Professional Development

McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Teacher Development Grants
Purpose: The Teacher Development Grants provide funding to individuals or small teams of teachers in the formation and implementation of groundbreaking k-12 classroom instruction. The grants provide opportunities for teachers to integrate fresh strategies that encourage critical inquiry and to observe their effects on students. Teachers have the opportunity to reflect and write about their projects, as well as to share their results with other teachers.

The Wachovia Foundation – Teachers and Teaching Initiative Grants (national)
Rolling
$100,000 to $250,000 each
This funding program seeks to increase student achievement in pre-K-12 public education by providing grants to increase student achievement. Grants re designed to enhance teacher recruitment, development, support and retention.
Wachovia
1525 W. W.T. Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-0376
tti@wachovia.com

Professional Development Grants and School Reform
The foundation supports curricular and school reform initiatives, and preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly projects that encourage people of high ability and diverse backgrounds to enter and remain in K-12 teaching. http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm

Broad Center for the Management of School Systems: Superintendents Academy
The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems Superintendents Academy seeks leaders from business, the military, government, education, and nonprofit organizations to make an immediate impact as CEOs and senior executives in urban school districts. Maximum award: participation in the Broad Superintendents Academy. Eligibility: those with significant leadership and management experience at the central office level or the equivalent in another field. Deadline: August 13, 2010.
http://broadacademy.org/join/leaders.html