We invite full-time educators at public or charter schools who work directly with students to register on our site. Please see below for more detailed information on eligible roles and positions.
Your role is eligible to create projects on DonorsChoose if you meet all of the following criteria:
- You work in an eligible school.
- You're employed full-time (or considered at least 0.75 FTE) by a public school, public charter school or the Office of Head Start.
- You're a front-line educator or other faculty member whose main responsibility is to directly teach or counsel students:
- Front-line educators and other faculty can include (but aren't limited to): classroom teachers, subject-area teachers, librarians, therapists, speech-language pathologists, counselors, school nurses, etc.
- You're in charge of creating your own lesson plans (or equivalent in a non-classroom role), and not primarily assisting another lead teacher.
Your role is not eligible to create projects on DonorsChoose if you:
- Are in a primarily administrative role, e.g. Principal, coordinator, business officer, Dean
- Teach or train staff and other faculty members, and only spend time with students while assisting other teachers, e.g. instructional coach/teacher developer
- Are a parent (including PTA members)
- Are an instructional aide or a school staff member that primarily assists other faculty members, e.g. teachers' assistant, paraprofessional, or student teacher
- Are a temporary substitute teacher, a part-time teacher, or an after-school teacher
- Are in a supporting ‘school staff’ role such as cafeteria worker, security guard, bus driver, etc.
- Work in an Early Head Start classroom