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College Scholarships
The Early Learning
Coalition of Manatee County has a college
scholarship program to help support early childhood
practitioners in their commitment to continue their
formal education. This particular scholarship
program is designed to support those students who
would like to complete a specific program through
the State College of Florida (formerly MCC). Those
programs currently include: the FCCPC, the
Director’s Credential, or an Associate’s degree.
Minimum Requirements
In order to
be a candidate for this scholarship program, early
childhood practitioners must:
- Be a resident of the state of
Florida.
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- Be considered “direct instructional
staff” by working with children in the
capacity of teacher (either lead or
secondary/assistant) or director.
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- Have a signed
School Readiness Agreement with the
ELC-Manatee (between the early education
site and the ELC-Manatee), and also have
School Readiness students that are
currently enrolled at their site.
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- Be working 20+
hours a week in a permanent
(non-substitute) position.
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- Have worked at
the site for 90 days.
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How Do I Apply?
1) If you
meet the minimum scholarship requirements listed
above, complete an
ELC College Scholarship Application and
FERPA Third Party Release form.
2) Hand-deliver or mail the completed application and
FERPA Third Party Release form to the ELC by the
deadline indicated.
IMPORTANT:
We must have your original signature on the FERPA
Third Party Release form. Please do not send by
email or fax.
If you are
accepted into the scholarship program, a letter will
be sent to you officially informing you that you are
a recipient of the ELC College Scholarship.
ELC College
Scholarships are intended for early childhood
college courses, therefore you will be responsible
for costs related to parking permits and other
incidentals. However, the ELC has a
Textbook Loan
Program in which early childhood credit course books
are available for check out each semester, so you
may not incur costs for books.
Other Important Things to
Know
- The ELC will
pay for the following maximum number of
3-credit hour classes per
semester:
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2 classes |
For students
pursuing their Associate’s
degree |
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3 classes |
For students
pursuing their
FCCPC |
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3 classes |
For students
pursuing their Director’s
Credential |
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- Once the ELC
agrees to accept a student for
scholarship, the ELC agrees to see that
student through the completion of their
program track (FCCPC or Director’s
Credential or Associate’s degree),
provided funding is available and
provided the student receives a
grade of C or better in their
college coursework.
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- Students will
be dropped from the scholarship program
who receive no credit for a course taken
with ELC Scholarship funds two times
within a program track. This may be from
either receiving a non-passing grade (D
or F) or
withdrawing from a class, or
both. Dropping a course with a refund
will not count against a student.
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- If a student
is dropped from the scholarship program,
s/he will be expected to pay for a class
on his/her own and receive a grade of C
or better, before being permitted to
reapply for the ELC Scholarship program.
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- The ELC can
not, at this time, pay for remediation
courses or general education courses. A
scholarship recipient must have a
declared major of Early Childhood
Education. The ELC will only pay for
education courses that fulfill
requirements of this major, or a
particular program track such as FCCPC
or Director’s Credential. In other
words, we cannot pay for general
education classes such as Math 101 or
Computers 102, etc.
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- Students
will need to reapply for ELC Scholarship funds prior
to the beginning of each semester. (The
re-application form is much shorter than the
original application.)
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Certain
funds are earmarked and spread out for use
throughout the year. So, this fund operates under a
first come, first served basis each semester.
Meeting deadline requirements will greatly improve
your chance of being first in line and therefore you
will have a better chance of being selected.
The ELC has placed a cap on the number of students
who can be accepted into the scholarship program,
from each child care site, per semester.
The ratios
are as follows:
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1-10 direct
instructional staff on site |
No more than 2 people per
semester accepted into
scholarship program. |
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11-15 direct
instructional staff on site |
No more than 3 people per
semester accepted into
scholarship program. |
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16+ direct
instructional staff on site |
No more than 4 people per
semester accepted into
scholarship program. |
* These
numbers are based on “Dedicated Direct Instructional
Staff” (teachers and directors who are permanent
staff members and work more than 20 hours per week).
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Deadlines
for the Fall 2010 Semester
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2010 |
| July 19 |
New applications for SCF Scholarship due
to ELC |
| August 9 |
All class schedules and schedule bills
due to ELC |
| August 23 |
Fall 2010 classes begin |
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Spring 2011 |
| November 29 |
New applications for SCF Scholarship due
to ELC |
| December 20 |
All class schedules and schedule bills
due to ELC |
| January 10 |
Spring 2011 classes begin |
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Summer 2011 |
| April 4 |
New applications for SCF Scholarship due
to ELC |
| April 25 |
All class schedules and schedule bills
due to ELC |
| May 10 |
Summer A & C 2010 classes begin |
| June 22 |
Summer B 2010 classes begin |
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The ELC
looks forward to supporting you in your endeavors to
continue your education and apply the knowledge you
have learned towards the education of your young
students!
If you are interested in our
College Scholarships or have any questions about the
program, please call the Early Learning Coalition at
(941) 757-2900 extension 250 or submit an
electronic request for information.
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