DSEA Scholarships

Delawares professional educators - the 11,500 members of the Delaware State Education Association - are offering a scholarship of $1,000 per year for four years in order to help a future teacher enter today's most rewarding, critical, and challenging profession.

The Selection Committee will consider:

• class rank
• grade point average (as shown on a transcript of high school record through the end of senior year)
• SAT scores
• school activities for the past 4 years
• awards/honors
• career plans
• TWO letters of reference from the students teachers (these letters should expand upon the students activities and leadership record in high school, as well as the students personal traits, character and degree of initiative)

• Application forms have been sent to all high school counseling offices or you can print one out here.
• Applications and letters of reference should be sent or delivered to: DSEA Scholarship Task Force,136 East Water Street, Dover, DE 19901. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2010.
• On or about April 5, 2010, DSEA will notify the top five finalists, inviting them to participate in an interview and complete an essay (one-hour time limit) on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at DSEA headquarters in Dover.
• DSEA will announce the winner on or before April 26, 2010.
• DSEA will send the scholarship check to the winning student upon receipt of expenses incurred during each year of college.

The recipient is expected to pursue a four-year college degree leading to a Delaware teacher certificate and teach in a public school, preferably in Delaware. The recipient must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and provide an annual transcript showing proof of the student being an education major. The scholarship will be rescinded should the student change from an education major.

"I touch the future, I teach"