STEM Certification to Develop Financially Literate Students!
I need STEM Teacher Training to enhance my students' Financial Literacy Skills!
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sharma's classroom raised $782
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
My school has students from Pre-K through 6th grade. Approximately 70% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch. We also have a high English Language Learner population. Many of our students come from immigrant families and speak a second language at home. My students come from hardworking families, often with parents working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
I would love to provide my students with the skills they require to be financially literate from an early age, so they understand how to better plan for their future, while developing 21st century skills.
I have been running after-school STEM Clubs at my school for the past three years. I would like to provide my students with a more streamlined experience, exposing them to up to date research in the 21st century STEM skills required, to compete for the best jobs. To accomplish this, I need to advance my own learning and gain relevant professional development.
My Project
In the past three years, I have engaged students at my school (kinder through sixth grade) in a variety of after-school STEM Clubs. Each of these endeavors has been as much of a learning experience for me, as it has been for my students. I would like to include critical thinking skills and financial literacy to the options I offer.
I want to dedicate some time in 2019 to hone my own skills and become a master teacher of STEM teaching and learning at our school.
By learning the 15 principles of STEM Teaching through The National Institute for STEM Education (NISE) and completing the National Certificate for STEM Teaching, I can better lead my students through programs involving problem-solving, financial literacy, and critical thinking.
This certification will also help me create a better learning environment, build scientific understanding, and engage students in science and engineering practices.
Learning how to provide students with the above skills, coupled with financial literacy skills, will help my students be better equipped to make good academic choices and choose efficient career paths, as they enter middle school.
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
National Certificate for STEM Teaching [Individual Teacher, PreK-12] PD: Understanding the 15 STEM Teacher Actions
• National Institute for STEM Education
$625.00
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$625.00
Materials cost
$625.00
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.38
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$664.38
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$117.24
Total project goal
$781.62
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$781.62
4 Donors
-$391.00
Donations toward project cost
-$332.35
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$58.65
match offer
-$390.62
Match offer toward project cost
-$332.03
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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