PITAAS Scholarship
PITAAS is a teacher preparation program for Alaska Natives at the University of Alaska Southeast. PITAAS is funded by a grant from USDOE. PITAAS scholarship award levels vary from year to year depending on funding availability. (The average award during fall semester 2005 was $4,250.)
Target Population
- Alaska Native High School Graduates from Southeast Alaska School Districts;
- Alaska Native Candidates for the Master’s of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program;
- Alaska Native Candidates in the Education Leadership Program at UAS;
- Alaska Native Tlingit and Haida Head Start Employees.
Eligibility
Applicants MUST
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be Alaska Native;
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be residents of Southeast Alaska (statewide is OK for MAT and Ed Leadership candidates);
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be admitted to an Education degree program at UAS.