ITEF awarded twenty-eight grants worth $77,487.55 to Lean into Learning educators who chose inspiring and innovation-related activities to deepen their professional growth. Although travel was limited by Covid-19, many educators hosted virtual learning sessions that deepened their knowledge and increased their readiness to face new modes of teaching.
ITEF salutes the educators represented by these sixteen districts/schools for their commitment to spark student engagement.
2020 Awards:
- City Garden Montessori School
- Epstein Hebrew Academy
- Ferguson-Florissant School District
- Grandview R-II School District
- Hazelwood School District
- Kirkwood School District
- Lebanon Community #9 School District
- Mehlville School District
- Rockwood School District
- St. Francis of Assisi School
- St. Louis Language Immersion School
- St. Louis Public Schools
- School District of University City
- Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School
- Sunrise R-IX School District
- Valley Park School District
Here are the professional development experiences chosen for 2020:
- National Association of Gifted Children
- Google Classroom Blended Learning
- ISTE Summer Learning Academy
- Westminster Public Schools Competency Based Education Summit
- ISTE Certification
- Missouri Society of Health and Physical Education
- Apple Professional Learning
- SXSW EDU
- Virtual STEM Learning with the Van Andel Institute
- Project Based Learning with Jay McTighe
- Culturally Responsive Leadership Virtual Workshop with Joe Truss
- Restorative Practices Academy at EdPlus
- Shake Up Learning Virtual Workshop with Kasey Bell
- Transformative Change Virtual Workshop with Principal Kafele
- Design Thinking Virtual Workshop with the Tech Rabbi
- Nonviolent Intervention Workshop with Bruce Hunter
- Transformational Coaching Virtual Workshop
- Institute for Personalized Learning
- Math Tasks Virtual Workshop with Graham Fletcher
- Middle School Yoga with the Collective StL