Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Congress created the TEACH Grant program that provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to students who intend to teach a high-need field in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families. This program is effective beginning July 1, 2008.
The Financial Aid Manager module provides financial aid offices with the ability to identify and track student aid applicants who qualify for the Federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program and to communicate to PowerFAIDS who these students are and how they qualify.
Students who qualify for this grant must meet the following criteria:
· Student must be either a citizen or permanent resident.
· Student must demonstrate high academic aptitude based on one of the following:
o Student must score greater than the 75th percentile on any one of the following national norm tests: SAT Critical Reading, SAT Writing, SAT Math, ACT English, ACT Math, ACT Reading, ACT Science, ACT Writing, and GRE. Students are not required to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average if this criterion is met.
o Student must maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average (GPA) if they do not score greater than the 75th percentile on one of the national norm tests listed in the previous bullet. The GPA must be from either their final high school transcript or final transfer college transcript if they are an entering student, or the GPA must be from their latest college transcript if they are a current student. A 3.25 college cumulative GPA must be maintained in order for the student to continue to qualify for TEACH Grant funding in subsequent award years
· Student must be enrolled in a TEACH Grant-eligible program. An eligible program is a program of study that is designed to prepare an individual to teach as a highly-qualified teacher in a high-need field and leads to a baccalaureate or master's degree or is a post-baccalaureate program of study. The Department of Education defines the following as high-need fields, but they are subject to change annually (Department of Education's Annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing):
· Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition
o Foreign Language
o Mathematics
o Reading Specialist
o Science
o Special Education
o Other Identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin teaching in that field
The Department of Education has provided eligible schools with the ability to determine the scope of what constitutes a program of eligible coursework at their institution: "Ultimately, it is up to the institution to decide, based on regulatory requirements, what programs are TEACH Grant-eligible and when a student is considered to be accepted into a TEACH Grant-eligible program." Following are two examples that illustrate how schools may choose to implement this requirement.
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1. School A may determine that a Master's of Business Administration prepares the student to teach mathematics. 2. School B may determine that a student is considered enrolled in a TEACH Grant-eligible program when they officially declare their major, which may not be until the student's junior year. |
In J1, eligible programs are defined as those where the associated Major, Minor, or Certification code is defined as TEACH eligible in either the MAJOR_MINOR_DEF or CERTIFICATION_DEF tables.
Test Element Cross Reference Window
Certification Definition Window
Test Score Details Tab (Admissions Import Utility Window)
TEACH Grant Eligibility Update Window
TEACH Grant Student History Window
