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Teacher Funding

Opportunity for USA Educators to Obtain Funding from Individuals to Support Classroom Projects

GrantWatch ID#: 183585 Agency Type: Foundation / Corporation

Funding Source: DonorsChoose.org

Deadline: Ongoing

Conf. Date: 00/00/00

Description: Opportunity for USA full-time public and public charter school educators, including counselors, librarians, nurses, and therapists, to obtain funding for classroom projects that benefit students. Examples of learning opportunities include books, technology, and field trips. Funding is intended to improve public education by engaging people in an online marketplace where teachers describe and individuals can fund specific student projects.

Any materials or resources sent should be directly experienced by the students as described in the project essay. After they’ve been used, resources are property of the classroom for which they were initially requested, so future classes can continue to benefit.

Full Description:

Term of Contract: Projects can remain on the site for up to 4 months.

Eligibility:

See RFP and/or Grant Guidelines for full eligibility

Additional Eligibility Criteria: Your role is eligible to create projects on DonorsChoose if you work in an eligible school and:

- Are employed full-time by the school district or the Office of Head Start - Are a front-line educator who works directly with students at least 75% of the time - Front-line educators can include: classroom teachers, librarians, therapists, guidance counselors, school nurses and teachers who also act as coaches at the school where they teach. - Work primarily in a single school (but no more than three schools)

Your role is not currently eligible to create projects on DonorsChoose if you:

- Are a principal, assistant principal, or administrators - Are an instructional coach/teacher developer - Are a parent (including PTA members) - Are a teachers' assistant, paraprofessional, or student teacher - Are a substitute teacher, a part-time teacher, an after-school teacher - Are working in an Early Head Start classroom https://ohio.grantwatch.com/print_grant.php?gid=183585 1/2 6/22/2020 Print Grant - 183585 - GrantWatch

More on eligibility: https://help.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/201938006

Pre-Application Information: You can create your very first project in about 30 minutes (even faster when you get the hang of it). The team of super-screeners will review and post your project in about 3 days. You can choose to keep your project posted on the site for up to 4 months, though projects have been funded within hours of being posted.

Once your project is funded, the materials will be ordered and you’ll get them in about 3 weeks or less.

More on Eligibility: https://help.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/201938006-Which-teachers-can-use-this-site-

Contact Information: Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs. Register and post a project: https://secure.donorschoose.org/teacher/teacher_registration.html

URL for Full Text (RFP): https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers

Geographic Focus: USA: ; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; ; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; ; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; City; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington, DC; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming;

Categories: Capital Funding Children Education Elementary Education Individual Other Preschool Secondary Education Teachers Transportation Youth/Out-of-School Youth

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