Special Education Grant & Scholarship Opportunities

1. Special Education Tuition Waiver Scholarship

• Available to Special Education majors only with 2.75 G.P.A. Application available in February. Pick up in Chamber’s Library 315B.

2. Federal Stafford Loan Forgiveness

• Available to Stafford Loan borrowers who are employed full-time special education
• Teacher whose primary responsibility is to provide special education to children
• with disabilities for five consecutive years as a highly qualified elementary or secondary teacher.
• http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWeb/App/students/english/cancelperk.jsp?tab=repa...

3. TEACH Grant

• Grant applicants must agree to serve as a full-time special education teacher for four academic years at a high need school.
• http://www.aacte.org/Governmental_Relations/default.aspx

4. Pathway I

• Reimbursement program to recruit general educators into special education.
• Recipients must teach in Oklahoma as a highly qualified teacher.
• http://www.sde.state.ok.us

5. Pathway ll

• Reimbursement program available for current special education majors.
• Recipients must teach in Oklahoma as a highly qualified teacher.
• http://www.sde.state.ok.us

6. The Aspiring Educator - $1000.00

• Designed to further the education of individuals who are working towards a degree in Mild/Moderate Disabilities and Severe/Profound Disabilities. Must be a second semester junior, first semester senior, obtained a bachelor’s and enrolled in continuing education courses or enrolled in a state accredited master’s degree program in the field of Special Education or Speech Language Pathology.
• Application deadline June 30, 2008
• www.teachers-teachers.com/scholarship

7. Oklahoma Association on Higher Education and Disability Scholarship

• OK- AHEAD offers scholarship money to students with disabilities in post-
• Secondary Education. Applications must be postmarked before January 31 of the award year.
• http://www.OK-AHEAD.ORG

8. Tom and Mary Kate Aldridge Foundation Scholarship

• Scholarship available to Student Council of Exceptional Children officer who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and has a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher.
• Application available in October. Pick up in Chamber’s Library 315B.

9. UCO Foundation Presidential Partners Award – John and Eleanor Kirkpatrick Student

• Leadership Public Service Award
• Earned 9 hours of graduate credits at UCO and have made significant contributions to the campus through scholarship and leadership.
• Due in March 1. Pick up in Foundation Office.

10. University of Central Oklahoma Foundation – Emma Weaver Rodkey Endowed Dedicated Scholar Scholarship.

• Due in March.
• Graduate Students Only.