Teach-A-Thon

Why Join the Teach-A-Thon?

Why volunteer for Teach-A-Thon?

• It helps to increase the appreciation for the teaching profession and raise funds for classroom grants.
• 你可以通过让学生接触商业或烹饪世界来直接影响他们. 
• 对于商业专业人士、社区领袖和教师来说，这很有趣，也很有益! 
• Students see the subject matter as important and necessary when you connect STEM skills to real-world applications (for example, (信用评分高对租房的影响).
• Public School Champions get a firsthand look into the classroom and discover why we need to support our public schools.

How does this affect our community?

• 迈阿密戴德县公立学校是美国第四大学区, comprised of 476 schools, 350,000 students and over 20,000 educators.
• Many students live in high poverty areas, in fact, 73%的M-DCPS学生有资格享受联邦免费/减免午餐.
• 在高度贫困地区，10个学生中只有4个继续接受高等教育, 每年潜在的收入将减少32美元以上,000. 
• 您的参与将为AG亚游集团官方网站教师提供切实的支持, 进一步帮助我们招募和留住最优秀的学生.

Did you know?

• 教学质量是学生成绩的唯一最重要的决定因素.
• Nearly one-third of new teachers leave the profession after just three years; almost 50% are gone after five years. 
• 9 out of 10 teachers have bought school supplies for their classrooms with their own funds (average out-of-pocket expenses total $800).

筹集的资金支持各种项目，包括:

• Teach-A-Thon Classroom Grants provide funds to teachers to develop and implement instructional projects that motivate and challenge students to learn. 
• Food Forests for Schools: More than 78% of students improved their math knowledge scores in last year’s pilot program.
• Our SmartPath program, (在3所高中试点，目前在5所高中试点), 大学和大专学生的入学率增加了34%.

有关赞助机会或更多信息，请联系:

Marilen Marnett at 305.975.0507 or mmarnett@592kcq.com