YES! T.E.A.C.H. will cover 95% of your tuition and book fees. Please be sure to submit the FCCH Provider Income Worksheet with your application.

Paid release time acknowledges the time commitment a T.E.A.C.H. recipient is making to your program; not only are they going to school but they are committing to stay employed in your program for a year after their contract is completed.

Additionally, T.E.A.C.H. will reimburse your program for release hours you provide at $15 an hour. If you provide the maximum release hours during the semester (36), T.E.A.C.H. will send your program a check for $540!

Use release time reimbursements to help with other T.E.A.C.H. related costs like the program’s portion of the tuition cost. It is up to you!

An essential component of most T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® scholarships is paid release time.
Because most T.E.A.C.H. scholarship recipients work full time and often have children of their own, paid release time helps balance responsibilities of going to school with their work and family obligations. Paid release time is defined as any paid time the sponsoring program gives the recipient to study, do homework, etc.

Continue exploring the FAQ to learn more about how to make this work for your program and how to collect reimbursement from T.E.A.C.H. for PRT.

T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education And Compensation Helps) Early Childhood® is a comprehensive national strategy helping address the need for a well-qualified, fairly compensated and stable workforce. T.E.A.C.H. is unlike any other scholarship opportunity. Strengthening the workforce benefits us all. Collaboration between all parties ensures dedication to educational attainment, confidence in skills and shows your staff you are willing to invest in them and their education. You are not only investing in your staff, but your program and the early childhood field as well.

When you invest in your staff, they invest in your program.

Once the contract is active, T.E.A.C.H. will send authorization to the college notifying them that T.E.A.C.H. should be billed directly for 90% of tuition and fees for that semester. T.E.A.C.H. will then pay this amount directly to the college. The college will then send an invoice for the remaining 10% of tuition to the sponsoring program. The program will submit payment for the 10% and will be responsible for collecting 5% from the employee. It is to your discretion to decide how you will collect the recipient’s portion.

Investment from each party involved results in success for the recipient as well as the sponsoring program. Developing this collaboration is a key component of this unique model, so it is a requirement of the scholarship. When you invest in your staff, they invest in your program. Employer outcomes can include increased retention and a more highly qualified workforce with strong ties to the field