MEET A RESOURCE: Courtney Jones of ClearTheList

Your lesson, should you choose to accept it, is to consider a new resource: #clearthelist, a global movement to help teachers buy supplies for their classrooms. The resource specialist assigned to help you with this task is Courtney Jones, from Denver, Colorado.

 

In this episode we discuss:

The origin of the #clearthelist and #supportateacher movement and now the Clear The List Foundation
Why the movement is open to all teachers, regardless of their student population
How ClearTheList also involves empowering teachers to advocate for funding for resources and raising awareness of the financial burden that teachers take on
Piloting school stores for community members to donate to their locals schools
How much teachers actually spend, and questioning the status quo
How teachers can join the ClearTheList movement
How any listeners can help ClearTheList by donating

 

Links:

The Clear The List Foundation website
ClearTheList School Stores and Wish Lists
ClearTheList how-to guides and videos
ClearTheList’s Twitter

 

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