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DOE Updates
Call for Applications: Paid Internship Scholarship for Aspiring Virginia Educators
Audience: Institutions of Higher Education
Contact: Shawna LeBlond, Director of Apprenticeships, Shawna.LeBlond@doe.virginia.gov.
The VDOE is pleased to accept applications for the 2024 summer and fall semester for the Paid Internship Scholarship for Aspiring Virginia Educators.
Subject to available funding, this internship scholarship is for teacher or school counselor candidates enrolled in an approved education program at an accredited Virginia public or private four-year institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. Candidates must:
(i) be enrolled full-time or part-time in an approved undergraduate or graduate education program or are participants in another approved education program such as school counseling,
(ii) be nominated by the institution where they are enrolled,
(iii) completing their final semester culminating clinical experience, such as an internship or student teaching experience.
Institutions may nominate up to two deserving students and will be asked to give preference to students facing significant barriers, including those who demonstrate financial need and/or first-generation college students and those seeking endorsement in top critical shortage areas in Virginia. Individual scholarship awards of up to $15,000 may be awarded for the semester.
Once an institution has identified up to two nominees per semester, the nominees must complete and return the application to the designated dean/chair, director or other authorized designee of the teacher education program in accordance with the procedures and deadlines established by the student’s home institution. Applications for the spring 2024 semester will be accepted through the Single Sign-on for Web Systems (SSWS) drop box feature until 4 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Toolkits from Virginia ABC Community Health and EngagementVirginia ABC Community Health and Engagement offers free toolkits to aid prevention events and efforts on a variety of topics. The Being Outstanding Leaders Together Against Drugs and Alcohol (BOLT) program offers free online trainings and resources to increase the capacity of middle school prevention professionals as they work to reduce youth substance use among their students. BOLT materials support middle school prevention activities including in-classroom curriculum instruction and participation in substance use awareness weeks.
