IATE Scholarship for Minority Teacher Education
Illinois Association of Teachers of English
Award: $1,000
To recruit and encourage language arts teachers, for both humanitarian and practical purposes. Qualifications: Candidates must be a member of a minority group; the candidate must be duly enrolled in a four-year or upper division, public, recognized teacher-education program in an Illinois college or university; the candidate must have declared a major in English, English Education, or Elementary Education with a specialty in language arts (Junior or Senior status), and plan to teach in Illinois; the candidate must have demonstrated potential for academic success; the candidate cannot be an individual already on full scholarship, and some degree of need for the scholarship must exist. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on committees criteria. How to apply: Applications must submit online; the faculty member who recommends a student for one of the awards must submit these items in one envelope: a sample of the candidate’s writing done for a class in the past year; a candidate essay on this topic; a sealed recommendation which addresses items 1-5 above in some detail; a cover sheet with the full name, home address and phone number of both the candidate and the recommender. Focus: Education; Education, Elementary; English language and literature.
Eligibility
- States: IL