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Mrs. Cooke from Salisbury NC is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Professional development

Turning Theory Into Reality!

I need to start a professional development library for my teachers! With North Carolina's move to LETRS and the Science of Reading, I need professional development books to aid my teachers in preparing for this!

  • $589 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Being a teacher means making a commitment to lifelong learning. With education being an ever-changing, ever-expanding field and with new developments happening often, professional development is a crucial part of achieving continued educational success and reaching teaching goals.

This project will assist in building the capacity and knowledge of the wonderful teachers at K.E.S.!

These books will provide quality professional development to enable teachers and administrators to integrate the Science of Reading into the curriculum to meet this change in curriculum.

Participants will use these texts to prepare for this shift in learning, evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning, and measure the impact of this shift on teacher practice and student achievement.

Mrs. Cooke
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students • Amazon Business $30.99 2 $61.98
Coaching Redefined: A Guide to Leading Meaningful Instructional Growth • Amazon Business $29.99 2 $59.98
The Science of Reading: A Handbook • Amazon Business $50.99 1 $50.99
Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading • Amazon Business $34.95 1 $34.95
Differentiated Literacy Instruction in Grades 4 and 5, Second Edition: Strategies and Resources • Amazon Business $34.00 1 $34.00
Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers • Amazon Business $29.72 1 $29.72
How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction, Second Edition: Resources for Grades K-3 • Amazon Business $28.80 1 $28.80
Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More Credible, Caring, and Connected • Amazon Business $27.95 1 $27.95
The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades • Amazon Business $20.96 1 $20.96
Teach Reading with Orton-Gillingham: 72 Classroom-Ready Lessons to Help Struggling Readers and Students with Dyslexia Learn to Love Reading (Books for Teachers) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy • Amazon Business $14.25 1 $14.25

Materials cost

$430.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$33.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$500.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.32

Total project goal

$588.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$588.78

2 Donors

-$376.97

Donations toward project cost

-$361.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$162.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$138.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.88

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$0.00

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