Applications available for PA Student Teacher Support Program

Student-teacher stipend to help ease teacher shortage across Pa.

Education leaders and state lawmakers are encouraging more people to enter the teaching profession through a student-teacher stipend program aimed at easing financial barriers amid ongoing staffing shortages across Pennsylvania.

Applications available for PA Student Teacher Support Program

The student application for the 2026-27 PA Student Teacher Support Program will be available starting in the afternoon on April 16 at pheaa.org/StudentTeacher.

Pennsylvania Student Teachers Now Eligible for $10,000 Stipends Under Expanded State Program

HARRISBURG, Pa. (EYT) — Student teachers across the Commonwealth can begin applying today for a $10,000 stipend through the PA Student Teacher Support Program. The program, which aims to bolster the educator workforce, provides stipends on a first-come, first-served basis to future educators during their required student teaching assignments. To qualify, recipients must commit to working as a teacher in Pennsylvania for at least three years. Add…