"Your investing in young children’s teacher’s training will allow families and communities to grow stronger and better prepared to succeed in competitive global economy and accept responsibilities of good citizenship."
Nelson Merchan Cely
President of Hispanics in Action, Inc.
"You provide the kind opportunity that allows us to provide a safe and secure educational foundation for the young ones to be successful in the future."
Bijal Patel
T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship Recipient
"As a whole our industry is raising the level of high quality by being able to employ more staff with credentials because the pool we have to employ from. It is growing because of the scholarship opportunities available to them."
Nancy Ryan
Director of the Gingerbread House
"Each semester I speak with hundreds of students who are able to continue their education as a result of the T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship. T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships are making it possible for them to pursue the dream of a lifetime."
Dr. Maureen O’Neil
Associate Professor, Tallahassee Community College
"I am so grateful for the opportunity that your agency has given me to continue in the early childhood development career that I wrote a letter to the senator, governor, and house of representatives acknowledging this opportunity and to also keep this scholarship program available."
Ana Ayala Torres
T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship Recipient
"The T.E.A.C.H. program is an excellent program that is helping many early childhood educators get a better education in order to better serve the children in their communities. I am very thankful for the opportunity that T.E.A.C.H. and the child care center has given me to get my AS degree in Early Childhood Education. I could not have been able to go back to school without this scholarship."
Jessica Alexander
T.E.A.C.H. Scholarship Recipient