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MI Future Educator Stipend

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MI Future Educator Stipend

The MI Future Educator Stipend provides $9,600 to our future educators who are participating in their required student teaching semester.

Eligibility Requirements:

To be eligible, the student must:

  • Be admitted in an eligible Educator Preparation Program (EPP) approved by Michigan's State Board of Education.
  • Be working towards teacher certification.
  • Be participating full-time in a required student teaching experience, in a Michigan public school or public-school academy, meeting one of the following parameters:
    • Full-time enrollment in required student teaching coursework.
    • 300 or more student contact hours while student teaching.
  • Meet institution’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy.
  • Not be employed by the district as a "Teacher of Record".
    • “Teacher of Record” is defined in the 2023-24 MDE Pupil Accounting Manual as “the certificated teacher who provides instruction, gives tests and quizzes, evaluates the pupil’s performance and gives the pupil a grade.” Michigan Department of Education considers a ‘certificated teacher’ to be a person who has a valid certificate or permit. If the student teacher is working under a substitute teacher permit AND is providing instruction, giving tests and quizzes, evaluating the pupils’ performance and issuing grades, the student teacher would not qualify for a MI Future Educator Stipend.
  • Not received the MI Future Educator Student Teacher Stipend before, unless your program specifically requires more than one semester of student teaching.

Ready to apply? Follow these steps:

  • Create an account on the MiSSG Student Portal.
  • All applicants must complete the 2024-25 application by July 1, 2025.
  • 2024-25 Award Year
    • Fall 2024 student teachers should apply on or after May 1, 2024.
    • Spring 2025 student teachers should apply on or after November 1, 2024.
    • Summer 2025 student teachers should apply on or after April 1, 2025

Apply Now

Already applied? These are the next steps in the process:

  • Institutions will be contacted to certify student eligibility.
  • Payments are made to the institution or school district.
  • Processing for 2024-25 will begin September 1, 2024.

MI Future Educator Stipend Full Process

Program Limits

Students are limited to one MI Future Educator Stipend, unless their Educator Preparation Program (EPP) specifically requires they complete more than one semester/term of student teaching in order to become a certified teacher. MI Future Educator Stipend is available on a first-come first-served basis. Current and future awards are subject to approved and available funding.

Participating Institutions

Michigan public degree-granting community college, public university; or Michigan private or independent, degree-granting non-profit institution who offer an Educator Preparation Program (EPP) approved by Michigan’s State Board of Education.

Award Amount

Award amount is up to $9,600 per semester for the applicant’s full-time, required student teaching semester. Award amount is not to be counted towards regular financial aid eligibility. Institutions are to pay the student teacher the award amount in full.

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Public Act 120 of 2024