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4 Ways to Make Your PD Project Super Compelling to Donors

May 3, 2017 Katie Vallas

4 Ways to Make Your PD Project Super Compelling to Donors

You spend a lot of time learning and developing as a teacher, and now you can post a DonorsChoose.org project requesting the resources you need to do so! Here are four essential tips for creating your professional development [Read More...]

Creating Your Project/ Tips for Teachers Tags: low project cost/ professional development/ project essay/ student impact

Professional Development Helps Teachers Soar

April 11, 2017 Brett Spigelman

Professional Development Helps Teachers Soar

“It’s amazing, even when you’ve taught for as long as I have, how much new material there is to learn!” That’s Melissa Hunt, a first-grade teacher from Blackfoot, Idaho, remarking on her experience creating Professional [Read More...]

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How Learning to Code Brought this Math Teacher’s Class to the Next Level

March 17, 2017 Stephen Burke

How Learning to Code Brought this Math Teacher’s Class to the Next Level

As a 6th grade teacher, Takia Toomer spends a lot of time speaking at the front of the classroom. Last fall, she got a chance to speak in a very different venue: The White House Computer Science for All Summit. How did Ms. [Read More...]

Tips for Teachers Tags: computer science/ Match Offer/ partnerships/ professional development

Your Teacher Page: The Fundraising Tool You Didn’t Know You Had

March 6, 2017 Katie Vallas

Your Teacher Page: The Fundraising Tool You Didn’t Know You Had

Katie Vallas is the School & Partnership Engagement Manager at DonorsChoose.org. Even though she’s not currently teaching, she couldn’t resist the urge to include her old teacher page link in this bio. (Best practices die [Read More...]

Reaching Project Goal/ Tips for Teachers Tags: advice from teachers/ fundraising/ social media

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Match Offers (But Were Afraid to Ask)

March 3, 2017 Mia Livingston

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Match Offers (But Were Afraid to Ask)

It’s no secret that DonorsChoose.org puts your classroom wishlist on the radar of millions of potential donors, giving anyone the opportunity to be your classroom supporter.  But did you know we also partner with corporations and [Read More...]

Creating Your Project/ Tips for Teachers Tags: behind the scenes/ funding/ partnerships/ project ideas

Behind the Scenes: Replacement Shopping on DonorsChoose.org

March 2, 2017 Dot Kuznia

Behind the Scenes: Replacement Shopping on DonorsChoose.org

Dot Kuznia helps our Project Fulfillment team bring classroom dreams to life by ordering resources for funded projects. If you’ve ever received packages from DonorsChoose.org, chances are Dot had something to do with [Read More...]

Tips for Teachers Tags: behind the scenes/ shopping

3 Ways Teachers Engage Families in Classroom Life (and How You Can, Too)

February 28, 2017 Ali Austerlitz

3 Ways Teachers Engage Families in Classroom Life (and How You Can, Too)

Ali Austerlitz is a former Pre-K teacher and current DonorsChoose.org Partnerships Director. As teachers, we rarely have the chance to watch one another in action, to learn from colleagues innovating in their classrooms. That’s [Read More...]

Tips for Teachers Tags: partnerships

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