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Ms. Mandell from Philadelphia, PA is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Landscape Painting: New Techniques for Teaching Art

I need professional development to keep my art making (and art teachering) skills sharp!

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My Students

My students are learning to trust their creative instincts and develop critical thinking skills. Every day, we build more and more successes in the art room! I teach art to K-8 students in a wonderful, large urban school with limited resources.

As I have been teaching the same students for several years, it has been very exciting to see their growth over time.

I love working with such amazing problem solvers and creative thinkers! My student population is around 715 students who come from a wide variety of backgrounds, culturally and geographically. My students speak 19 different languages!

My Project

I will be taking a painting course over the summer that is specifically geared towards practicing art educators. In this course, I will practice techniques that I will then be able to use with my students in my classroom.

Some focuses of this class that I will use with my students in my own classroom are reading the weather, reading light, color mixing, how to use a loose drawing to form a strong composition; and making color studies.

This is an online summer course on landscape painting. This course will be a good refresher for me on some more technical art making skills and techniques, so that i can better support my students in my art classes.

Ms. Mandell Gen George A McCall School Grades 6-8

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Course Detail: VPAS-646NM - Visual Arts for the Classroom: Landscape Painting, Introductory • UArts $550.00 1 $550.00

Materials cost

$550.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.81

Total project goal

$692.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $692.06

7 Donors

-$337.80

Donations toward project cost

-$309.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.17

match offer

-$327.79

Match offer toward project cost

-$278.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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 $0.00

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