Professional Development Grant

The 2024 Grant Cycle is Closed

Thank you to all who applied. The next Lean into Learning Cycle opens June 1, 2025. 

What is the Lean into Learning Grant?

Be inspired by a PD of your choosing – get creative about a new skill, a new approach or deepening your current knowledge.

This annual grant opportunity is for K-12 educators who want to level up their teaching and student learning by participating in an in-person or virtual Professional Development.

Check out the Application Questions here

 

Applicants can use our grant for the following:

  • Attend a conference in person or virtually
  • Bring a subject matter expert to your school or district
  • Collaborate in a work session with other educators
  • Visit a school locally or out of state

Lean into Learning Awarded Grants
The next grant cycle opens June 1, 2024.

Lean into Learning 2024

St. Louis, MO. – The Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) awarded $124,791 to 18 area schools and districts, through...

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Lean into Learning 2023

2023 Lean into Learning Professional Development Grants St. Louis, MO. – The Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) awarded $144,886 to sixteen...

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Lean into Learning 2021

ITEF awarded sixteen grants worth $48,148 to Lean into Learning educators who chose inspiring and innovation-related activities to deepen their...

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Lean into Learning 2020

ITEF awarded twenty-eight grants worth $77,487.55 to Lean into Learning educators who chose inspiring and innovation-related activities to deepen...

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Lean into Learning 2019

ITEF awarded twenty-eight grants worth $100,674 to Lean into Learning educators who chose inspiring projects, conferences, and innovation-related...

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Lean into Learning 2018

Our 2018 “Lean Into Learning” professional development grant initiative was a huge success.  We awarded $127,937 to educators from 17 districts...

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Lean into Learning 2017

The second year of our “Lean Into Learning” professional development grant initiative was a huge success.  Educators took on a variety of learning...

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Lean Into Learning 2016

Because the Innovative Technology Education Fund values continuous learning and the opportunity for area educators to choose their own desired...

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