We are so thankful for the services TEACH Missouri provides for our staff to achieve their career goals without debt.
– Sponsoring Employer, Northwest Missouri
Student Teaching Scholarship
Student Teaching Scholarship may best suit your needs if you are:
- Starting your student teaching semester consisting of 8-15 college credits to be completed in one semester.
- Completing your early childhood teacher certification at a Missouri-based 4-year college.
* This scholarship model can be taken only once and cannot extend past the one semester necessary to complete student teaching.
Eligibility – All applicants must:
- Have only one semester of student teaching remaining to earn a Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in early childhood, early childhood special education at a Missouri-based 4-year college.
- Work directly with children birth to 5 years old daily in a licensed or license-exempt child care program.
- Be at least 18 years old and have a high school or equivalency diploma.
- Continue to work five hours a week at their current child care program while student teaching.
- Make under $26.00/hour
- Work in Missouri and be authorized to work in the U.S.
Once awarded a Scholarship, you will:
- Be assigned a TEACH Missouri Scholarship Counselor to assist you through the process. • Verify with your college advisor that you are eligible for student teaching.
- Pay only 10% of your tuition and books, e.g., for a $300 class, your 10% portion would be only $30! Your sponsoring employer pays a 15% co-pay.
- Commit to staying at your sponsoring child care program for 3 consecutive months of continued employment at sponsoring child care program.
TEACH Missouri will:
- Pay 75% of the tuition and books for both models.
- Pay a stipend of $55 each semester attending classes.
- Pay you $150 (One Semester Pre-Certification model) or $200 (Two Semester Pre-Certification model) after you successfully complete coursework and the 6-month commitment time.
Student Teaching Scholarship:
TEACH Early Childhood® Missouri is a licensed program of the Early Years.
Current funding is a statewide quality initiative through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood, Contract CS250431001.
