Southeastern Association of Education Opportunity Program Personnel

Professional Scholarship Competition

The Southeastern Association of Education Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP) is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Professional Scholarship competition.  TRIO professionals are invited to compete for the William Matthew Jackson Professional Development award for $1,000.  Applicants may be considered for additional scholarships if money becomes available.  Any award is to be used for educational expenses or to attend professional development.

Nominees MUST BE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THEIR STATE AND SAEOPP ASSOCIATIONS; (SAEOPP and state dues must be paid annually). 

Applicants will be judged and rated in the following categories:

SAEOPP Professional Scholarship

1. Essay (70 points total)
   1. Content - 50 points
   2. Grammar - 10 points
   3. Formatting - 10 points
2. Resume/Vita (10 points total)
   
   1. Employment in TRIO - 5 points
   2. Leadership/Mentoring/etc. - 5 points
3. Honors & awards received, Leadership, community/volunteer service and involvement in TRIO activities- 10 points
4. One recommendation letter- 10 points

NOTE: Paper applications will not be accepted.

Submission Deadline: DECEMBER 22, 2023 by 11:55 PM

Each application will be reviewed and rated by the Scholarship Committee (and SAEOPP Board of Directors, if necessary).  No applicant’s materials will be reviewed by a person from the same state.  Scholarship applications with a raw score of less than 80 will not be considered.

Applicants will be notified in writing of the results by the end of February. The names and schools of winners may be printed in an issue of the SAEOPP Sentinel. In addition, scholarship recipient’s essays may be published in the SAEOPP Sentinel.

If using this award for educational expenses, applicants MUST provide official verification of the most current semester enrollment, in order to receive the award.

If using this award for professional development, applicants MUST provide official verification that they have registered for a training session to occur 12 months after notification of receiving the award.

Award checks made payable to the applicant and will be initiated upon receipt of any requested documentation and forwarded to the designated mailing address.

• Part I: Information about the Applicant

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• Part II: Honors & Awards Received | Leadership, Volunteer Service, and Extracurricular Activities

Please list all Honors/Awards the Applicant has received:

You cannot exceed the space provided on this online form.

Please list all Leadership, Volunteer Service, Extracurricular Activities, and TRIO activities.

This includes leadership roles the applicant held; service projects, volunteer committees or programs; TRIO activities; or other activities the applicant participated in.

You cannot exceed the space provided on this online form.

Part III: Document Upload

 

Each successful scholarship application will have the following items uploaded in addition to the online scholarship application.  Do not attempt to submit an application until all items have been gathered and are ready to be uploaded in an electronic format (PDF, JPG, JPEG, or PNG; 200 dpi or greater; maximum file size is 10 MB per file). 

Required items are:

1. Letter of Recommendation 
2. Essay Formatted as described below

Recommendation Letters

Essay Topic for SAEOPP Professional Scholarship

Please describe in your own words:

• Explain how your professional development or current educational pursuits can help the TRIO movement and TRIO program participants. 

 

 

Style Guidelines for ALL essays:

• In the right header, type the your first initial and last name.
• In the left header, type the name of the award (the name of award for this applicant is SAEOPP Professional Scholarship.
• Essay should be between 400-500 words.  All essays should have a title.  Titles and information in the header do not contribute to the word count for the essay.
• Essay should be in Arial or Calibri fonts only, with a 12 pt size, and double (2.0) spacing with 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, right).

Scholarship Essay

Resume/Vita

Part IV: Certification of Approval from Applicant

I  am submitting a scholarship application for the SAEOPP Professional Scholarship.

By checking the box below, this will serve as my online signature.  I certify that I am currently employed in a TRIO Program in the SAEOPP region, and that I  am eligible to compete for this award.  

I certify that all information presented here is correct to the best of my knowledge, and the essay was written by myself, and is original, is not under obligation to, or currently being reviewed for consideration by, any other entity or individual. Further, I provide authorization to SAEOPP to reprint this essay in SAEOPP publications and to use in public relations activities. 

Before submitting this scholarship application, ensure that everything is submitted correctly and accurately.  

**Once an application has been submitted it cannot be amended.  You must submit another application to submit in its place, if you would like to ammend an application.  PLEASE NOTE - if multiple scholarships are submitted, only the most recent application will be accepted.**

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the SAEOPP Scholarship Chair Stehpehen Keene.

Stephen King