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Money for You to Learn About Technology or STEM

by | May 11, 2016 | Grants and Other Funding Opportunities

Want to attend a workshop or training to learn some technology skills?  Want to Learn more about STEM?  No money?
Consider applying for a professional development grant!  Up to $1200 is available for registration, travel and/or lodging.
The deadline is May 13 !  Learn more about the grant

Two of the Professional Development Scholarship priorities are 

  • Computer or Technology Devices or Services (an example would be a workshop on creating an app or on participatory technology)
  • Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) (An example is a maker workshop)  Up to $1200 is available for registration, travel and/or lodging.  The deadline is May 13. 

    Do some searching for training or consider attending:

  • ISTE in Denver this June!  It offers many tech classes and maker items.  Explore their programs!.
  • TechShop Maker Space in Pittsburgh in June  (step-by-step learning experience designed to walk educational institutions, libraries and others through  steps of designing, equipping and operating safe and inspirational makerspaces based on the TechShopmodel).Other priorities include those below.  Search for training and apply for a professional development grant by May 13!
    Read how to apply here.

* Accessible Website development and technology and other training to better serve people with disabilities

* Board member training in any aspect of their role as a trustee, except fundraising (example: governance workshop, how to create by-laws)

* Community engagement (example: learning how to collaborate with the community to meet its aspirations; class on analyzing input gathered from community)

* Computer or technology devices or services (example: workshop on creating an app or on participatory technology)

* Facilities Management (example: class on creating a facilities management plan, disaster planning)

* Financial literacy (class on how to read an audit, budgeting, class on using Quick Books)

* Measuring and evaluating (example:  class on using social media analytics, class on making/using graphs)

* Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) training to better serve patrons (Example: maker workshop)

*Strategic planning (example:  workshop on how to create a plan)