The Fund:
This scholarship is supported by voluntary contributions from the CTA membership and corporate donors. CTA recognizes the shortage of ethnic minority teachers and the demand for continuing professional growth. The goal of the Fund is to encourage ethnic minority students to become educators and to promote professional growth for ethnic minority teachers.
Click here to learn how you can contribute to the fund.
Awards:
CTA receives approximately 100-150 applications in this category annually. Scholarships vary each year depending on the amount of contributions and on the financial need of individual applicants.
Eligibility:
In order to be eligible an applicant must be pursuing a teaching related career in public education and be a member of a defined ethnic minority group. Applicants must also be:
- An active member of CTA, or
- A dependent child of an active, retired-life or deceased CTA member, or
- An active member of Student CTA (SCTA).
In order to receive funds, scholarship recipients will be required to show proof of registration in an approved credential or degree program in an accredited institution of higher learning.
Announcements: Scholarship recipients are announced in June of each year.
Contact Info:
CTA Human Rights Department
P.O. Box 921
Burlingame, CA 94011-0921
Phone: (650) 697-1400
Fax: (650) 552-5001
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