The Teacher 教育 Assistance for College and Higher 教育 (TEACH) Grant Program provides grants for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to:

• teach full time
• in high-need 场s
• fulfill a four year teaching commitment (within eight years)
• at schools that serve students from low-income families (see Agreement to Serve)

Chicago State University Eligibility 需求 for TEACH Grant are:

• Must be enrolled in a High Need Field, as follows:
  • Bilingual 教育 and English Language Acquisition
  • Foreign Language
  • 数学
  • Reading Specialist
  • 科学
  • Special 教育
  • Other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin teaching in that 场. These are teacher subject shortage areas (not geographic areas) that are listed in the Department of 教育s Annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing. To access the listing, please go to the U.S. Department of 教育 Teacher Shortage Areas 网站.
    
• Must be enrolled, at least half-time, as an undergraduate or graduate student (At-Large status students are ineligible for TEACH Grant Program)
• Must be enrolled in a degree seeking program for TEACH Grant eligibility
• Must have a current Agreement to Serve for aid year
• Must have current TEACH Counseling for aid year
• Must complete a FAFSA for aid year
• Must be a citizen or eligible non-citizen
• Must have at least a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale (Certification student’s graduate GPA will serve as the primary GPA for TEACH Grant eligibility) If a Certification student has undergraduate 小时 only, consideration for the TEACH Grant will be based solely on the undergraduate GPA.)
• If a student has an incomplete grade ("I"), the student will not be considered for a TEACH Grant, for any subsequent semester, until the "I" has changed to a regular letter grade of A, B, C, D, F, or P.
• 2nd Bachelors, Second Masters and Doctoral candidates are not TEACH Grant eligible.
• All transfer students and students enrolled in new programs of study are not eligible for TEACH Grant until a CSU GPA is established in the new program.
• Once our office has processed your request for a TEACH Grant it will be "Offered" to you as part of your financial aid award package. It will be necessary for you to "Accept" the TEACH Grant via 基社盟X-press before any funds can be disbursed.
• All TEACH Grant participants must complete Exit Counseling at studentaid.政府 after a total withdrawal from semester coursework, from the university or upon graduation.
• TEACH 奖助金 will not be available for the Summer semester.

 Full time status students are awarded as such:  $ 2,000.00 –  per semester 

Full time status for TEACH Grant awards is defined as:

• Undergraduates - 12 小时
• Certification students - 12 小时
• Master’s - 9 小时

Part time status students are awarded as such:  $ 1,000.00 –  per semester 

Part time status for TEACH Grant awards is defined as:

• Undergraduates and Certification students enrolled with less than 12 credit 小时 and a minimum of 6 credit 小时
• Master candidates enrolled with less than 9 credit 小时 and a minimum of 6 credit 小时

For comprehensive information please visit the U.S. Department of 教育's TEACH Grant Program web站点.

PLEASE NOTE: TEACH Grant processing will begin for the Fall and/or Spring semesters after the completion of that semester's registration period.