Teacher Resources

      We invite all teachers to take advantage of the compiled resources below. As we discover more opportunities and useful material, we will continue to develop this page.

Grant Opportunities:

            The Kids In Need Foundation is a national 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 1995. The Foundation's mission is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies nationally to students most in need. The Kids in Need Foundation has distributed more than $350 million in school supplies since its founding, directly benefiting 1.6 million students and 100,000 teachers annually and has awarded more than $1 million in grants to teachers. http://www.kinf.org/grants/index.php

      Target Supports Education! It’s part of our commitment to give 5% of our income to communities. That’s over $3 million a week. Field Trip Grants: applications are available on line from August 2, 2010 to September 30,2010. http://www.target.com/grants

      US Cellular believes teachers deserve better. The wireless carrier is continuing its commitment to schools with the return of its Calling All Teachers campaign. In a partnership with DonorsChoose.org, the company and its associates are encouraging teachers to register on the site in May and throughout the summer. DonorsChoose.org is a philanthropic Web site that helps public school teachers find money for classroom projects that exceed their limited budgets. http://www.donorschoose.org

Websites:

      Adopt-A-Classroom is a national organization that matches donors with classroom teachers. Teachers can register their classroom on the Adopt-A-Classroom website and post their classroom profiles. Donors can easily search for classrooms to support and make accountable donations so teachers have the funds needed to purchase much needed resources for the classroom. 100% of all donations are passed through to the teacher. To learn more about how your classroom can benefit from Adopt-A-Classroom visit www.adoptaclassroom.org

      Promotes universal human values through positive public media campaigns. They offer inspirational stories, quotes of the day, posters for the classroom, and more.
www.forbetterlife.org

      This website supplements ThinkTV's educational mission of broadcast programming. It offers creative, powerful instructional classroom tools that include media-on-demand, multimedia materials, and professional development opportunities to thousands of our region's teachers, caregivers, parents, and students.
http://www.thinktv.org/education/educ_about.html

      Discover the ways Target is working to help teachers and students in all the communities we serve. Download free classroom materials, apply for a grant from Target and more. www.target.com/teachers

To suggest additions to this page please contact Cheryl Scott at c.scott@dc2c.org.