The Lila Jacobs Scholarship Fund
The Lila Jacobs Scholarship Fund was established to encourage a student to obtain a California teaching credential, or an administrative credential with the expressed goal of working in an urban school (K-12), with students from low-income, culturally/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible to receive this scholarship:
- must be in good academic standing;
- limited to students accepted or enrolled in the single-subject, multiple-subject, or administrative credential programs;
- financial need may be considered but is not required;
- must be enrolled at least half-time at the time of award
- Award
- $1,000.00
- Scopes
- College of Education
- Deadline
- 03/22/2024
- Supplemental Questions
- Submit a personal statement (typed, two-pages, double- spaced) to include: a. Reasons for pursuing a career in education b. Methods of financing your education and how you would use scholarship funds c. Future career objectives
- Submit a list of experiences related to working with children or youth beginning with the most recent. List dates, settings, student populations (age/grade level and diversity level), responsibilities, and supervision.
- Two letters of recommendation are required. Letters must be on letterhead and no older than one year from date of scholarship application submission, and should be relevant to your educational endeavors (please scan letters together in one document, as the program only allows you to download one document).