Virginia Teach represents a partnership between the Virginia Tech Department of Mathematics, School of Education; Montgomery County and Roanoke City Public Schools; and New River, Southwest Virginia, and Virginia Western community colleges to increase the number and quality of new secondary school mathematics teachers. The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program has been developed to meet these goals.
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Applications are due April 16, 2018.
The Virginia Teach program provides scholarships to VT mathematics majors who complete the School of Education's teacher certification program. Sample plan of study
One-year scholarship awards of up to $12,500 help students fund their masters year in the VT Math Ed program. Graduates will leave with a Masters of Arts in Education, and Virginia state teaching licensure for secondary school mathematics.
Noyce scholarship recipients agree to teach for two years in a high-needs school for every one year they are funded by the scholarship. There are high-needs schools in nearly every county in the state. A list of eligible schools by district can be found here.
Scholars will also serve various leadership roles in the math education program, occasionally attending conferences, counseling peers about careers in teaching, and forming a community with other Noyce scholars.