The UCT Charities Scholarship Program, funded by UCT Charities, provides scholarships to students and teachers seeking college degrees or certification to work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Recipients of financial assistance granted through the UCT Charities Scholarship Program must meet one or more of the following criteria:
Eligibility
- Be a teacher of people with intellectual disabilities who needs additional course work to be certified or to retain certification.
- Be an experienced teacher who wishes to become certified to teach people with intellectual disabilities.
- Have a bachelor’s or master’s degree and wish to pursue graduate work in special education with an emphasis on teaching people with intellectual disabilities.
- Be a college junior or senior whose undergraduate c ourse of study is special education specifically focusing on teaching people with intellectual disabilities.
- Be enrolled in courses to become a certified instructor under a structured trade, vocational or recreation program at a facility for people with intellectual disabilities.
- Be in the second year of a two-year associate’s degree program in an accredited school, with the course of study specifically focusing on teaching people with intellectual disabilities.
Application Submission
After receiving an application form, the applicant should answer all questions and return the completed application, along with other requested information, to UCT Charities at the above address. Applications are reviewed on a monthly basis. Applicants should allow two months for distribution of scholarship assistance.
In addition to completing the application, initial applicants must include a typed résumé of work experience in the field of special education with an emphasis on teaching people with intellectual disabilities
For decades, United Commercial Travelers (UCT) has been dedicated to helping people with intellectual disabilities. UCT Charities was established as a way to continue this important support, primarily by providing scholarships through the UCT Charities Scholarship Program to individuals pursuing college degrees or certification to teach persons with intellectual disabilities.