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Professional Development Grant for higher education faculty

Professional Development Grants provide higher education faculty with opportunities to acquire and share new skills and knowledge. These skills might include new instructional ideas, technology, conference attendance, etc.

Members may request up to $3,000 to acquire these skills and share new learning. Members should also seek in-kind funds to help finance the venture.

Grants are reviewed and awarded twice per school year:

 Deadlines  Grants awarded by  Funds to be spent by
 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011  End of December 2011  End of 2011-12 school year
 4 p.m. Monday, April 2, 2012  End of May 2012  Before 2012-13 school year

You may email your signed and scanned application in .pdf format to dayonna.knutson@edmn.org.

The Foundation Board of Trustees – teachers and support professionals who are Education Minnesota members – reviews all applications. The Foundation strongly encourages all grant recipients to attend a recognition ceremony at the April 2012 Representative Convention.

Before beginning the application process, ask yourself the following questions:

  • Am I an active, dues-paying member of Education Minnesota?
  • Will the professional development I seek help me improve my job performance?
  • Will I be able to participate in the professional development opportunity and apply the learnings?

If you answered “yes” to these questions, you can feel confident that the Foundation will give your application serious consideration.

If you answered "no" to some of the questions, visit these pages:

Education Minnesota is an affiliate of the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO.

Education Minnesota
41 Sherburne Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55103
800-652-9073
651-227-9541

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