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Ignite Your Skills: Apply for an Employee Enrichment Grant

In the corporate world, budgets for professional developments conferences and seminars are often plentiful, or at the very least they exist. But a teacher or school district employee who wants to pursue professional development events will often find they must pay registration fees out of their own pocket if they want to take advantage of a professional learning opportunity. In many cases, meeting those costs poses a significant hardship, if it’s even feasible at all which is why we created the Irving Schools Foundation Employee Enrichment Program benefiting Irving ISD teachers and staff.

How the EEG Program Works

Employee Enrichment Grants (EEG) are professional development grants of up to $1,000 awarded for registration fees for seminars, workshops and conferences not funded by the district. (Note that this program does not cover association memberships, travel expenses, or other costs.)

All permanent district employees are eligible to apply for an Employee Enrichment Grant. Criteria for consideration include the content of the seminar/conference/workshop and the potential impact for students or other teachers/employees, as well as the quality of the application submitted by the grant applicant.

Applications are initially reviewed by your campus or department administrator; once she or he has approved, the application is then evaluated by a committee of ISF volunteers. (See the “How to Apply” section below for further information.)

Here's What Previous EEG Recipients Say:

I feel so honored and appreciative that the Irving Schools Foundation chose me to go to the Dallas Institute Summer Academy. It was the most amazing experience! Where else could we have studied with such prestigious scholars and lecturers! The classics that we studied are truly the foundations of Western culture, timeless and enduring. really can’t express everything feel about the Academy because it was such a deep experience. It was a huge opportunity for personal as well as professional growth.”

Jan Hertwig

English IV Pacesetter/ MacArthur High School

I want to sincerely thank you for providing the funds for me to attend two workshops this summer at the Play Therapy Institute. As a counselor, I have the privilege of striving to meet a wide variety of needs of children. The two workshops I attended were very informative and provided me with many ideas to meet the needs of children in elementary school. I look forward to applying my new learnings this year at Townsell.

Kaylyn Hickey

Counselor/Townsell Elementary

Important Dates

Employee Enrichment Grants are awarded from August through July

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on the 10th of each month.

NOTE: All of our funds for the year have been allocated, we will reopen applications in January.

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How to Apply

Go HERE to access an EEG Application Form.
    • Funding tis available on a first-come, first-serve basis; therefore, early applications— submitted at least two months in advance of registration fee due date—are highly encouraged.
    • EEG funds are not awarded retroactively—in other words, you cannot receive funding for reimbursement of conference fees.
    • Note that ISF will award no more than two grants per campus/department to attend the same conference on the same date(s).
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How to Help

You can help in Irving ISD employee expand their horizons-and in turn enhance the experiences of irving ISD Students-with a gift of any size in support of the Employee Enrichment program.
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