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Ms. Heising from Fort Lauderdale FL is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Professional development

Downward Dogs for Students

I need help in giving my students the tools to adapt and overcome the difficulties they face in life.

  • $2,060 goal

This project expired on December 24, 2021.

This project expired on December 24, 2021.

My Students

My students range from 9th-12th grade in a public charter high school. I am a special education support facilitator with 60 kids on my caseload. I also teach two intensive reading classes to these students. They are wonderful, hard working kids and over the past two years have had to deal with so much. Like so many schools across the country we had to teach students with the majority of them learning at home due to the pandemic.

My students range in different abilities from struggling with ADHD or Autism to having hearing issues and diseases that impact their academics and social skills.

My Project

I am requesting funding to become a 200-hr SEL/Wellness Yoga Teacher through Breathe 4 Change. Over my 15 year teaching career, I have seen a growing need for both students and teaching professionals to learn how to overcome their struggles outside of the classroom in order to flourish inside of the classroom. Over the course of the pandemic the mental health of students, teachers, and parents have been affected in ways that we will deal with for years. Now that students are back in the classroom we are seeing even more cases of student depression, suicidal ideation, drug use, and discipline issues in our schools.

This training would allow me to teach students how to face adversity through yoga and mindfulness in order to be more successful in the classroom.

With this specialized training through Breathe 4 Change, I would like to teach students, teachers, and administration ways to cope with every day life through yoga and mindfulness classes in our charter school system.

Ms. Heising
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12
  • Pembroke Pines High School
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 150 students.

    Never Before Funded

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Component Company Total
Activity Breathe 4 Change $1,695.00

Trip cost

$1,695.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$25.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,750.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$308.90

Total project goal

$2,059.32

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