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Ms. Aldana from Bridgeport, CT is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Techy Teaching Time: Professional Development

I need a user friendly iPad and noise cancelling headphones to access digital literacy components for professional development.

  • $605 goal

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Ms. Aldana has another project! Donate to Hear Ye; Hear Ye to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $106.
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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 Project

Receiving the Apple iPad and synchronized headphones will be a transformative experience as a newer teacher at a Title I school. I have been teaching since I was 21 years old, straight out of college. In 2021, I left behind an eight-year tenure at a private college preparatory school in the suburbs to teach English/Language Arts at a Title I school. I am now immersed in a world of 504s, IEPs, Els, and low literacy scores.

Utilizing these resources will allow me to further enrich my professional growth as I explore online development opportunities that will help me embrace modern pedagogy and best practices to better serve Tier 2 and Tier 3 students.

I am going to be attending an online course on multicultural education as well as a course on the writing process. These course will help me understand the complexities of teaching students with varied backgrounds and CRT. The other course will help me learn how to teach the writing process to freshman; the goal is to get students to demonstrate growth in content, focus, and organization. I want to improve literacy skills and literacy scores on MyAccess.

The headphones will allow me to block out hallway noise and distractions in the teacher lounge in order to focus and be able to take notes on the iPad since there is no privacy. The iPad's portability will allow me to access on the go learning and help me create a personalized, adaptable teaching experience in the classroom.

Ms. Aldana Bullard - Havens Technical High School Grades 9-12

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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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Bridgeport, CT 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (9th Generation) with Wi-Fi - 64GB - Silver • Best Buy Education $329.99 1 $329.99
Beats - Solo? Wireless On-Ear Headphones - Rose Gold • Best Buy Education $129.99 1 $129.99
Apple iPad 10.2 Inch 2021 9th Gen Protective Case, Rosegold, Plastic • Amazon Business $16.82 1 $16.82

Materials cost

$476.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$513.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.70

Total project goal

$604.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $604.65

1 Donor

-$268.00

Donations toward project cost

-$268.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$289.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$245.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$47.29

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 $0.00

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