There are two basic types of assistance from the Troops to Teachers Office, referral/advisment assistance and financial assistance. Individuals receiving financial assistance must agree to teach in a high-needs district or school for three years.

ELIGIBILITY FOR COUNSELLING AND REFERRAL PROGRAM: Active duty personnel, who retired or separated with six or more years of service on or after 1 Oct 90, and current members of the Reserve or Guard with six or more years of creditable service towards retirement, may register for Referral and Placement Assistance and Services.

IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS: Participants planning to teach elementary or in an academic area must have a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an accredited instituion at the time of registration with Troops to Teachers. However, participants who plan to teach vocational or technical education must have the equivalent of one year of college (with six years of military experience in a vocational or technical field) or instead, meet state requirements for teaching vocational/technical education. In regards to service requirements, an individual is eligible to participate in the program only if the last period of military service was honorable.

ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Individuals best described by the following categories may apply for financial assistance. AD refers to individuals with active duty service, and RC, for reserve component or national guard. The codes before each category below will be used on your registration form.

AD-1 Retired from active duty.

AD-2 Active duty member with approved date of retirement and has one year or less remaining before retirement.

AD-3 Separated on or after 8 Jan 02 for physical disability. Must apply within four years after separation.

RC-1 Retired from the drilling reserves.

RC-2 Currently serving in the drilling reserves ith 10 or more years of creditable servie towards retirement and commit to serving an additional three years or until eligible for retirement.

RC-3 Drillling reservists separated due to a physical disability on or after 8 Jan 02. Must apply within four years after separation.

RC-4 Transitioning from active duty on or after 8 Jan 02, and have served six years on active duty immediately before separation, and commit to three years with a drilling reserve unit.

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****NOTE*** ARE YOU A TEACHER WITH AT LEAST 6 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE WITH THREE YEARS OF RESERVE TIME LEFT/OR A RETIREE??? HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR 365 DAYS? ******* If you fit this criteria, you may be eligible for the Troops To Teachers 10,000 bonus once you are rehired (we may be able to consider you a "first year" teacher again, thereby affording you the bonus if you have never heard of/ enrolled / OR USED TTT grant money before. Please contact Emily Siefken for more information This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . 3128147204.