2007 Lehman Logos Office of Graduate Studies Phone: 718-960-8972 Shuster Hall, Room 279 http://www.lehman.edu/lehman/grad-studies/ 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West graduate.studies@lehman.cuny.edu Bronx, NY 10468 GRADUATE TEACH GRANT FACT SHEET What is the TEACH Grant Program? The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant (TEACH Grant) Program is a federal program that provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to graduate students. Recipients must agree to fulfill a service obligation as a full-time teacher in a high-need field, at a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income families (federal Title I designated neighborhoods).* What is a “High-Need Field”? “High-need field” refers to instructional subject areas for which there are teacher shortages. The TEACH Grant Program (TG) is intended to support the training of students to address the teacher shortages of certain federally defined instructional subject areas. The following Lehman College programs prepare students for teacher certification in those federally designated subject areas. . (13.0201) Bilingual Education . (13.1302) Elementary Education (grades 1-6) . (13.1210) Early Childhood Education (birth-grade 2) . (13.1330) Foreign Language Education (Spanish) . (13.1315) Literacy Studies . (13.1311) Mathematics Education . (13.1316) Science Education . (13.1015) Special Education: Early Childhood (birth-grade 2) . (13.1017) Special Education: Childhood (grades 1-6) . (13.1019) Special Education: Adolescent (grades 7-12) . (13.1401) TESOL . (13.1302) Art Teacher Education . (13.1305) English/Language Arts Teacher Program . (13.1307) Health Teacher Education What are the TEACH Grant Program’s Eligibility Requirements? . Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen. . Complete online TEACH Grant Entrance Counseling* and an Agreement to Serve (ATS)*contract. . Complete the current year’s FAFSA* federal financial aid application. . Be a matriculated graduate student in one of Lehman College’s federally designated high-need teacher education programs. . Achieve and maintain a cumulative undergraduate and graduate GPA of at least 3.25 or submit proof of scoring above the 75th percentile on a national college admissions test (SAT, ACT, LSAT, GRE, MCAT, GMAT, DAT). . Master Degree applicants, who are retired teachers with certification in a high-need field or who are current teachers in a high need field, are exempt from the GPA and national admissions test requirements. . Enroll for coursework necessary for a teaching career in a high-need instructional area. How is the Service Obligation Completed? To complete the service obligation, recipients must teach for at least four (4) academic years within eight (8) calendar years of completing their program of study. Such service must be rendered as a fully certified teacher. Failure to complete the service obligation will cause all received TEACH Grant funds to be converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. Such a loan would have to be repaid to the U.S. Department of Education with interest accrued from the date of each TEACH Grant disbursement. How do I get admitted to the TEACH Grant Program? 1. Be in compliance with the above TEACH Grant Program eligibility requirements. 2. Fill out and submit a Lehman College TEACH Grant Application to the Lehman College Graduate Studies Office, Shuster Hall, room 279. 3. Submit official academic transcripts of all previous college work to the Graduate Studies Office. 4. Seek departmental advice and select courses leading to certification in the selected subject area. Additional information Graduate Studies: graduate.studies@lehman.cuny.edu or 718-960-8972 Financial Aid Office: financial.aid@lehman.cuny.edu or 718-960-8545 Academic Program Advisors Education Program Advisor/Professor Telephone # Room # Email Address Bilingual Education Joye Smith Cecilia Cutler 718-960-7242 718-960-8896 CA-B29G Joye.smith@lehman.cuny.edu Cecelia.cutler@lehman.cuny.edu Bilingual Special Education Sheila Blachman 347-577-4081 CA-B48 Sheila.blachman@lehman.cuny.edu Elementary Education Andrea Zakin Anne Marie Marshall 718-960-8198 718-960-8513 CA-B52 CA-B49 Andrea.zakin@lehman.cuny.edu Anne.marshall@lehman.cuny.edu Early Childhood Education Cecilia Espinosa Michele Washington 718-960-8915 718-960-8369 CA-B51 CA-B47 cecilia.espinosa@lehman.cuny.edu Michele.washington@lehman.cuny.edu Foreign Language Education Immaculee Harushimana Beatriz Lado 718-960-8455 718-960-8277 CA-B29F CA-270 Immaculee.harushimana@lehman.cuny.edu Beatriz.lado@lehman.cuny.edu Literacy Studies Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio 718-960-7205 CA-B17A limor.pinhasi-vittorio@lehman.cuny.edu Mathematics Education Orlando Alonso Serigne Gningue 718-960-1174 718-960-8262 CA-B29K CA-B29D orlando.alonso@lehman.cuny.edu serigne.gningue@lehman.cuny.edu Science Education Wesley Pitts Gillian Baynes 718-960-6097 718-960-2486 CA-232 wesley.pitts@lehman.cuny.edu Special Education: (Childhood & Adolescent) Barbara Gottlieb 718-960-8183 CA-B01E barbara.gottlieb@lehman.cuny.edu Special Education (Early Childhood) Danielle Magaldi-Dopman 718-960-4042 CA-B19 danielle.magaldidopman@lehman.cuny.edu TESOL Joye Smith Ceceilia Cutler 718-960-7242 718-960-8896 CA-B29G Joye.smith@lehman.cuny.edu Cecelia.cutler@lehman.cuny.edu Art Teacher Education Andrea Zakin 718-960-8198 CA-B52 Andrea.zakin@lehman.cuny.edu English/Language Arts Teacher Program Amanda Gulla 718-960-5747 CA-B29A Amanda.gulla@lehman.cuny.edu Health Teacher Education Lisa Fusco 718-960-8085 GI-336 Lisa.fusco@lehman.cuny.edu Important websites: Frequently Asked Questions: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/teach TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve Contract and Entrance Counseling: https://studentaid.gov/app/launchTeach.action FAFSA application: www.FAFSA.ed.gov US Department of Education Teacher Shortage list: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.html#list Lehman College financial aid website: http://www.lehman.edu/financial-aid/index.php Scholarship Searches: www.fastweb.com