Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) announces its acceptance of applications for the annual Pacific Teacher Scholarships. PREL created the scholarship fund in 2004 in an effort to increase the number of qualified teachers working in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific. Twenty-three aspiring teachers in the region have already been awarded scholarships.
Scholarships ranging in amounts from $750 to $1,000 are awarded to students who will be in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of study in an accredited teacher preparation program. Applicants must reside in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), or the Republic of Palau, and intend to teach in a public school in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific.
To apply for a Pacific Teacher Scholarship for the 2008–2009 school year, contact your local PREL service center or visit PREL’s Pacific Teacher Scholarship webpage where the application form and instructions on how to apply are listed. All application materials must be received at your local PREL service center or the Honolulu office by April 1, 2008.
PREL is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation that serves the educational community in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific, the continental United States, and countries throughout the world. PREL bridges the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation. In addition, PREL administers the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Pacific, 1 of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories funded through the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. With a commitment to ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to develop a strong academic foundation, regardless of circumstances or geographic location, PREL has service centers in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai‘i, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
For additional information about this media release or PREL and its work, please contact Javier Elizondo, Director of Communications, by telephone at (808) 441-1300 or by email at elizondoj@prel.org, or visit our website at www.prel.org.
(Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008)