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
My students are in a self-contained special education class, receiving services for a variety of disabilities, including speech and language issues, autism, and ADHD. As if having a disability is hard enough, many of them are also ELLs and struggle learning and retaining the necessary English language skills required to be successful in school. Many also come from low income families and endure all the socioeconomic hardships associated with poverty. As a result of COVID, many of these difficulties have increased tremendously. Despite all these challenges, they are super sweet, wonderful, caring kiddos with big dreams who want to learn.
My Project
I'm requesting money to help me purchase gift cards to Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), which provides quality teacher-made curriculum and other learning materials to other teachers across the nation. Since my students are so young, have disabilities that directly affect their fine motor development, and live in areas that have poor internet service, I have decided not to do a whole lot of online activities during this period of distance learning. Instead, I'm doing weekly packets that will provide them multiple hands-on learning experiences through quality instructional materials. Additionally, these packets will contain necessary supplies needed to complete both live, in-person instruction as well as at home, independent activities. The main negative of doing packets is that it gets very expensive, especially for a teacher who hasn't taught kindergarten and has very little materials. These gift cards will help offset some of the costs associated with this task.
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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