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Grants for Teachers-To-Be Offered in Exchange for Service in Low-Income Schools

This year, for the first time, UMass Lowell is participating in a national program that rewards the teachers of tomorrow for their pledge of service today.

Kids at blackboard The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program, administered through the U.S. Department of Education, awards up to $4,000 per student per year in tuition-relief to graduate students in education—providing they commit to serving at least four years, following their graduation, teaching a high-need subject area in a low-income school.

Interim Dean, Anita Greenwood“There is a severe shortage of math and science teachers nationally and regionally, particularly in high-need districts,” says interim Education Dean Anita Greenwood. “The TEACH grants provide math and science graduates with the opportunity to finance a master’s degree and gain a teaching credential in order to work in a community where their skills and knowledge will be highly valued.”

To be eligible for grants, students must maintain a 3.25 GPA throughout their academic programs, must be enrolled in coursework— or planning to complete coursework — in teaching a high-need subject, and must renew a service pledge each year of their schooling.

They must also fulfill citizenship requirements and complete certain eligibility forms.

Learn more about the TEACH grant program.


Governor Names University Partner in Readiness Center


Readiness Center

Gov. Deval Patrick named UMass Lowell a partner in one of six new regional teacher Readiness Centers.

Part of Patrick’s effort to improve teacher quality — a priority outlined in the Governor’s Education Action Agenda — the centers will offer support to teachers throughout the Commonwealth, from early childhood through higher education.

UMass Lowell is one of eight four-year colleges, universities and community colleges north of Boston that form the Northeast Regional Readiness Center (NCRR); Salem State College will house the NCRR on its campus.
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) will help provide the region’s educators with greater access to proven instructional practices, proven practices in the use of student data to help inform instruction and increased professional development opportunities.

In particular, the GSE faculty will share their expertise in the literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, says Professor and Interim Dean Anita Greenwood.

Other partner schools will share their own strengths.

“The Readiness Center initiative represents a way in which higher education institutions can collaborate to serve the teachers of the region with education programs that draw on each partner’s strengths,” she says.

The state’s Executive Office of Education will work with the regional partners to implement each center’s plans over the next year.

“A highly knowledgeable, well trained and dedicated teacher in every classroom is the key to all of our education reform efforts,” said Patrick, in announcing the program. “Readiness Centers will help us support our teachers as we seek to give every student access to a quality education.”

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