$100,000 Professional Development Gift for your District — No Strings Attached
Dear Superintendent,
Based on recommendations from state Departments of Education, the U.S. Department of Education, and AASA, CyberLearning — a national non-profit leader in bridging professional development and STEM divides in our schools — offers eligible districts a grant covering world-class IT, cybersecurity, managed IT services, business, desktop, and soft-skills online courses for high school and career-tech students, teachers, staff, and parents at no cost to the district.
COURSE CATALOG: View our course catalog at www.cyberlearning.org/catalog.
NUMBER of Participants per District: Up to 250 (the district selects recipients from students, teachers, staff, and/or parents).
TIMELINE: Approximately 2 business days to set up and provide access after approval.
ACCESS: Participants receive 24/7 access to enrolled courses for the duration of the grant term.
DEADLINE: First-come, first-served while seats are available.
COST: $0 to the district and to the participants, funded by CyberLearning's per-grantee grant allotment.
BENEFITS:
Anyone successfully completing any course will receive a course completion certificate from Our organization's academic partner, the acclaimed State University of New York (SUNY).
STUDENTS:– Improved Personal and Professional Skills, and College and Job Preparation
TEACHERS/STAFF: Continuing Education Credits and Professional Skill Development
PARENTS: Job Preparation- Better Job Skills and Better Pay
ACTION STEP: Assign an administrator to contact us and select participants or post an announcement
Note: Total Grant Amount: $20 Million
How To Apply
Full Professional Development grants are awarded by invitation and direct district outreach. If your district's leadership team would like to be considered, please contact us with:
- Name of the LEA (school district) and primary administrator contact
- Approximate number of students, teachers, and staff who would participate
- Graduation rate and any existing federal grant interest
- Brief description of your professional development goals
A CyberLearning program director will follow up to review eligibility, confirm seat availability, and coordinate next steps.
Why Districts Choose the Full Professional Development Grant
Most district professional-development budgets are tight, and most districts still have real unmet needs in instructional technology, classroom cybersecurity, student-data privacy, managed-IT hygiene, and workforce / CTE credential preparation. The Full Professional Development Grant is designed to close those gaps for eligible districts without adding a line item to the district budget. Because the grant covers students, teachers, staff, and parents, it produces the rare package where the same program can improve classroom outcomes, support teacher CTLE / Act 48 compliance, and give parents access to workforce-relevant coursework at the same time.
Who Participates
- Students (high-school and CTE) pursuing IT, cybersecurity, business, and soft-skills coursework aligned to college- and workforce-readiness
- Teachers and instructional staff earning continuing-education credits in instructional technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, and productivity software
- District staff (administrative, operations, IT) upgrading workplace-software and business-readiness skills
- Parents pursuing workforce-readiness coursework to support their own career goals
Program Deliverables
- 24/7 access to enrolled courses for the grant term
- Course-completion certificates from CyberLearning’s academic partner, the State University of New York (SUNY), for successfully completed courses
- Administrator dashboard for tracking enrollment, activity, and completion across the cohort
- Mid-year and year-end progress summaries for the district superintendent and school board
- Support in aligning teacher PD hours with CTLE, Act 48, or the equivalent state continuing-education framework
Typical Use Cases
- Districts bringing their high-school CTE staff up to date on current CompTIA and Microsoft pathways
- Buildings responding to a phishing or ransomware incident by broadening teacher and staff cybersecurity awareness
- Districts preparing for a state accreditation visit that expects documented PD on digital literacy and student-data privacy
- Rural and under-resourced districts that do not have the grant-writing capacity to apply for comparable multi-program packages individually
- Districts piloting a parent-engagement initiative tied to workforce readiness
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