LEAN INTO LEARNING GRANT AWARDS
AWARDS
Explore the professional development experiences funded by Lean Into Learning Grants in years past.
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2026 Lean into Learning Professional Development Recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
Affton School District
Alton School District
Bayless School District
City Academy
Confluence Preparatory Academy
Crossroads College Preparatory School
East St. Louis School District 189
Ferguson-Florissant School District*Hancock Place School District
Hazelwood School District*
Kirkwood School District
Lindbergh School District
Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District*
Mehlville School District
Miriam School and Learning Center
Momentum Academy*
Notre Dame High School
Pattonville School District
Ritenour School District
St. Francis of Assisi School
St. Louis Public School District*
School District of University City*
The Soulard School*
Valley Park School District
Webster Groves School District
*St. Louis Community Foundation (STLCF) Center for Education Leadership School Leaders Retreat participants. School principals receive funds directly from STLCF.
2026 Professional Development Experiences:
AI Training
Brent Catlett, Apple Education Engineer
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2025 Lean into Learning Professional Development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
Affton School District
Bayless School District
Confluence Preparatory Academy
Ferguson-Florissant School District
Hancock Place School District
Hazelwood School District
KIPP St. Louis
Kirkwood School District
Lindbergh School District
Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District
Mehlville School District
Normandy Schools Collaborative
Rockwood School District
The Soulard School
St. Francis of Assisi School
School District of University City
Valley Park School District
2025 Professional Development Experiences:
AI Educator Summit
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2024 Lean Into Learning Professional Development Recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
Bayless School District
City Academy, Inc.
City Garden Montessori School
Crossroads College Preparatory School
Ferguson Florissant School District
Incarnate Word Academy
Lindbergh School District
KIPP St. Louis
Maplewood Richmond Heights School District
Mehlville School District
Miriam School and Learning Center
Parkway School District
Ritenour School District
Rockwood School District
St. Francis of Assisi School
Saint Louis Priory School
University City School District
Valley Park School District
2024 Professional Development Experiences:
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2023 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
City Academy, Inc.
Ferguson Florissant School District
Hancock Place School District
Kirkwood School District
Lebanon Community School District #9
Lindbergh School District
Maplewood Richmond Heights School District
Mehlville School District
Miriam School and Learning Center
North Side Community School
Ritenour School District
Rockwood School District
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School
Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School
Valley Park School District
Webster Groves School District
2023 Professional Development Experiences:
Dr. Monica Burns https://classtechtips.com/about-monica/
Emerging Leaders Accelerator https://independentschools.org
Travel to visit schools in Seattle and Chicago
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
ITEF did not offer 2022 LIL grants.
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2021 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
City Garden Montessori School
Ferguson-Florissant School District
Hazelwood School District
Kirkwood School District
Lebanon Community #9 School District
Mehlville School District
North Side Community School
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Louis Language Immersion School
St. Louis Public School District
The School District of University City
2021 Professional Development Experiences:
OTIS (Online Technology and Instructional Sessions)
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2020 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
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
2020 Professional Development Experiences:
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2019 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
City Garden Montessori
Festus School District
Hancock Place School District
Jennings School District
Kirkwood School District
Lindbergh School District
Mehlville School District
Orchard Farm School District
Ritenour School District
St. Francis Cabrini Academy
St. Louis Public Schools
University City School District
Webster Groves School District
Wentzville School District
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2018 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
The Soulard School
Lindbergh School District
Fort Zumwalt School District
The College School
The Forsyth School
Pajoma Preparatory School
Gateway STEM High School
Mehlville School District
Wentzville School District
Northwest R1 School District
Valley Park School District
Lift for Life Academy
Ritenour School District
Fox C-6 School District
Crossroads College Preparatory School
Sunrise R-IX School District
KIPP
2018 Professional Development Experiences:
Edible Schoolyard Project, Berkeley, CA
ISTE 2018 Chicago, IL
ILTC & 7 school site visits AZ, CA
Honoring Stories and Integrating Curriculum (Ethnodrama) Community Allies St Louis, MO
Robert Marzano Workshop Centennial, CO
Teaching Learning Coaching Conference Las Vegas, NV
Assn of Supervision & Curriculum Development Leadership Conference Nashville, TN
Nat’l Assn of Gifted Children Convention Minneapolis, MN
pblohio.com Columbus, OH
naeyc.org/events/annual Washington, D.C.
