TEACH Early Childhood^® Wisconsin offers scholarships to early childhood educators to make credit-based education more affordable, improve teacher compensation, and increase early childhood educator retention. Since its inception in 1999, TEACH has made a resounding impact in early care and education (ECE) by awarding thousands of scholarships to more than 10,000 recipients. Scholarships support efforts to complete credit-based early childhood education coursework through the Wisconsin Technical College System, University of Wisconsin System, and private colleges.

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TEACH currently has a waitlist.

Note: Applications are added to the waitlist in the order received, along with all required documentation. Please submit your application as soon as possible to secure your place in line. You will be contacted when TEACH is ready to award your scholarship.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for and participate in the TEACH program, you must:

Work a minimum of 25 hours a week directly with children as a teacher, assistant teacher, director or assistant director in a licensed or YoungStar participating group child care program (OR) Work a minimum of 25 hours a week as a family child care provider or family child care employee in a licensed or certified family child care program.*
Have the support of your sponsoring program
Have a diploma from an approved high school**, or have earned a GED
Be employed by your sponsoring program for a minimum of 3 months
Live and/or work in Wisconsin
Plan to complete credit-based coursework at a Wisconsin-based college or university

*For part time programs and programs licensed exclusively to serve school-age children, call a TEACH counselor to determine eligibility.

**Some online high school diplomas are not approved. For information about approved high schools, call 1-800-783-9322