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Ms. Ringgenberg from Berkeley IL is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Professional development

Teacher Thinks Outside of the Box

I need funding for this trip to make cognitive connections to real world experiences more equitable for my students.

  • $693 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students from the Chicagoland area take part in a program for gifted and high achieving students. These students attend a Title I school and come from very diverse backgrounds. Students are challenged every week to excel and achieve.

This opportunity will help me to inspire a love of learning and a deep connection to the subject matter, which is vital to learning.

Social emotional development is so important, it is critical for students to have an understanding of the world.

My Project

As a teacher for diverse population gifted students, I am constantly working to come up with ways to push and enhance student learning. Making deep connections to both subject areas and schema (prior learning) is a necessity.

This professional development will show me, as an educator, how tapping into empathy helps our students to become better learners and make more impactful connections.

Real world problem solving, innovative and creative solutions, and design thinking, are all aspects I will take back to my classroom to use within my lesson plans. This is an opportunity that will help make my students' educational experience more equitable.

Ms. Ringgenberg
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Component Company Total
Trip package Equity-Centered Design Thinking and Innovative Mindsets (Registration Fees Only) $550.00

Trip cost

$550.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.81

Total project goal

$692.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$692.06

0 Donors

-$0.00

Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$692.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$588.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.81

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$0.00

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