Mississippi IHL - Financial Aid - William Winter Alternative Route

Mississippi
Office of Student Financial Aid
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211-6453

Phone: 1-800-327-2980
(toll-free in Mississippi)
or at 601-432-6997.

The mission of the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid is to provide all qualified college and college-bound students with state-funded financial assistance, with a focus on Mississippi residents. In keeping with this mission, we have created one, easy to complete, application to enable student to apply for all state-funded scholarships, grants or loans.

Under the governance of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid is responsible for the administration of all state-funded financial aid programs, including grants, scholarships and loans. These funds provide assistance to Mississippi residents in pursuit of their educational and professional goals.

Mississippi Student Financial Aid

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Applicants Apply Here - Online Web Application

Award Amount	Frequently Asked Questions	Important Deadlines	New Applicants
Renewals	Supporting Documents	Teaching Commitment

William Winter Alternative Route Teacher Scholar Loan (WWAR). The program requirements listed below should not be considered as the only requirements for participation in this program.

Application Deadline: March 31^st

Available to the first-time applicant who:

Is a junior or senior student at a four year Mississippi college or university.

Is seeking a first bachelor's degree and plans to enroll in a program of study leading to an alternative route teacher license immediately after completing bachelor's degree.

Is a resident of Mississippi. Residency must be documented by submitting required residency documents.

Passes Praxis I (reading, writing, and math).

Agrees to employment immediately upon degree completion as a full-time classroom teacher in a public school in the State of Mississippi.

Enrolls full-time in undergraduate course work (minimum 12 undergraduate semester hours or 9 undergraduate trimester hours).

Has achieved a cumulative 2.5 grade point average on all college course work previously taken.

Completes the online web application and submits all support documents by the deadline.

Renewal and Continuing Eligibility Requirements: All continuing participants must:

Remain enrolled full-time in undergraduate course work(minimum 12 undergraduate semester hours or 9 undergraduate trimester hours).

Exhibit satisfactory academic progress as established by the institution throughout the normal time required to complete the Alternative Route teacher education program.

Achieve a minimum 2.5 grade point average each semester.

Successfully complete a minimum of 24 undergraduate credit hours each year.

Document that Praxis II has been passed after no more than three semesters of WWAR participation.

Renew the application each year by completing the online web application.

Teaching commitment: The loan to service obligation can be discharged on the basis of one year's service for one year of loan received. Teaching service is defined as being employed as a full-time classroom teacher in a Mississippi public school.

Service obligation deferment is not available for pursuing an advanced degree.

Applicants for WWAR should not apply for CNAR. Award Amount and Length of Eligibility: Junior and Senior participants are eligible to receive up to $4,000 per year. Eligible participants may continue to receive funds for the four (4) semesters.