Tennessee Teaching Scholars Program

Minority Teaching Fellows Program

Base-TN Teaching Program

Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Programs

 Tennessee Teaching Scholars Program

This program is designed to encourage exemplary students who are Tennessee residents and US citizens to enter the teaching field.

• Participation is limited to college juniors, seniors, and post baccalaureate candidates admitted to a state-approved teacher education program.
• May not be a licensed teacher.
• Participants incur an obligation to teach one year in a Tennessee public school for each year an award is received.
• The award takes the form of a forgivable loan. The loan amount varies between 50 and 75 percent of the academic year amount.
• First priority will be given to renewal applicants who have maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale.
• Part-time students are eligible, but they will not receive full aid amount.

Minority Teaching Fellows Program

This program is designed to attract talented minority Tennesseans to enter the teaching field. 

• Applicant must be a citizen of the United States and a high school senior or a continuing college student pursuing a teacher certification.

• The award amount is $5,000 per year in the form of forgivable loans.
• Participants incur an obligation to teach at some K-12 level in a Tennessee public school for one year for each year the award is received. 

Base-TN Teaching Program

The goal of the program is to help increases the number of properly licensed Tennessee teachers serving students with disabilities in Tennessee public schools.

• Participants must be admitted to the undergraduate or graduate program at a qualifying Tennessee college or university.
• Participants may not hold a Tennessee teacher’s license in an area of special education when applying for the program.

• Participant must commit to teach in a Tennessee public school two years for each academic year of financial support received, serving students with disabilities ages birth through twenty-one.

Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Programs

These scholarships are summarized in the High School to Teaching and Career to Teaching Tabs.

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