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

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Professional development

Pro-Active Decision Making in the School Community!

I need to attend this virtual class to bring additional strategies that will provide my students with the best learning experience with mestract Brook University.

  • $1,522 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

As the Library Media Specialist in a K-5 building, I am in the unique position to work with all students (and teachers!) in the building for several years. This comes with the pleasure of watching my students grow and learning what modalities they learn best with. My students come from very diverse backgrounds. They love reading diverse books, participating in maker space activities and STEM challenges and are very curious. There are over 1,400 students in our school! I have a large population of English language learners. They are eager to learn and enjoy every minute of it. My students are both general and special education students. They are all amazing kids! This virtual course will teach additional strategies to learn from student behavior and give them an even better learning experience.

The course will meet virtually once per week and while the main focus of this course will be to help articulate the interrelationship between leadership theory and practice and promotes the philosophy that future school leaders should be pro-active.

The course deals with administrative decision-making behavior in the context of a community. Students will use simulated materials that reflect the problems and issues of a school district. Political, social, and economic pressures, the educational needs and the establishment of high expectations for staff and students performance are considered, as well as the establishment of systems of rewards and recognition. The use of group dynamics in the decision-making process is emphasized.

All of the knowledge gained from this course will be utilized in my classroom and shared with my peers as well. Together we are better.

Ms. Calandra Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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Wyandanch, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

999 students impacted 22donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity MESTRACT/Stony Brook University $1,245.00

Trip cost

$1,245.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,293.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$228.30

Total project goal

$1,521.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,521.98

16 Donors

-$703.11

Donations toward project cost

-$696.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.06

match offer

-$703.10

Match offer toward project cost

-$597.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$115.77

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 $0.00

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