The CyberLearning Teacher Training Grant helps classroom teachers, teacher assistants, instructional coaches, and building-level administrators access structured professional development in instructional technology, classroom management, cybersecurity awareness, student-data privacy, and online pedagogy — without the out-of-pocket cost most districts cannot routinely reimburse.
Who It Serves
- PreK-12 classroom teachers and teacher assistants
- District and building-level technology coaches and media specialists
- Principals and assistant principals responsible for teacher-PD planning
- Special-education and ELL teachers evaluating accessible digital content
- Summer-institute and new-teacher-induction cohorts
What the Grant Covers
Depending on the awardee cohort and funding mix, the Teacher Training Grant can cover any combination of: a 12-month access window to the CyberLearning teacher-PD library; instructional design, classroom management, and instructional-technology coursework; cybersecurity awareness and student-data-privacy training; soft-skills and workplace-communication modules; Microsoft Office Specialist and productivity coursework; and cohort-level reporting so building leaders can see participation at a glance. Awarded seats are designed to stack with the district’s local PD calendar rather than replace it.
Course Areas
- Teaching skills and classroom management
- Instructional design, assessment, and differentiated instruction
- Instructional technology — LMS workflows, Chromebooks, iPads, interactive whiteboards
- Student-data privacy (FERPA / COPPA / state student-data-privacy laws)
- Classroom cybersecurity, phishing recognition, and safe account practices
- Soft skills: communication, time management, stress management, problem solving, motivation
- Microsoft Office productivity — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access
- Web design, digital citizenship, and online-safety curriculum for student-facing lessons
Continuing-Education Credit
Where applicable, completed coursework is structured to count toward state continuing-education credit. New York teachers can apply sessions toward CTLE requirements; Pennsylvania teachers can apply sessions toward Act 48; other states’ credit frameworks (e.g., Texas CPE, California CPD) are available on request. Course-completion certificates are issued after each course is completed at a passing score, including, where offered, SUNY course-completion recognition for applicable courses.
Eligibility
Any PreK-12 teacher, teacher assistant, or eligible building-level educator can apply. District-wide awards serve teacher cohorts — usually a whole building, a grade-band team, or an induction cohort. State-level programs may use the grant to scale training across multiple participating districts. Individual teachers who are applying on their own should mention their school and state so we can confirm any CTLE / Act 48 / CPE pathway details.
Application Flow
Typical flow: (1) 30-minute scoping call to confirm eligibility, cohort size, and content focus; (2) a light-weight application capturing goals and context; (3) CyberLearning review and award decision; (4) kick-off with account provisioning, orientation, and the first progress-report cadence.
Related Programs
Webinars for teachers · Full Professional Development Grant · Matching Grants · Digital Literacy Grant · Grants overview.
View the Catalog
Review the Course Catalog (course descriptions & hours) for the pathways most commonly requested by teacher-grant cohorts. For cohort licensing, district pricing, or state-level program design, contact CyberLearning.
Why Teacher PD Matters Right Now
Instructional technology, student-data privacy, and cybersecurity have all moved faster than the typical five-year PD cycle. Generative-AI classroom use, phishing campaigns targeting school staff, state student-data-privacy enforcement, and the growing expectation that every high school offer a cyber career pathway all create teacher-PD needs that districts cannot satisfy through summer workshops alone. Ongoing, on-demand teacher training is how districts keep staff current without pulling another PD day out of an already full calendar.
Sample District Rollout
A typical first-year teacher-grant rollout: 50–150 teachers across two or three buildings, with a mix of new-teacher-induction and experienced staff. Building PD leads select two to three core tracks (e.g., classroom cybersecurity + student-data privacy + instructional technology) as the anchor, and individual teachers add personal-interest tracks from the broader catalog. Completion is reported monthly to building leadership and quarterly to the district office.
Reporting
For district- or state-level awards, administrators see enrollment, activity, and completion data through the cohort dashboard. Reports are packaged to match district PD reporting cadences and, where applicable, state continuing-education reporting requirements.