LLRTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PREPARES TO SELECT A CANDIDATE FOR ITS 2023 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM!
6/14/2023
Continue to check our LLRTA website for updated information.
The LLRTA's Teacher Education Scholarship supports aspiring teachers in Sangamon and Menard counties. In 2022, the Executive Board initiated a new approach, which aimed to provide long-term funding of the scholarship program.
Long-Term Funding Initiative Levels
- Sustaining Level: Contribution up to $150
- Loyalty Level: Contributions from $150-$250
- Memorial Level: Contributions from $250-$500
Eligibility questions to be considered by the applicant and Scholarship Committee
- Is the applicant in the last year of a college program?
- Has the applicant been accepted into a Teacher Education program?
- If the applicant is not participating in a Teacher Education program, then what is the rationale for selecting the applicant?
- Is the applicant a resident of Sangamon or Menard County?
From 2023: Congratulations to Katie Milhiser, recipient of our 2023 $1,000 Teacher Education Scholarship!
Katie attends Illinois College and plans to use the scholarship to pursue her goal of becoming a math teacher in middle or high school and eventually earn a Master's degree.
Information about the scholarship is available at the following locations:
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Springfield
- Illinois State University
- Western Illinois University
- Eastern Illinois University
- Illinois College
- Lincoln Land Community College