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Mrs. Scilingo from Santa Clara, CA is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Lifelong Learner

I need to learn more about equitable leadership and how that can encourage our student population.

  • $195 goal

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My Project

By reading more books on equity, I hope to understand how to better serve my students. As a teacher, by default, we serve as leaders. As leaders, we need to set good examples of how to treat others who are not like us. We need to grow in our empathy towards the experiences and expectations that our students come to our schools with.

In order for a school to be successful, all its students need to be given opportunities to discover what "success" is for themselves, not just in academics but in life.

In the books, "Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work," "The New Art and Science of Teaching: More than Fifty New Instructional Strategies for Academic Success," and "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?", I hope to learn how to be a better teacher leader.

Mrs. Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Grades 6-8

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Santa Clara, CA View local requests

Half of 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

800 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education • Amazon Business $34.36 1 $34.36
The New Art and Science of Teaching (More Than Fifty New Instructional Strategies for Academic Success) (The New Art and Science of Teaching Book Series) • Amazon Business $33.17 1 $33.17
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner) • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact • Amazon Business $14.63 1 $14.63

Materials cost

$122.14

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $11.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$165.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.14

Total project goal

$194.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $194.29

2 Donors

-$169.46

Donations toward project cost

-$165.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.83

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