School of Education

You must be a rising senior or ready to start a Master of Teaching program in the summer or fall of each year.

• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Comparable coursework or degree in STEM area as a junior to start Noyce senior year or as a graduating senior to start graduate school
• Satisfactory test scores on Praxis Subject Test: Content Knowledge
• Commit to teaching science or mathematics in a high-needs school district for two years for every year of funding received
• U.S. citizen or legal resident

1. Apply to a Master's of Teaching program in the School of Education.
2. Apply to the Noyce Scholarship and send letters of recommendation (via email to Elizabeth Edmondson, Ph.D., orto VCU Department of Teaching and Learning, Attention: NOYCE, 1015 West Main Street, P.O. Box 842020, Richmond, VA 23284-2020). Application deadline: Feb. 25.
3. Apply to the RTR program if interested.

• Receive funding of up to $28,000 toward VCU’s M.T. degree ($12,000 for senior year and $16,000 for MT program)
• Study in a high-quality educator preparation program focusing on preparing teachers for urban and rural, high needs schools
• Training in teaching strategies to adapt curriculum to meet the diverse needs of integrated classrooms
• Experience a year-long clinical experience in a high needs school under the guidance of highly-trained master teachers (Noyce Teaching Fellows) from our partner districts
• Receive ongoing mentor support from university faculty during the first two years of teaching

Local educational agencies that serve a secondary school located in an area with high percentages of:

• Individuals from families with incomes below the poverty line
• Secondary school educators not teaching in content areas they were trained to teach
• Teacher turnover