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Mrs. Schwerin from Paterson NJ is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Professional development

Professional Developments Gone Virtual

I need headphones to create a workspace to do my professional development.

  • $380 goal

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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 Students

We are located in one of the elementary schools in our district. The students are in pre-K through 8th grade. Every spring I get to work with all the students in the building with technology integration and fun programs. In the spring we focus on building the school community, starting around Read Across America Week.

This year we are a little different since we are separated but still trying to do school wide fun.

My students light up, laugh and enjoy themselves with our assemblies and school wide activities. We all need to laugh and light up a little more with the current state of the world.

My Project

Throughout the year I take various workshops and professional development opportunities that happen all over the state. This year there are no in-person workshops going on everything is virtual. Even school is 100% virtual this year. Being at home for all the workshops means I am in my kitchen chair all day with life going on as normal all around me. Being in one place for a period of time is not good on the back.

I have signed up for several day-long professional development workshops and I am in need headphones that allow me to sit back from the screen and still hear.

Having background noise is inevitable while working from home, so headphones that can cancel that out will help me focus on the professional development at hand. There are 13 hours mandatory from my district plus the Math conferences I chose to go to.

Mrs. Schwerin
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples Emerge Vortex Bonded Leather Gaming Chair, Black and Red (51465-CC) • Staples Advantage $199.99 1 $199.99
Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones WHCH710N: Wireless Bluetooth Over the Ear Headset with Mic for Phone-Call, Blue (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $88.00 1 $88.00

Materials cost

$287.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.88

Total project goal

$379.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$379.19

1 Donor

-$379.19

Donations toward project cost

-$322.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.88

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$0.00

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