TALB Scholarships

The TALB Scholarship Foundation offers a scholarship program featuring three different awards. 

TALB Outstanding Student Scholarship Award
For children or dependents of TALB members, this award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the areas of academics, leadership, and civic engagement. Recipients are well-rounded individuals that demonstrate a notable capacity for learning and service to others.
Up to two recipients will be awarded $1,000 each and up to ten runners-up will be awarded $200 each.

TALB Career Advancement Scholarship Award
For TALB Bargaining Unit Members, this award recognizes educators pursuing higher education in order to grow one’s capacity as an effective educator. Recipients are current members that demonstrate a notable desire to grow as a more effective educator.
One recipient will be awarded $1,000 and up to two runners-up will be awarded $300 each.

TALB Future Educators Scholarship Award
This award recognizes the importance of new people entering the education profession. Recipients are college students or newly hired teachers that demonstrate a notable capacity for teaching. One recipient will be awarded $1,000 and up to two runners-up will be awarded $200 each.


All applications for 2024 TALB Scholarships must be received at the TALB offices by 4:30pm on Friday, April 26th

Download Instructions and Applications Here


TALB Outstanding Student Scholarship
$1,000 each awarded to two recipients.
$200 each awarded to up to ten runner-ups.
For children or dependents of TALB members.

The TALB Outstanding Student Scholarship Award is given by the TALB Scholarship Foundation to recognize outstanding student achievement in the areas of academics, leadership, and civic engagement. Recipients are well-rounded individuals that demonstrate a notable capacity for learning and service to others.

Eligibility Criteria – both of the options below:

  • Child or dependent of a TALB member.
  • High School senior or enrolled (or expected enrollment) in a college, university or trade school, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.

 Application Requirements:

  • Standard Contact Info, 2 Letters of Recommendation, Official Transcripts
  • Background summary of achievements and experience.
  • Perspectives essay.
  • Statement of educational goals.

Total Possible Disbursements:  $4,000


TALB Career Advancement Scholarship
$1,000 awarded to one recipient.
$300 each awarded to up to two runner-ups.
For TALB Bargaining Unit Members.

The TALB Career Advancement Scholarship Award is given by the TALB Scholarship Foundation to recognize the value of educators pursuing higher education in order to grow one’s capacity as an effective educator.  Recipients are current teachers that demonstrate a notable desire to grow as a more effective educator.

Eligibility Criteria – one of the options below:

  • Currently enrolled in a university and in an education-related major or degree program geared towards preparing future teachers, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above, and intends on applying as a teacher in Long Beach Unified School District.
  • Newly hired teachers in LBUSD that recently graduated from a university.

Application Requirements:

  • Standard Contact Info, 2 Letters of Recommendation, Official Transcripts
  • Autobiographical essay.
  • Career Aspirations essay.


TALB Future Educators Scholarship
$1,000 awarded to one recipient.
$200 each awarded to up to two runner-ups.

The TALB Future Educators Scholarship Award recognizes the importance of new people entering the education profession. Recipients are college students or newly hired teachers that demonstrate a notable capacity for teaching. One recipient will be awarded $1,000 and up to two runners-up will be awarded $200 each

Eligibility Criteria – one of the options below:

  • Currently enrolled in a university and in an education-related major or degree program geared towards preparing future teachers, and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above, and intends on applying as a teacher in Long Beach Unified School District.
  • Newly hired teachers in LBUSD that recently graduated from a university.

Application Requirements:

  • Standard Contact Info, 2 Letters of Recommendation, Official Transcripts
  • Autobiographical essay.
  • Career Aspirations essay.

CTA Scholarships

California Teachers Association offers several scholarship opportunities for CTA members and their dependents. For more information and to apply, go to www.cta.org/scholarships.

  • LGBTQ+  Safety In Schools Grant & Scholarship Program in Honor of Guy DeRosa
  • CTA Scholarship For Dependent Children ($5,000)
  • CTA Scholarship For Members ($3,000)
  • Del A. Weber Scholarship for Dependent Children Attending Continuation High School/Alternative Programs ($5,000)
  •         The Student CTA (SCTA) Scholorship in Honor of L. Gordon Bittle ($5000)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship
  • CTA César E. Chávez and Dolores Huerta Education Awards Program ($550)