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The Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) is committed to supporting a diverse and talented cohort of teaching candidates. Stanford has established two initiatives to support the cost of education for STEP students. These are the Dorothy Durfee Avery Loan Forgiveness Program and STEP tuition fellowships that are offered to over 90% of incoming STEP students. Combined with a variety of federal loan forgiveness programs, including the new federal TEACH Grant, many teacher candidates are able to attend STEP free of cost while receiving a living stipend while in the program.

The Dorothy Durfee Avery Loan Forgiveness Program
A Stanford forgiveable loan is available to STEP students via the Dorothy Durfee Avery Loan Forgiveness Program if the students apply and are eligible for the federal Perkins loan. 

After completion of STEP, students must work in a public school or an underserved private school in the United States.  The student never has to make payments on the loan as long as she or he is teaching in an eligible school.  After two years of eligible teaching half of the loan is forgiven and after four years the remainder is forgiven. For more information, click here.

The Leonore Annenberg National Teaching Fellowship at Stanford  - Brochure
This new fellowship will award several fellowships to STEP students, up to $30,000 per fellowship, in exchange for agreement by the Fellows to teach in a high-need secondary school for at least three years.  The program was made possible through a grant from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and funded by the Annenberg Foundation and teh Carnegie Corporation of New York. No separate application process is necessary; all applicants to STEP-Secondary will be considered for this fellowship.

• If you are still enrolled in a degree program or are a very recent graduate, please include, as one of your recommendations, a letter from at least one faculty member in your major content area who can comment on your academic ability.
• If you have been employed over the past several years and are not able to request a faculty recommendation, please include, as one of your recommendations, a letter from a professional colleague who can comment on your skills/knowledge in your specialty field.

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STEP Tuition Fellowships
STEP offers up to $20,000 in tuition fellowships to eligible students.  Approximately 97% of teacher candidates are receiving STEP fellowships in 2008-2009 ranging from $500 to $20,000 per student.

Applicants who are interested in being considered for a STEP tuition fellowship must complete the Fellowship section on the STEP supplemental form as part of the online admission application.  Most awards are granted on a combination of need and merit. Admitted applicants are notified of their fellowship award at the time admission decisions are made.

Out-of-state applicants who are admitted and enroll in STEP will receive $400 towards their Stanford tuition to offset travel expenses to California to take the CSET before or on March 13, 2010.  
Eligibility for this travel fellowship is need-based, as determined by the financial aid applications (FAFSA and Stanford Graduate Financial Aid Application) which admits who file for aid submit to the Financial Aid Office.  Applicants must register by March 2, 2010 if they wish to take the test on March 13, 2010.

To receive this travel fellowship, a request must be made in writing to Kristen Babineau at kbabineau@stanford.edu.