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Mrs. Ayala from West Hills, CA is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Technology at our Fingertips!

Teacher Professional Development: I need a laptop computer to use during my grade level meetings and during professional development. <profdevpilot>

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My Students

My students are an inquisitive group of kids. They enjoy completing projects via technology. It has the power to transform mundane learning tasks into innovative projects. They have a thirst to access a myriad of information. Technology puts it at their fingertips!

I am a National Board Certified Teacher.

I frequently attend trainings for Common Core, Gifted strategies, and any other trainings that will directly impact my students. As part of the common core standards, students are expected to engage regularly with technology. Many trainings require the use of an laptop. Additionally, I regularly conduct Professional Development (P.D) both for the teachers at my school and teachers around the district. These P.D.'s are centered around various topics including the Common Core State Standards for both Math and English Language Arts. The professional development I conduct also reaches parents in workshops centered around the Common Core Standards.

My Project

I develop lessons with my grade level team that incorporate the Gifted Prompts of Depth and Complexity and the Common Core Standards. The lessons challenge my students to conduct research and synthesize information from videos, primary sources, and other text that allow them to think deeper into the subject matter. Some of the videos will require Adobe Flash (which isn't supported by IPads). Also, teaching requires continuous learning and growing. I do online classes via PepperPD. The classes cover topics centered around the Common Core Standards. I need to type information, print worksheets, scan and upload responses. A laptop allows me to type with ease and connect to a printer to print and scan. Finally, I develop PowerPoints for my students and for trainings I conduct. Topics include The Common Core Math Practices and Close Reading. To develop them, I need to load information via a USB port where I store much of my work. A laptop will facilitate the creation of presentations.

A laptop computer will allow me to create lessons and presentations for my colleagues and my students.

As part of the common core standards, students are expected to engage regularly with technology. They will use it to research information and create projects. I will use it to further my education and conduct trainings for other teachers.

Mrs. Ayala Hamlin Charter Academy Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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West Hills, CA View local requests

More than 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

25 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple� - MacBook Pro with Retina display - 13.3'Display - 8GB Memory - 128GB Flash Storage - Silver • Best Buy for Business $1,234.99 1 $1,234.99

Materials cost

$1,234.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $113.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,396.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$246.44

Total project goal

$1,642.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,642.95

8 Donors

-$459.50

Donations toward project cost

-$393.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,180.01

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,003.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$177.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.44

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 $0.00

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