Colorado Rural Student Teaching Stipend
Colorado Rural Student Teaching Stipend
Get up to $4,000 to help with the cost of student teaching in a rural Colorado school. This stipend supports future teachers who want to student teach and work in rural and small rural school districts in Colorado. This is offered by the Colorado Center for Rural Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education to help cover living and educational expenses during your student teaching semester.
Application Requirements
To be eligible for the CRTS, you must:
- Be enrolled in a teacher preparation program at one of the Colorado institutes of higher education.
- Be placed in a student teaching experience within a Colorado rural school district.
- Be willing to commit to pursuing a career as a full-time teacher in a Colorado rural or small rural school district after graduation and securing a Colorado teaching license.
- Committed to teach for two years in one of the rural school districts (especially small rural school districts with less than 1000 students) that are located 50 miles or more from major metropolitan areas and outside of the Front-Range region of Colorado.
- Have completed all requirements for their undergraduate degree and educator licensing program except the student teaching experience.
- Have an earned GPA (cumulative grade point average) of 2.75 out of 4.00 or above.
- Be committed to maintain communications with the Colorado Center of Rural Education staff during the student teaching period to share experiences, complete surveys, and provide a letter from the university student teaching supervisor verifying the student has successfully completed the student teaching requirement in a Colorado rural school district.
Selection and Award Process
If there are more applicants than available funding, recipients will be chosen through a random lottery. The awards will be divided by Colorado Department of Education region.