Stipend Applications
Learners are encouraged to apply for their stipend as early as possible. Once available, the stipend application can be completed at any time throughout the course of the program. Please refer to the stipend application pages below to check the guidelines to see if you are eligible to receive a stipend and apply.
For most stipend applications, you will need to have relevant information on hand, including address, social security number, personal and Flamingo Learning emails, DCF number, Genius Learner ID, and some stipends require a recent paystub.
A reminder for all Literacy Micro-Credential applicants that, at this time, stipends are only available for Literacy Micro-Credential programs officially ending between July 1, 2024, and October 8, 2024. Literacy Micro-Credential applications for these programs closed for new submissions at midnight on October 22, 2024. Applications will be reviewed in the order they were received. Stipends are dependent upon budget availability.
Stipend details for Literacy Micro-Credentials after October 23, 2024 and Literacy Matrix completions regarding availability and eligibility are still being finalized and information to apply for these stipends is coming soon.
Stipend Applications
Course completions between July 1, 2024, and October 29, 2024.
The stipend application deadline for courses completions between July 1, 2024, and October 15, 2024 (including courses extended to complete on October 22, 2024 or October 29, 2024 due to hurricane impacts) has been extended.
Current Stipend deadlines:
- Literacy Micro-Credential stipends applications closed at midnight, October 22, 2024.
- Flamingo Early Learning stipend applications will close at midnight November 30, 2024.
Child Care Personnel & Prekindergarten Instructors Micro-Credentials
$2,000 completion stipend for eligible early child care personnel and early learning instructional staff.
Eligible programs:
Emergent Micro-Credential
Elementary Micro-Credential
K-12 Instructional Personnel
Micro-Credentials
$1,000 completion stipend for eligible K-12 instructional personnel.
Eligible programs:
Elementary Micro-Credential
Secondary Micro-Credential
Literacy Matrix Competency 1
Flamingo Early Learning
Fall 2024
$150.00 completion stipend for eligible participants.
Eligible programs:
Infant-Toddler Courses,
Preschool Courses, and
Leadership Courses within
Flamingo Early Learning
Course completions after October 9, 2024 – coming soon!
Child Care, PreK & K-12 Instructional Personnel
$1,000 completion stipend for eligible birth through K-12 instructional personnel.
Eligible programs:
Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential
Elementary Literacy Micro-Credential
Secondary Literacy Micro-Credential
Literacy Matrix Competency 1
K-12 Instructional Personnel
Literacy Matrix
$2,000 completion stipend for eligible K-12 instructional personnel.
Eligible programs:
Literacy Matrix Competencies 2-5
K-12 Instructional Personnel FCRR (Reading Endorsement)
$3,000 completion stipend for eligible K-12 instructional personnel.
Eligible programs:
The Reading Foundations and Evidence-Based Instructional Practices Pathway delivered face-to-face through Literacy Cadre Trainers
(FCRR Reading Endorsement)
Stipends Programs
Through partnerships with the Florida Department of Education and the Division of Early Learning, the UF Lastinger Center for Learning is able to offer on-demand and in-person professional learning opportunities for educators from birth through twelfth grade at no cost to the participants, as well as provide completion stipends to recognize mastery of content that supports elevating their practice and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
The stipends programs have already helped thousands of educators, and our list of available stipend programs continues to grow. We currently offer several stipend programs that target education across age ranges and subjects.
Stipend Programs
Emergent Literacy
Micro-Credential
Build emergent literacy knowledge and skills with high-quality content.
Elementary Literacy
Micro-Credential
Identify literacy difficulties from prekindergarten to fifth grade and develop skills to apply and engage in evidence-based practices.
Secondary Literacy
Micro-Credential
Identify literacy difficulties from sixth to twelfth grade and develop skills to apply and engage in evidence-based practices.
Literacy Matrix
Online professional development covering evidence-based reading instruction.
Questions?
Email | stipends@coe.ufl.edu
Phone | 352.392.2460
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