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), 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 works in partnership with the Pacific educational community to provide quality programs and products developed to promote educational excellence, including professional development and educational materials. 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 serves 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 Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
For additional information about this media release or PREL and its work please contact Jackie Burniske, Executive Director, Center for Information, Communications, and Technology by telephone at (808) 441-1300 or by email at burniskj@prel.org.
(Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008)