Scholarships
Florida Fund for Minority Teachers
The Florida Fund for Minority Teachers (FFMT) for baccalaureate-seeking students is a collaborative performance-based scholarship program for African American, Hispanic American, Asian-American, and Native American students in teacher education programs. The minority teacher education scholars program provides an annual scholarship. For more information, contact your professor. This grant requires a commitment to teaching equal to the number of years that the grant is received.
T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship
Florida TEACH grants are available for Early Childhood students. This grant is offered through the Children’s Forum to students who are employed at early childhood centers. To be eligible, students must obtain the approval of their employers for release time to complete courses. For each year that monies are received through the grant, there is a one-year commitment to remain and teach at that center.
Federal TEACH grants are available for baccalaureate students by contacting the Financial Aid Office at your campus. This grant requires a commitment of years teaching in a Title I school in a critical shortage area that corresponds to the number of years that the students receives the grant. Grants of up to $4,000 per year are awarded. If the teaching commitment is not fulfilled, the grant reverts to a loan that the student must repay.
Kick-Start Your Career is aimed at helping individuals who are unemployed to retool and retrain in a high-demand field.
This scholarship is available for new and returning students. To qualify for the scholarship, you must:
- Have a high school diploma or equivalency
- Apply to MDC
- Provide proof of Florida residency
- Commit to completing the College Credit Certificate (CCC) in the time described
- You must have computer proficiency.
