The Teacher Shortage Employment Incentive Program (TSEIP) is a legislative
program administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The program reimburses eligible student loan expenses or pays an equivalent cash
benefit to individuals who graduate from an Oklahoma accredited teacher
education program, receive teaching certification in math or science, and
agree to teach in an Oklahoma public secondary school for at least five
years.
Participants must:
- Complete the TSEIP Participation Agreement than the date of their graduation. The agreement form can be obtained from the TSEIP coordinator at each postsecondary institution.
- Be responsible for the completeness of the application.
- Declare an intention to teach in Oklahoma and graduate
from an Oklahoma accredited teacher education program.
- Maintain satisfactory
progress in an academic program leading to an undergraduate or graduate
degree in math or science education.
- Complete an approved program of
professional teacher education that includes a student teaching requirement
that leads to a certificate to teach math or science at the secondary level.
(Alternative or emergency certificates do not qualify.)
- Be employed
to teach either science or math at least 75 percent of the time within
16 months of graduating from an accredited university.
- Complete
the first full year of eligible full-time teaching service within 25 months
of graduation date from a four-year college or university.
For more information about the program, contact the education department
at your college or university or contact the State Regents Teacher
Recruitment Program, Saeed Sarani, ssarani@osrhe.edu,
405.225.9192 (Oklahoma City area) or 800.858.1840 (toll-free).
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