Teacher Enrichment Grants provide opportunities for professional growth.(Foundation Fund)

Each year, the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND awards Teacher Enrichment Grants, designed to encourage and enable members of the profession to engage in lifelong learning and embark on creative projects that benefit both their students and the profession as a whole. These grants affirm, expand and enrich the lives of teachers throughout America. These feelings are reflected by the comments made by recent grant recipients.

"I started my project to learn jazz piano in June," said Ellen McQuilkin of Eugene, Oregon. "Receiving the grant has rekindled my passion for learning music. The excitement it has sparked is akin to the feeling I had when starting my undergraduate degree twenty-five years ago! My students feel my enthusiasm--and I can help them consider their strengths in a broader context as I assist them in finding their own musical voices."

Just a few months after an automobile accident caused considerable muscle damage, Elizabeth Stavrou of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was delighted to learn she had been awarded a Teacher Enrichment Grant. She is eagerly embarking on research regarding children's music of Cyprus.

"I have not been to school in twenty-five years," exclaimed Paula Oby of Akron, Ohio. Her Teacher Enrichment Grant allowed her to once again enjoy the ...