Dual Enrollment Instructor - Graduate School

Scholarship Details

The Jax State Dual Enrollment Faculty Scholarship is a competitive scholarship for high school teachers who have master’s degrees and who teach at a JSU Dual Enrollment Partner School. Applicants must:

Currently hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or foreign equivalent in an eligible General Education teaching field: biology, economics, English, fine arts, foreign language, history, mathematics, political science, psychology, science, social studies, or sociology, etc.
Currently teach in a high school that has a Dual Enrollment MOU with JSU and is in JSU’s service area as defined by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE): Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph, St. Clair, and Talladega counties. This partner high school must have a desire and commitment to offering in-person Dual Enrollment courses in the applicant’s discipline on their high school campus.
Have at least a GPA of 3.25 from the master’s degree and any subsequent graduate coursework.

Applicants will complete the following steps:

Have their Principal submit the Acknowledgement and Recommendation Form.
Have their Guidance Counselor submit the Acknowledgement and Recommendation Form.
Complete the Jax State Dual Enrollment Faculty Scholarship Application Form.
Apply for JSU Dual Enrollment Adjunct Faculty

Priority Deadline:

Applications submitted by March 1 will be given preference.

Criteria for Selection

The successful applicant will:

Receive favorable review in the JSU Dual Enrollment Adjunct Faculty review process.
Have a record of successful high school teaching in the discipline and show strong evidence of potential for successful college teaching in the discipline.
Show strong evidence of potential for success in JSU graduate classes in the discipline.
Be able to assist the high school partner school and JSU to meet the shortage of SACSCOC-qualified instructors in particular needed subject areas in general education.

Scholarship Award

The scholarship must be used for the specific graduate coursework listed in the award letter, approved by the Director and Coordinator of Dual Enrollment and the academic Department Head in the discipline, and must be completed within the timeframe, also specified in the letter. Scholarship awards will vary but may include graduate tuition and the General University Fee. Applicants awarded the scholarship will receive instructions on how they should apply to the JSU Graduate School and which program they should select in order to complete the specified coursework.