Building The Foundation: Startup Classroom Supplies

The Description

After completing Teach for America’s - 2017 Institute I will be responsible for my very own classroom! I can't wait to decorate and meet my students and their families. One of the biggest hurdles that students in high need schools face is a lack of the necessary materials that are needed daily. It makes it infinitely more difficult for students to take part in activities and classwork when they do not have basic supplies.

To get the year started off right, I will use the funds that I raise to purchase the startup supplies needed to welcome my students to a classroom that is clean and stocked full with materials. This will allow me to provide the required supplies to students that otherwise would not have them. I will also purchase copy paper to ensure that I can provide my students with high quality learning materials, whether that is exit tickets, independent activities, or homework. Thank you so much in advance for supporting me and my students at the beginning of this exciting journey.

PledgeCents allows me to keep whatever I raise, so anything you can contribute really will make a difference for my first year. I want to make a great impression and a lasting impact on my first group of students and letting them know that they have a community that supports them both near and far will definitely get us on the right track. Here is a complete list of the materials that your generous investment will help provide for the students of my very first classroom:

Tiggly offers physical manipulatives that interact with literacy, math, and creative thinking learning apps for students. This provides students with opportunity to engage in digital learning through developmentally appropriate technology. The Tiggly Thinker Kit combines one set of Tiggly Words and one set of Tiggly Digits.

Back Up Plan

If I do not meet my goal, I will purchase as many materials as possible. I will prioritize the materials that are most essential to students (pencils, paper, etc.) as they are the most important to ensuring that students can participate in daily lessons.

Fundraiser Updates (1)

Thanks so much for all your help!

September 6, 2017

 

My classroom is decorated to the max! I also have two classrooms that I was required to decorate; therefore, the money really helped me out. Thanks to all of those that helped!

Comments (1)

Whitney June 10, 2017

So proud of you B!! I wish you all the very best and I know you will change and impact lives in way you could imagine. Do your thing and shine!

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About the Creator

At first, I was apprehensive about teaching. I enjoyed volunteering with Latin American elementary students each week, but I was still questioning what I wanted to do after I graduated. Nevertheless, I realized something after having a conservation with friends one night about the education system – in my entire academic career, throughout elementary school, middle school, high school, and university, I have never, not once had an African-American teacher or professor. And I started to think how that impacted my education and my self-image while growing up.

I refused to accept the color of my skin as a definite until near the end of high school. I didn’t embrace it until university. I tried to be every ethnicity, but my own. I often think back on this, and laugh about how immature I was. However, the fact of the matter is that I did not like myself. I wonder if I’d had a role-model in the school setting, would I have grown-up differently. I think about the education I received and all the things I’ve learned in university that were withheld from me in grade school. It was my history that I wasn’t learning. I wasn’t learning about the presence of my people in history, even though they were there. And so I wonder, if I’d known that, would I have been more proud to be who I was.

After that intense conversation with my friends, that one night, I knew what my decision had to be. Children are our future. They will inherit this warped world we’ll leave behind us. One of my favorite quotes is credited to Frederick Douglass – “It is better to build strong children, than to repair broken men.” I want to be a role-model for the children who need it. I want to inspire those who don’t believe in themselves. I want to teach.

Investments (10)

$10

Anonymous

6 years ago

$10

Dariel Stanford

6 years ago

$5

Kennedi Smith

6 years ago

$21

Dusty Hixenbaugh

6 years ago

$20

Obianuju Okeke

6 years ago

$26

Margarita Valdez Serna

6 years ago

$5

Anonymous

6 years ago

$41

Whitney & Rob Alexander

6 years ago

$10

Musiteli Mubuso

6 years ago

$10

Ashante Turner

6 years ago