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"Grant funding" might seem like a magical unicorn: a gift of money for your school, hard to find and catch, and requiring special technical skills. But is that really true? In this session, PRI's Johna Rodgers and Amanda Paveglio will discuss what grants are (and aren't), dispel some common myths about grants, and help you get grounded and confident to seek out grant funding for your school.
Johna Rodgers, GPC, Vice President of Funding InfrastructureJohna is a nationally recognized grant professional with 30 years of work in the field and more than $400 million in grant awards for employers and clients. At PRI, she works with colleagues and rural places to build systems to ensure America’s 14 million rural young people are on a path to economic mobility. A native of rural Mississippi, Johna now lives and works from her ol’ Kentucky home in Bowling Green.
Amanda Paveglio is the Director of Development at Partners for Rural Impact. She is also a Grant Professional Certified (GPC), Approved Trainer for the Grant Professionals Association, and President of the Central PA Chapter of GPA. She joined PRI’s team in June 2025; before that, she spent 10 years writing and coordinating federal, state, and private grants in the K-12 and adult learning spaces. She has always viewed her work as part writer, part teacher, part systems engineer, and part communications coach.
Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts in Music History from the College of Wooster and a Master’s in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and is therefore an unrepentant nerd and music geek. Her influences include Bear McCreary, Stephen King, Vu Le, Randall Munroe, Weird Al Yankovic, Gene Roddenberry, and her parents.
Share My Lesson webinars are available for one-hour of PD credit. A certificate of completion will be available for download at the end of your session that you can submit for your school's or district's approval.
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