You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Upload a classroom photo

Mrs. Beggs’ Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Beggs a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Beggs' classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Beggs a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Beggs can use on her next classroom project.

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/mrsbeggsclassroom

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
In the last few years, the state of Florida has done away with self-contained classes for ESE students. They have integrated them with mainstream students in efforts to provide ESE students with a quality education in the least restrictive environment. My job, as an ESE inclusion teacher, is to split my time between two classes and make sure those students are meeting their IEP needs. Our teachers do their best, but my students are not like everyone else, their special in the best of ways. Some are non-verbal, some have emotional issues, some are bursting with energy and literally can't sit still, where as others process information differently and require more time to grasp the concept. All of these children, be it in first grade or third, have one thing in common: they can't sit still for more than 15 minutes at a time. Be it from frustration, to excitement, to restlessness they have to move. Really, they have to. It breaks my heart when they get in trouble for wondering the classroom or bouncing in their seats or tapping on their desks. Our education system is designed to sit, listen, learn and write. That's great, but my kids need more. I'm hoping that providing students with alternate seating options they will find a positive way to release all that energy. I'm looking for bouncy bands for both chairs and desks because children may have a preference, and really I don't know which one would be best for their needs. Ball chairs and wobble stools and disks will allow wiggle movement, hopefully supporting my positive energy release model. These kids, they are amazing but they have so many more obstacles than their classmates. I just want to give them everything they need to be successful.

About my class

In the last few years, the state of Florida has done away with self-contained classes for ESE students. They have integrated them with mainstream students in efforts to provide ESE students with a quality education in the least restrictive environment. My job, as an ESE inclusion teacher, is to split my time between two classes and make sure those students are meeting their IEP needs. Our teachers do their best, but my students are not like everyone else, their special in the best of ways. Some are non-verbal, some have emotional issues, some are bursting with energy and literally can't sit still, where as others process information differently and require more time to grasp the concept. All of these children, be it in first grade or third, have one thing in common: they can't sit still for more than 15 minutes at a time. Be it from frustration, to excitement, to restlessness they have to move. Really, they have to. It breaks my heart when they get in trouble for wondering the classroom or bouncing in their seats or tapping on their desks. Our education system is designed to sit, listen, learn and write. That's great, but my kids need more. I'm hoping that providing students with alternate seating options they will find a positive way to release all that energy. I'm looking for bouncy bands for both chairs and desks because children may have a preference, and really I don't know which one would be best for their needs. Ball chairs and wobble stools and disks will allow wiggle movement, hopefully supporting my positive energy release model. These kids, they are amazing but they have so many more obstacles than their classmates. I just want to give them everything they need to be successful.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6877445,"teacherId":6877445,"teacherName":"Mrs. Beggs","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6877445_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x510,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1570529440855","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"mrsbeggsclassroom","teacherChallengeId":21507594,"followAbout":"Mrs. Beggs' projects","teacherVerify":-616169957,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Beggs","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/mrsbeggsclassroom","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6877445","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":6},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.