HOPE Teacher Scholarship

Hope Teacher Scholarship loans are for graduate students in critical shortage fields. Information on these service-cancelable loans is available from the Georgia Student Finance Commission. (http://www.gsfc.org/GSFA/SCL/dsp_teacher_scholarship.cfm)

Applications are available on line from the above web site, normally in late May or early June. Students receiving this scholarship are normally reimbursed for summer school expenses, and receive financial aid allocations in fall and winter.

Applicants should be aware that:
They must be regularly, not provisionally, accepted into graduate school to be eligible.
They must be fully admitted to teacher education if they are seeking an initial certificate along with the master’s degree.

HOPE is available only for a degree, not for a certification program without a degree.
We must certify the number of hours required for program completion. That means you must have a complete program of study, so see your advisor to obtain a copy before you turn in the HOPE application.

Ms. Chris Parker (706 864-1852) coordinates the HOPE application process with financial aid. You turn your forms in to her first, she completes the portion required of Teacher Education and she forwards them to Financial