Individuals who borrowed to help pay for their college degree may qualify
for teacher loan forgiveness through the Department of Education.
Individuals who borrowed to help pay for their college degree may qualify
for teacher loan forgiveness through the Department of Education.
Not exact matches
If you're an AmeriCorps Program volunteer, a period of teaching that qualifies you
for a benefit
through the AmeriCorps Program can not be counted toward the required five consecutive years of teaching
for the
Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
Underwriting the cost of
teacher preparation
through service scholarships and
loan forgiveness in exchange
for a commitment to teach in high - need schools or subject areas, typically
for at least 4 years.
The Education Corps is designed to provide tutoring and after - school support but not necessarily to train future
teachers.92 The VISTA program matches corps members with a nonprofit organization to perform capacity building and provides yearlong stipends, but it is not intended
for provision of direct services.93 The Professional Corps, which specifies teaching as one of its qualified positions, allows participants to access Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards — which recipients can use either
for loan forgiveness or
for paying tuition and other qualifying educational expenses — but increases residency program costs because residents are prohibited from receiving stipends
through AmeriCorps and must therefore be paid
through their program or the school district.94 None of these programs were designed
for supported entry specifically; thus, programs dedicated to providing a gradual on - ramp to the teaching profession can sometimes find it hard to meet their definitions and requirements.
Any time you spent teaching to receive benefits
through AmeriCorps can not be counted toward your required five years of teaching
for Teacher Loan Forgiveness.
As a
teacher in a low - income urban school district, if I refinance / consolidate my
loans through sofiu, would I lose the ability to get
loan forgiveness for working in the public sector?