Category: Teachers
STEM Education for Elementary School Teachers
Integrating STEM education into elementary classrooms is essential in order to build critical thinking skills in young students. STEM learning goes beyond traditional math and science learning to provide a multidimensional, curiosity-focused approach to student learning. In this blog, you’ll find STEM education suggestions from the AdoptAClassroom.org Marketplace and STEM-focused ways to spend classroom donations […]
How To Create Your Classroom Page to Spend Your Donation
Before you can spend AdoptAClassroom.org donations you receive from donors, you will need to log in and create an AdoptAClassroom.org classroom profile page if you don’t have one. Creating your classroom page helps us confirm your school, and as an added bonus it qualifies you to potentially receive additional donations from our donors and corporate […]
Win $1,000 in Our Social Question of the Month Giveaway
This giveaway has concluded. Visit our Teacher Funding Opportunities page to learn more about current and upcoming educator funding opportunities from AdoptAClassroom.org. AdoptAClassroom.org is committed to providing teachers with ways to find community and share their education expertise. That’s why we are introducing our Social Question of the Month post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and […]
How To Update Your School & Contact Information With AdoptAClassroom.org
According to AdoptAClassroom.org’s Terms of Use, educators must keep certain essential information, such as email address and school address, up to date. This information is important as it helps ensure that school supplies purchased through the AdoptAClassroom.org Marketplace are shipped to the correct location. Below, we’ve included information on a couple of common scenarios where […]
Win $1,000 Each for You and Your Teacher Bestie!
Is there a teacher in your life that inspires you? Perhaps your teaching bestie or the mentor that took you under their wing? Maybe even the teacher in the classroom across the hall? Tell us about why your teacher bestie inspires you before June 28, 2023 and you can both win $1,000 in AdoptAClassroom.org funds! […]
Do Teachers Need to Buy Their Own Supplies in 2023?
Since 2015, AdoptAClassroom.org has surveyed our national community of teachers about how much they spend out of pocket on school supplies. The question remains: Do teachers need to buy their own supplies in 2023 or is the issue improving? This year, AdoptAClassroom.org celebrates its 25th year of supporting students and teachers. Unfortunately, while our reach […]
Teacher Supply List for Back-to-School Basics
Getting your teacher supply list ready for the back-to-school season can be exciting and challenging. While you’re brainstorming all the engaging activities you want to try and imagining how to fit in new state standards into an old favorite lesson plan, let us take care of the basics! You can spend the donations in your […]
Advice for First-Year Teachers
We know that teachers spend a lot of money out of pocket on supplies for their students year-to-year, but for first-year teachers who start from scratch, the amount of supplies they need can be overwhelming. To support new educators, we assembled some practical advice from experienced teachers, including their suggestions for a first-year teacher supply […]
Social-Emotional Learning Ideas for Your Classroom
As students recover from the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to hear from teachers that they’re searching for social-emotional learning resources to support students. To help provide teachers like you with SEL resources, we brought our community of teachers together to share their tips and we’re sharing them with you! We recently […]