ronclarkacademy.com Atlanta, GA
RTI at Work Institute Salt Lake City, UT
Magic Bus Tour hosted by SMS St Louis, MO
crossroadsantiracism.org/training/workshops/ St Louis, MO
Mosaic Learning Lab St Louis, MO
National Council of Teachers of Math Seattle, WA
Thomas Hebert, professor U of SC St Louis, MO
nagc.org/2018-leadership-advocacy-conference Minneapolis, MN
socialstudies.org/conference Chicago, IL
gregtangmath.com/mathplus St Louis, MO
bie.org/events Midlothian, VA
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2017 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
Parkway School District
Ritenour School District
Lindbergh School District
Sunrise R-IX School District
Mehlville School District
Whitfield School
Alton School District
Ferguson Florissant School District
Tower Grove Christian School
University City School District
Rockwood School District
Louis Public Schools
Webster Groves School District
Fox C-6 School District
Clayton School District
Affton School District
2017 Professional Development Experiences:
Lewis and Clark Makerspace, Epic Elementary School Visits, Kansas City, MO
National Gifted Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina
Writing Exchange for teachers between Fox C-6 and Sunrise R-IX School Districts
Missouri Alternative Education Network, Lake Ozark, MO
National Council for the Social Studies Conference, San Francisco, CA
Vernier Summer Institute, Beaverton, Oregon
Harvard Graduate School of Education online course taken by a small group of educators entitled: Visible Thinking: Building Understanding through Critical and Creative Thinking
Long Elementary Collaborative Professional Development Day with some time spent at the CET
Project Based Learning workshop at Education Plus, St. Louis, MO
PBL 101 Conference, Buck Institute, Columbus, Ohio
Collaborative Work Session at Ritenour School District professional development day featuring the following outstanding local educators: Adam Hamilton, JaNekka Hutchinson, Manuel Herrerra, Austin Houp, and Chris McGee
Conference on Cultural Connections and Interrupted Learning at Ed Plus
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Chicago, IL
LEAP InnovatED Summit, Chicago, IL
High Tech High School Visit, San Diego, CA
Taylor County School Visit, Campbellsville, KY
0 Schools Visit, New Orleans, LA
MO Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention, Lake Ozark, MO
Project Lead the Way Summit, Orlando, FL
MoreNet 2017 Conference, Lake Ozark, MO
Learning Forward Conference, Orlando, FL
American Association of School Librarians Conference, Phoenix, AZ
FabLearn Conference at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Ed Tech Teacher Summit, Boston, MA
Hosted local learning workshop where every participant received their own Raspberry Pi
The online application will open again on June 1, 2018. Professional development opportunities must be completed by December 31, 2018 and there is a $3000 limit. Apply early because funds ran out in September of 2017! ITEF is excited to support educators as learners. More information about this initiative can be found on our website. https://innovteched.wpengine.com/2017/04/05/lean-into-learning-2016/
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2016 Lean into Learning professional development recipients hail from the following schools/districts:
City Academy
Crossroads College Prep
Grand Center Arts Academy
Hazelwood School District
Jennings School District
Kirkwood School District
Lift For Life
Lindbergh School District
Marian Middle School
Mehlville School District
Rockwood School District
Webster Groves School District
Ritenour School District
Saint Louis Public Schools
Sunrise R-IX
University City School District
2016 Professional Development Experiences:
Innov8 (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), St. Louis, MO
Project Zero Perspectives: Learning Together, Living Together, Washington, DC
National Council for the Social Studies Conference, Washington, DC
Midwest Clinic, International Band and Orchestra Conference, Chicago, IL
Virginia Technology in Education Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
Bring Amazing Experts in their field to St. Louis:
Visit schools to see innovation and education transforming student experiences in person:
Preston Middle School, Ft. Collins, CO
Loveland High School, Loveland, CO
High Tech High, San Diego, CA
Epic Elementary School, Liberty, MO
Mount Vernon Schools, Silver Springs, GA
Anastasia Academy, Denver, CO
Cornerstone Schools, Washington, DC
Lewis and Clark Elementary, Liberty, MO
Kellybrook Elementary, Kansas City, MO
The Lean Lab, Kansas City, MO
Several More Unique Ideas Include:
Taking a group of school leaders to learn and workshop at “Filament” http://www.thefilament.com
Building an in-school Professional Development Library
Project-Based Learning Workshop for staff. Check out if you looking for heat pumps.
This information is intended to give an overview of Professional Development choices in 2016 olentangymaids.com. We are excited to see what educators choose in 2017 when Lean Into Learning will be offered once again.