Scholarships are available annually from the California State PTA for continuing education use, including summer study, from January 1 through December 31.

Application: An application and reference form are located in the Toolkit, Forms 445-450. Applications and reference forms with letters must be received in the California State PTA office by close of business November 15. When November 15 falls on a weekend, applications are due in the State PTA office by close of business the following Monday. Postmarks will not be accepted

Qualifications: Scholarships are granted to credentialed teachers and counselors who were employed full time in the public schools in California during the preceding academic year, who have a minimum of three (3) years teaching/ counseling experience in public schools, who have a full-time teaching or counseling contract for the current year and who plan to continue as a teacher or counselor. Applicant must be a member of a PTA/PTSA unit in good standing and teach or have a counseling position at that PTA/PTSA school.

Selection: Recipients are selected by the California State PTA Scholarship and Grant Committee. Upon proof of enrollment, a check for the scholarship is sent to the recipients accredited college or university to be credited to the recipients account.

Scholarship Applications

Continuing Education Scholarship for Credentialed Teachers and Counselors