Scholarship Program

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FACT SHEET

• Possession of a Bachelor's Degree.
• Cumulative undergraduate G.P.A. of at least 3.0.
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency status.
• Proof of unconditional acceptance as a matriculated graduate student into an approved participating Bilingual Special Education Program, (the Scholarship Program does NOT pay for prerequisite credits).
• Proficiency in English and a language other than English. (Languages other than English as determined by the NYC Department of Education).
• A non-refundable application fee of $15.00 in the form of a Money Order made payable to the: New York City Department of Education.
• Eligible applicants will be required to complete a written assessment in English and/or the target language at the interview site.

• Current pedagogical or clinical employees of the NYC Department of Education are not eligible to participate in the Scholarship Program.
• Applicants who have already achieved NYS certification are not eligible to apply.
• If you have already completed a master's degree in education you are not eligible to apply to the scholarship program.

• In order to meet New York State teaching certification requirements, participants are required to take and pass the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) and the Assessments of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W) during the first semester of the scholarship program.
• Participants are required to take and pass the Bilingual Education Assessment (BEA) examination during the first semester of the scholarship program.
• Participants are required to take and pass the Content Specialty Test (CST) in their content area and the Content Specialty Test Students With Disabilities (CST-SWD) during the second semester of the scholarship program.

• Awardees must meet the standards of the college they attend and remain in good standing in their program.
• Awardees must not have benefited from or participated in any other incentive programs administered by the Department of Education (i.e., Career Training, Teaching Fellows, Intensive Teaching Institute, etc.).
• Scholarship recipients must complete a minimum of 18 credits per year with a grade of B or better in each course.
• Participants shall serve as New York State certified bilingual special education teachers two (2) years for every year the Scholarship is awarded or any part thereof. Example: The Scholarship is awarded for one and a half year; the participant will owe four (4) years of service.
• Program participants are required to obtain both a New York State Certificate as a Teacher of Special Education and a bilingual extension (other than elementary). Consult your advisor.