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Ms. McDade from Pineville, NC is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. McDade's classroom raised $2,575

Yay for National Board Certification in EC Pre-K!

I need relevant professional development in order to make me a more impactful educator, allowing me to help all of my students be successful.

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Ms. McDade Sterling Elementary School
Pineville, NC Grades PreK-2

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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

My students are 3-5 year olds with special needs. For many of them, this is their first time away from home and their first time in a classroom setting. Most of my children are on the Autism Spectrum and have delays in their pre-academic skills, social/emotional skills, language skills and play/interacting skills. We are providing early intervention services in the hopes of allowing my students to one day be successful in a classroom alongside their neurotypical peers.

Being that more brain development occurs by age 5 than at any other point in life, the work happening in my classroom has a major impact on my students’ success, not just on their school careers, but on the rest of their lives.

For this reason, it is imperative that I develop my teaching practice in a way that will shape me into the most impactful educator I can be and I believe that National Board Certification will allow me to do just that.

While National Board Certification allows an educator to be more effective for all students, studies show that having a Board certified teacher is most impactful for BiPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) students and students that come from low-income households. My work and my passion is in Title I schools, meaning that the students that will be most impacted by having a Board certified teacher are the ones walking through my classroom door every morning.

I have seen firsthand the growth that National Board Certification has had not just on some of my colleagues, but their students as well. It is my hope that through certification, the growth in my practice will translate to growth in my students, both in and out of my classroom.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 24 donors
Ms. McDade Sterling Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Pineville, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

20 students impacted 24donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Component 4 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $475.00 1 $475.00
Component 3 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $475.00 1 $475.00
Component 2 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $475.00 1 $475.00
Component 1 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $475.00 1 $475.00
Registration Fee • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $75.00 1 $75.00

Materials cost

$1,975.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $154.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,188.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$386.24

Total project goal

$2,574.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,574.91

23 Donors

-$1,380.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,225.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$154.50

match offer

-$1,133.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$963.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$169.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.76

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 $0.00

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