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Ms. Pierro from Brooklyn, NY is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Orton-Gillingham Training for A Dedicated Teacher

I need to experience more training in order to meet the specific needs of my students. Orton Gillingham is widely known to be a successful research based approach to teaching students with special needs.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

As newly arrived and first-generation immigrants, my students are eager to succeed in this country. Many of my students come from nations that do not offer opportunities for special education students to reach their full potential. In our school, they find a haven where differences are celebrated and young minds are nurtured and loved. Our Title I school provides 2 free meals a day to all students.

Imagine having a language-based learning disability while learning to speak English.

This is the situation that most of my students find themselves in. Many of my students have speech and language impairments, dyslexia and dysgraphia. I am an ENL co-teacher in two 2nd grade inclusion classrooms. Hence, my students are also learning English as a New Language. One may assume that these students, with two strikes against them, would have little inspiration for succeeding academically. However, this is not the case in my school. My students are bright and curious. They are grateful for the opportunities that a great education can give them. They LOVE school!

My Project

Orton-Gillingham is the basis of many reading programs, including Wilson and Fundations, PAF, and Lindamood-Bell LiPS. However, O-G itself is not a program; it’s an instructional approach, based on the principles of diagnostic and prescriptive, multi sensory teaching. It can be personalized and tailored to any skill or age level, and it is extremely effective for students with any degree of reading, spelling, or writing difficulty, whether or not they have a dyslexia diagnosis.

It is invaluable training for classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, since by some estimates one in five people have dyslexia.

An even greater number struggle with literacy simply due to a lack of effective reading instruction because many common instructional practices, including those often taught in teacher preparation programs, fail to incorporate or even contradict the science of reading.

Ms. Pierro PS 503 the School of Discovery Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Pierro

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Orton Gillingham Associate Level Training Through Alphabet City Tutors • Katie Takayanagi at Alphabet City tutors $4,500.00 1 $4,500.00

Materials cost

$4,500.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$67.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,597.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$811.32

Total project goal

$5,408.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $5,408.82

7 Donors

-$2,501.03

Donations toward project cost

-$2,471.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.40

match offer

-$2,501.02

Match offer toward project cost

-$2,125.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$375.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$406.77

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 $0.00

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