Learn more about the IAITC 2020-21 Teacher Project Grants and Teacher Book Grants at this Virtual Get a Grant Workshop.
This one-hour session will be conducted via Zoom on Thursday, August 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Get tips to help make your grant applications stand out plus project & lesson ideas to pair with some of the book grant selections.
Click here for Workshop Registration.
2021 Teacher Book Grant Application – Up to $250 for select titles, deadline October 15, 2021
2021 Teacher Project Grant Application – Up to $300, deadline October 15, 2021
Ten McLean County teachers will receive grant funding from Illinois Ag in the Classroom to add books and projects related to food and farming to their curriculum.
Recipients include:
- Erin Scott, Washington Elementary, District 87, Biography Books
- Jennifer Woith, Sheridan Elementary, District 87, Earth Day Books
- Karli Otloe, Sheridan Elementary, District 87, Poetry Books
- Kathy Rasch, Prairieland Elementary, Unit 5, Poetry Books
- Katlyn Sandage, Stevenson Elementary, District 87, Biography Books
- Krista Mroz, Sheridan Elementary, District 87, Pollinator Books
- Mary Aper, Benjamin Elementary, Unit 5, Project Grant: “Wonder Table – Inquiry of Plants” & Pollinator Books
- Suzanne Schertz, Prairieland Elementary, Unit 5, Pollinator Books
- Tina Thomas, Stevenson Elementary, District 87, Earth Day Books
- Tracy Hitchins, Sugar Creek, Fairview & Brigham schools, Unit 5, Poetry Books
The grants offer teachers the opportunity to expand their libraries with accurate ag books or purchase supplies for lesson plans related to food and farming. The 2019-2020 Teacher Book Grants are funded in part by The BRANDT Foundation.
The Illinois Ag in the Classroom teacher grants are offered annually thanks to funding from the IAA Foundation, the charitable arm of Illinois Farm Bureau.
