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.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lean Into Learning 2016
Because the Innovative Technology Education Fund values continuous learning and the opportunity for area educators to choose their own desired...